Professor Austin N. Nosike

Professor Austin N. Nosike

Professor Austin N. Nosike, President of African Academy of Economics is a Member of the AIMTDS Board of Directors/Governing Council.  Prof Nosike brings to the Membership duties and responsibilities, a proven track-record of academic pedigree, administrative expertise, profesional experience and community services having previously held academic leadership and governance roles as Deputy Vice Chancellor, Director, Registrar, Dean, and Head of Department in addition to serving as Chairman and/or Member of over 30 Committees in various universities across the globe.

The erudite and seasoned  Professor has over three decades of experience in higher education and human capacity building. He has previously held several positions including serving as Dean, School of Graduate Studies at University of Kigali (UoK); Visiting Professor of Management at Kigali Independent University(ULK); Professor of Business Management and Director of Research & Innovations at Metropolitan International University (MIU); Visiting Scholar of Globalization and Development at Universidad de Basque Country, Gipuzkoa-Spain; President, Development Africa Consortium, a leading international consulting and research institution founded in 1996 and President, International Association for Teaching and Learning, Granada-Spain.

Professor Nosike began his career as a Journalist, human rights activist and public relations professional. He has held several teaching, research and consulting positions at Kaduna Polytechnic; Nigerian Defense Academy; Technological and Economic Development Mission-(TEDEM); Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri; The African Management Institute, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia and a number of other international agencies, governments and civil societies.He has also held appointments as Research Fellow, Professor, Chair and Director at Ballsbridge University; Granada Management Institute(Universidad de Granada), Granada-Spain; Afro-Euro Centre for Development Studies and Mediterranean Centre for Social and Educational Research(Sapienza University), Rome-Italy.

Professor Nosike is recipient of First Prize Essay Award, 1992 International Essay Competition for Nigerian University Students (Forum for the Advancement of Nigeria, Philadelphia-USA). He has received other awards, honours, recognition and prizes including the West Coast University Research Award; Central European University Fellowship Award; Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Travel Research Grant Award; International Institute of Human Rights Fellowship Award; Imo State Government Scholarship Award (Imo State Scholarship Board); International Youth of the Year Award(Africa), International Biographical Centre, Cambridge-England; Marquis Who’s Who in the World; International Who’s Who of Professionals, North Carolina-USA;20th Century Award for Achievement in Education; Dictionary of International Biography and Special Commendation from the Chairman of Editorial Board, Imo Newspapers Ltd (The Statesman).

Professor Nosike was a Delegate, Pan African Summit on Water, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2003; West African Delegate at African Civil Society Consultative Meeting on Water, Sanitation and Human Settlement,(UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), 2004; Special Observer at 2003 African Ministerial Council on Water and Sanitation, Addis Ababa; Nigerian Delegate at the African Hunger Summit, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,2004; Delegate at the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union; Special Observer at 5th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union; Secretary of Dr. Jean Griffith Team on Human Resources Selection Panel at African Union Commission, 2004; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centre for Environment and Community Development, 2002–; Co-founder, Network on Water and Development in Nigeria, 2003; Secretary, Niger Delta Network on Human Rights.

Professor Nosike received BSc (Hons) Upper Second Class degree from University of Nigeria  before earning graduate studies at Centre for Social Studies(CSS), Warsaw-Poland; University of Lancaster, United Kingdom; Central European University(CEU), Budapest-Hungary and International Institute for Human Rights, Strasbourg-France. He holds Master’s degree in Management from Universidad Catolica de Murcia (UCAM), Murcia-Spain; PhD Economics from Universidad Central de Nicaragua; MSc Accounting and Finance and  Doctor of Business Administration(DBA) from Universidad Azteca, Chalco-Mexico.

Professor Nosike has over 200 publications to his credit. He maintains consulting status with several governments, international agencies and NGOs and has worked on a number of research projects and human capacity-building initiatives centered on globalization and development management, business environment, public/social policy, finance, consumer behaviour, industrial relations, human ecology, project management, social/corporate re-engineering, gender, peace, security and human rights. He speaks two international languages(Spanish and English).

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