Profile of

Dr. Obindah Gershon

Co-Chair, Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), and Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University.

EXPERTISE: Energy Economics; Petroleum Resource Economics & Environmental Management

Dr. Gershon is Assistant Professor of Economics in Covenant University and Co-Chair, Centre for  Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR). Previously, he taught Energy Economics  at Georgetown University. His research covers energy, natural resource economics, climate change  and sustainability. While in University of Dundee, he researched, designed and tutored petroleum  and energy courses at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP).  Other areas of his work include petroleum taxation; energy sector governance; energy market  development; assessment of renewable energy resources; use of hybrid energy systems; sustainable  development of energy and environment systems (SDEES); and promotion of environmental  sustainability (like campus greening). He is also a Visiting Professor to Eduardo Mondlane  University, Mozambique, St. Jerome University, Cameroon; Emerald Energy Institute, University of  Port Harcourt; and International Institute for Petroleum, Energy Law and Policy (IIPELP), Abuja,  Nigeria. Currently, Dr. Obindah Gershon serves as the Secretary of the Nigerian Association for  Energy Economics, He has affiliation with International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE),  British Institute for Energy Economics (BIEE), Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum  (OMFIF).

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