Dr Lotanna E. Emediegwu
Senior Lecturer in Economics
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Biography
Lotanna Emediegwu is a senior lecturer in economics at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests include environmental economics, development, and applied economics. He is both the programmer leader for the MSc Applied Economics and the leader of the Applied Economics Knowledge Platform.
Lotanna holds a Ph.D. in environmental and resource economics from the University of Manchester. Before then, he bagged a first class degree from the University of Benin, where he graduated as the best student in the Faculty of Social Sciences, thus winning lots of awards, including the Vice-Chancellor’s award for academic excellence. Thereafter, he was retained as a graduate assistant in the Department, from where he rose to an assistant lecturer. He won the much-coveted Presidential Award for Scholarship, Innovation and Development (PRESSID), which enabled him to pursue an MSc in Financial Economics at the University of Manchester, where he graduated with distinction.
Lotanna is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and was awarded the AERNA Best Paper Award for an Economist under the Age of Forty in 2021. Lotanna is well published in reputable Economics journals like World Development, Ecological Economics, among others. In 2022, he was shortlisted as a finalist in the Faculty of Business and Law Appreciate and Celebrate Initiative 2022 in the Outstanding Paper or Chapter Category. Lotanna enjoys composing and creating Christian classic music (you can see some of my music here if interested in classics).
Words of wisdom
Follow peace with all men … and holiness
Prizes and awards
- Highly Commended in Faculty of Business and Law Appreciate and Celebrate Initiative 2022 in the Outstanding Paper or Chapter Category
- Nominated in Faculty of Business and Law Appreciate and Celebrate Initiative 2022 in Flying Start in Research Category
- AERNA Best Paper Award for an Economist under the Age of Forty (2021)
- First Price, Excellence in Teaching Award (2019 – 2020), Economics, University of Manchester
- Runner Up, Excellence in Teaching Award (2018 – 2019), Economics, University of Manchester
- Commended Prize, Excellence in Teaching Award (2017-2018), Economics, University of Manchester
- Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) (2014).
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Best Graduating Student, Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Benin (2010/2011)
- Dean’s Prize to the Best Graduating Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin (2010/2011)
- Zenith Bank Award to the Best Graduating Student, Department of Economics & Statistics (2010/2011)
- University Scholar Prize, University of Benin (2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010)
Other distinctions
- University of Manchester (2015 – 2016) - MSc Financial Economics (Distinction)
OTHER ACADEMIC SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT)
- Co-leader of the Applied Economics Knowledge Platform
- Unit Leader – Introduction to Statistics, Economics of Money and Banking I: Money and Institutions, and Economics of Money and Banking II: Central Banks and Monetary Policies
- Final year (undergraduate) dissertation supervision
Membership of professional associations
- European Economic Association (EEA)
- Royal Economic Society (RES)
- Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
- African Association of Agricultural Economics (AAAE)
- Spanish-Portuguese Association of Resources and Environmental Economics (AERNA)
- International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE)
- Agricultural Economics Society (AES)
- Nigerian Economic Society (NES)
- Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered)
Personal website address
Teaching
Undergraduate courses
- Introduction to Statistics - PPD (5L4Z0008)
- Economics of Money & Banking - Central Banks & Monetary Policy (5L5Z0053)
- Economics of Money & Banking - Money & Institutions (5L5Z0050)
- Environmental Economics (5R6Z0035)
Research outputs
Environmental economics, Climate econometrics, Spatial econometrics, Agricultural economics, Applied econometrics
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Internet publications
Emediegwu, L. (2024) Update: how is the war in Ukraine affecting global food prices?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/update-how-is-the-war-ukraine-affecting-global-food-prices.
Emediegwu, L. (2024) Letter: Ecowas defections set to deepen Sahel food crisis. https://www.ft.com/content/d14ccfde-9b47-4933-a4eb-d67621ea1a34.
Emediegwu, L. (2023) Has global food security been improved by the Black Sea Grain Initiative?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/.
Emediegwu, L. (2022) How is the war in Ukraine affecting global food prices?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-the-war-in-ukraine-affecting-global-food-prices.
Emediegwu, L. (2022) How is the war in Ukraine affecting global food security?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-the-war-in-ukraine-affecting-global-food-security.
Emediegwu, L., Oni, E. (2021) Are there differences in Africa’s responses to Ebola and Covid-19?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/are-there-differences-in-africas-responses-to-ebola-and-covid-19.
