Anthony Orji is a Ph.D holder in Economics and an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). He is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Central Bank of Nigeria Centre for Economics and Finance, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. He is the founder of the Economics’ Information and Communication Technology Club (ECOTECH), UNN.He will be a full Professor effective from 1st October, 2025. He obtained his B.Sc, Msc and Ph.D Degrees from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Local Economic Development (SLED) from Erasmus University, Rotterdam Netherlands. He is also a former Visiting Scholar to the University of Laval, Quebec, Canada and equally an Alumnus/Fellow of the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE), Johannesburg, South Africa and International Economic Issues and Development Policy (IEIDP) Programme, New Dehli, India, respectively. He was also a Research Fellow at Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda. He is a fellow of Nigeria Young Academy and a fellow of the African Science Leadership Program, University of Pretoria, South Africa and he belongs to many other professional bodies and networks. He has published widely and attended several professional conferences. He is a network member of many research organisations across the globe and has participated in several research projects funded by the following institutions: World Bank (Research on African Migration Project); Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), University of Laval, Quebec-Canada; African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi-Kenya, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) South Africa; African Export and Import (AFREXIM) Bank; GIZ, Germany, among others. His teaching and research focus is on Development Economics (with special interests in Finance and Resource Mobilization for Development, Gender, Health, Energy, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Public Sector, and Environmental Economics) and he has published over 150 articles in these areas. Currently, he is ranked as one of the top 500 researchers in Nigeria by the Elsevier SciVal/Scopus Global Academic Rankings. As a sound scholar, Dr. Anthony Orji won two Vice Chancellor’s Ph.D Awards as the Best Ph.D Graduate in the Faculty of the Social Sciences and among the three best candidates in the whole University of Nigeria, Nsukka for 2014/2015 session. He also won a University Award in 2016 as one of the Top Ten Most Friendly Lecturers in UNN. In the past he had served and also currently serves in different committees of the Department of Economics and Faculty of the Social Sciences including, Chairman, Departmental Committee on ICT and Facility Management, Faculty of Social Sciences Chairman on ICT/ E-Learning and Faculty of the Social Sciences Webmaster, among others.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Surname: Orji Other Names: Anthony
Institution: University of Nigeria, Nsukka Department: Economics
Faculty: Social Sciences Email: anthony.orji@unn.edu.ng
Phone: +2348038559299 Alternate Email:tonyorjiuss@yahoo.com
Google Scholar Profile Name: Dr. Anthony Orji (www.orcid.org/0000-0003-4032-7051)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_i1r_FsAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate Address:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony_Orji2
Scopus Web Address:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55985171600
Web of Science Researcher ID or Publons is http://www.researcherid.com/rid/А-7795-2016
Blog Address: www.successtonicsblog.com
Some Countries Visited for Scholarly Activities:
Africa: Kenya, South Africa, Congo D.R, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda (twice), Senegal, Uganda
Asia: India
Europe: Germany, Netherlands (Twice), Italy
North America: Canada
Education:
2018 Erasmus University, Rotterdam Netherlands
PGD- Sustainable Local Economic Development (SLED)
2011-2014: University Of Nigeria, Nsukka
Ph.D – Development Economics
2008-2009: University Of Nigeria, Nsukka
M.Sc – Monetary Economics
2001-2005: University Of Nigeria, Nsukka
B.Sc – Economics
International Studies and Professional Development Programmes:
2019: Fellowship on “Making Education Work” (Organised by ICRA at WICC and Wageningen University, Netherlands from 7 – 18 October , 2019)
2019: Fellowship at the Africa Science Leadership Programme (Organized at Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, South Africa in partnership with the Global Young Academy, funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung from 22nd – 279h March, 2019)
2018: International Scholar (Alumnus/ Fellow)
International Economic Issues and Development Policy (IEIDP) Programme, New Dehli, India.
