Eric is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), University of Nottingham, China. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the City University of Hong Kong, where he was a Beta Gamma Sigma honouree. Prior to joining NUBS, he worked as a Research Associate at the University of Hamburg, Germany, Teaching Assistant at the City University of Hong Kong and Lecturer (Adjunct) at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Eric does applied economics research mainly in the areas of economics of environmental sustainability (environmental economics), energy (access, poverty and transition), sustainable development and finance, development finance, foreign direct investment and international trade. In these areas, his research output has been published in journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Business Strategy and the Environment. His research output has received the Outstanding Researcher Support Scheme at NUBS China in the last two years. His research has also attracted funding from institutions such as the International Growth Centre and the African Capacity Building Foundation. Eric is currently on the board of the African Finance and Economic Association, and also on the editorial board of the Journal of African Development.

Eric is willing to work with PhD students interested in working in areas of his research interests and generally in applied economics.

Applied/empirical research in 

• Economics of the environment (environmental sustainability)
• Economics of energy (energy access, poverty and transition)
• Sustainable development and finance
• Development finance
• Foreign direct investment (effect on the environment, growth/development, private sector development)
• International trade (issues/effect of trade facilitation; effect of trade on the environment, growth/development)

Eric's research relates well with the Sustainable Development Goals and currently contributes to Goals 2, 7, 8, 9 and 13. Follow his research on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

• Industrial Economics (UG) (Instructor, University of Nottingham, China)
• Introductory Econometrics (UG) (Instructor, University of Nottingham, China)
• International Finance and Investment (PG) (Instructor, University of Hamburg, Germany)
• Principles of Econometrics (UG) (TA, City University of Hong Kong)
• Economics for Business (UG) (TA, City University of Hong Kong)
• Intermediate Economics (UG) (TA, City University of Hong Kong)