Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh
October 6, 2023 2024-08-27 4:27Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh
Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh
Associate Professor
B.Tech. (Federal University of Technology, Nigeria);
M.Sc., Ph.D. (University of Manchester)
PhD, MRes / University of Manchester / 2019 || MSc / University of Manchester / 2012 || B.Tech / Federal University of Technology Nigeria / 2009
Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh obtained his bachelors from the Federal University of Technology Nigeria, an MSc in Development Economics and Policy with distinction and a PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to teaching at JGU, he lectured for several years in the economics departments of the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as at the Global Development Institute (GDI), UK. He also has broad industry experience including stints with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the National Electoral Commission, and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He has also consulted for several development organisations including the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) London and the African Development Bank (AfDB). In 2019 he started the company AgroDoc, which has launched a mobile app designed to help small farmers make automated diagnoses of crop diseases.
His research includes, but is not limited to, law and economics, poverty reduction, stages of national growth, the economics of agricultural development, agricultural productivity, international trade, structural change and the analyses of food security.
- Chuku, Chuku and Ubabukoh, Chisom Lotanna (2023) Consumption risk-sharing under terror shocks: Evidence from value-chain network rosters in Nigeria. Review of Development Economics. 27 (4), 2040-2060. ISSN 1467-9361
- Ubabukoh, Chisom Lotanna and Tampubolon, Gindo (2023) Covid-19 impact on food insecurity in Uganda: a dynamic analysis. [Working papers (or Preprints)] (Submitted)
- Emediegwu, Lotanna E and Ubabukoh, Chisom Lotanna (2023) Re-examining the impact of annual weather fluctuations on global livestock production. Ecological Economics, 204: 107662. ISSN 0921-8009
- Ubabukoh, Chisom Lotanna and Imai, Katsushi S (2022) Are farmers ‘efficient but poor’? The impact of crop choices on technical efficiency and poverty in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 74 (1). pp. 191-213. ISSN 1477-9552
- Animashaun, Jubril and Ubabukoh, Chisom Lotanna (2021) Is human rights protections good for trade in Africa : Evidence from proximity to democratically “”Good’ and ‘Bad”” neighbouring countries. Managing Global Transitions, 19 (4). pp. 285-305. ISSN 1854-6935
Dr. Chisom Ubabukoh is an assistant professor at the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of the O.P. Jindal Global University, teaching economics to law students. He obtained his bachelor’s from the Federal University of Technology Nigeria, an MSc in Development Economics and Policy with distinction and a PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to teaching at JGU, he lectured for many years in the economics departments of the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as at the Global Development Institute (GDI), UK. He also has broad industry experience, including stints with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the National Electoral Commission, and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He has also consulted for several development organisations, including the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the World Bank. He has published several papers relating to poverty, agricultural productivity, inequality and food security issues in developing countries. In 2019, he started the company AgroDoc, which launched a mobile app designed to help small farmers make automated diagnoses of crop diseases.
Poverty, Agricultural Productivity, Food Security, Inequality, Empirical Microeconomics, Trade Theory
- Economics I
- Economics II
- Political Economic Theory