Emediegwu, L. (2020) How is coronavirus affecting food security in sub-Saharan Africa?. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-coronavirus-affecting-food-security-sub-saharan-africa.
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Journal articles
Emediegwu, L.E. (2023) 'COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: GMM/IV Panel VAR evidence from US states.' Economic Analysis Letters, 2(1) pp. 40-49.
Emediegwu, L.E., Ubabukoh, C.L. (2023) 'Re-examining the impact of annual weather fluctuations on global livestock production.' Ecological Economics, 204(Part A) pp. 107662-107662.
Emediegwu, L.E., Wossink, A., Hall, A. (2022) 'The impacts of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial panel data approach.' World Development, 158pp. 105967-105967.
Emediegwu, L.E., Nnadozie, O.O. (2022) 'On the effects of COVID-19 on food prices in India: a time-varying approach.' European Review of Agricultural Economics, 50(2) pp. 232-249.
Nnadozie, O., Emediegwu, L., Raifu, I. (2022) 'Examining the response of inflation to the boom-bust cycle of oil price: evidence from Nigeria.' DBN Journal of Economics and Sustainable Growth, 5(1)
Emediegwu, L.E. (2021) 'Health impacts of daily weather fluctuations: Empirical evidence from COVID-19 in U.S. counties.' Journal of Environmental Management, 291
Emediegwu, L.E. (2020) 'Does educational investment enhance capacity development for Nigerian youths? An autoregressive distributed lag approach.' African Development Review, 32(S1) pp. S45-S53.
Nnadozie, O.O., Emediegwu, L., Monye-Emina, A. (2018) 'Does foreign direct investment matter for industrialisation in Nigeria?.' Zambia Social Science Journal, 7(1) pp. 31-52.
Emediegwu, L., Edo, S. (2017) 'The effect of corruption on foreign direct investment in West African Sub-Region.' West African Financial and Economic Review, 17(2)
Emediegwu, L., Okeke, A. (2017) 'Dependence on oil: what do statistics from Nigeria show?.' Journal of Economics and Allied Research, 2(1)
Emediegwu, L.E., Monye-Emina, A. (2016) 'ATTAINMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL OF POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA - AN APPRAISAL.' GHANA SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 13(1) pp. 94-118.
Emediegwu, L., Ighodaro, C. (2016) 'The connection between education and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria.' Zambia Social Science Journal, 6(1) pp. 65-79.
Career history
2021 - 2023
Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Designed, developed, and, delivered lectures and tutorials on undergraduate modules (inclusive of marking assessed work) in the Economics, Policy and International Business department across the full range of undergraduate courses. Acted as a personal mentor to select students in the final year. Engaged in teaching-related administrative work as well as supervised undergraduate dissertations.
- Courses: Introduction to Statistics, Economics of Money and Banking 1: Money and Institutions, Economics of Money and Banking 2: Central Bank and Monetary Policy, Environmental Economics, Economics of Corporate Finance 1
2020-2021
Teaching Associate, University of Manchester
- Deliver in-class and online (synchronous and asynchronous) tutorials on undergraduate modules (inclusive of marking assessed work) in the Economics department, across the full-range of undergraduate courses offered. Engage in teaching-related administrative work as well as the peer review of the teaching of Graduate Teaching Assistants. Deliver a small number of lectures on a course unit on a specific area of expertise.
- Courses: Advanced Maths, Applied Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Studying Economics
2017-2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester
- Assisted in teaching several undergraduate Economics courses. Provided formative and summative feedback to students.
- Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics
2014-2017
Assistant Lecturer, University of Benin
- Prepared learning activities and delivered in-class lectures. Moderated undergraduates examination and engaged in other administrative tasks such as providing learning support to students.
- Courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Methods, Statistics, Entrepreneurship
2023 -
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Programme leader for MSc Applied Economics
- Leader, Applied Economics Knowledge Platform
- Designed, developed, and delivered lectures and tutorials on undergraduate modules (inclusive of marking assessed work) in the Finance and Economics department across the full range of undergraduate courses. Acted as a personal mentor to select PG students. Engaged in teaching-related administrative work as well as supervised undergraduate dissertations.
- Courses: Applied Economics, Economics of Money and Banking 1: Money and Institutions, Economics of Money and Banking 2: Central Bank and Monetary Policy, Economics of Corporate Finance 1