Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; African Studies Centre, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and AI Expert, OECD AI Policy Observatory, Paris, France. His scholarly work is concerned with the Dark Side of Entrepreneurship and Technology and the Economics of Planetary Habitability.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Visiting Professor, RWTH Aachen University
  • 2018–present
    Fellow, University of Leiden - ASC
  • 2021–present
    Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg
  • 2011–2020
    Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT
  • 2014–2019
    Chair professor, Maastricht University
  • 2007–2010
    Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER
  • 1996–2006
    Professor of Economics, North West University
  • 1994–1996
    Lecturer and Research Officer, Oxford University

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