RESEARCH FELLOW (Resident)
Damian Ude is an economist with a well-balanced portfolio of research, experience and knowledge in public sector economics. Prior to his appointment at IGET he was a Lecturer in Economics at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria., where he taught and supervised students in Research Methods, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Econometrics, and Energy Economics.
Damian has published in books and journals on such topics as the youth unemployment challenge and rural transformation in Africa, industrialization processes, knowledge economy and competitiveness, infrastructural development and value addition in agricultural output in Nigeria, energy storage and market implications for powering African countries, and small and medium enterprises.
He obtained Ph.D., M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and is a member of the United States Econometric Society, Nigerian Economic Society, Nigerian Association of Energy Economics, and the Nigerian Institute of Management.