2015: Strategies for Personal Growth and Development (Certificate Course organized by the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S Department of State, 4th April, 2015)
2015: Management Strategies for People and Resources (Certificate Course organized by the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S Department of State, 4th April, 2015)
2015: Workforce Collaboration and Development (Certificate Course organized by the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S Department of State, 4th April, 2015)
2014: Visiting Scholar
Department of Economics, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
2013: International Scholar (Alumnus/ Fellow)
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE), Santon Johannesburg, South Africa
National Studies and Professional Development Programmes:
2018: FIATA Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management
Awarded by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (under the Training of Trainers Programme, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 9th-16th July, 2018.
Academic Awards
2016: Award of Excellence as one of the Top Ten Most Friendly Lecturers at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
2014: Vice Chancellor’s Award (Best Ph.d Graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
2014: Vice Chancellor’s Award (Among the three best Ph.d Graduands in the whole University of Nigeria, Nsukka).
Other Awards
2017-2020: Three awards for Outstanding Service as a Faculty Adviser to Chattered Finance Analyst (CFA) Society, Nigeria.
2018: Award of Recognition for Outstanding Role, Contributions and Achievements in the Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (Awarded by the Nigerian Economics Students’ Asspciation (NESA))
2018: Award of Recognition as the Most Punctual Canditate during the FIATA Higher Diploma training in Supply Chain Management (awarded by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria under the Training of Trainers Programme, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 9th-16th July, 2018).
2018: Award of Excellence (by ENACTUS UNN Team) in recognition of my partnership, collaborations and contribution to the success of the students and the entire organization.
2006: Award of Service and Excellence (by Nigeria Christian Corper’s Fellowship, Gombe State) for Serving as the State President 2006 Batch A.
Teaching and Professional Experience:
Date Post
Teaching and Professional Experience:
Date Post
01/10/2022- Date Associate Professor
01/10/2019- 30/09/2022 Senior Lecturer
01/10/2016- 30/09/2019 Lecturer I
01/10/2013 – 30/09/2016 Lecturer II
19/06/2012 – 30/09/2013 Assistant Lecturer
Responsibilities
- I teach Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Research Methods, Financial Markets/Institutions, and Urban/Regional Economics
- I supervise undergraduate and post graduate research projects. I have supervised over 80 undergraduates and over 20 post graduate student projects.
- Sometimes I serve as chairman in the Post Graduate seminars for Master’s and Phd Students
- I consult for South East States in Nigeria, UNICEF and other national and international orgnaizations
- I invigilate undergraduate and post graduate examinations
- Chairman, Departmental Committee on ICT and Facility Management (2013-Date)
- Chairman, Faculty of the Social Sciences Impact Factor Verification Committee (2024-Date)
- Member, Advisory Council at University of Nigeria Education Innovation Centre
- Member, Faculty of the Social Sciences Impact Factor Verification Committee (2022-2024)
- Secretary, Departmental Committee on Welfare (2012- 2024)
- Member, Departmental Committee on Examinations and Records (2012-2013)
- Member, Departmental Committee on Time Table (2015-Date)
- Member, Departmental Committee on Book Projects (2014-Date)
- Chairman, Faculty Committee on E-Learning/ICT (2016-Date)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Sports ( 2012-2014)
- Member, Faculty Committee on E-Learning (2014-2016)
- Member, Faculty Committee on University Fellowships, Grants and Linkage/Exchange Programmes (2014-date)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Environment (2016-Date)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Social Science Statistics (2016-2018)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Public Lectures (2020-Date)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Capacity Building (2020-Date)
- Member, Faculty Committee on Socioscope (Publications and Newsletters) (2020-Date)
- Chairman, Faculty of the Socia Sciences Impact Factor Verification Committee (2024-Date)
- Faculty of Social Sciences Webmaster (2014-Date).
- Member,University of Nigeria Senate Ceremonials Committee (2025)
UNDERGRADUATE EXTERNAL EXAMINER
- Godfrey Okoye University 2024
- Coal City University 2024
POSTGRADUATE EXTERNAL EXAMINER
- University of Western Cape, South Africa
POSTGRADUATE EXTERNAL SUPERVISOR
- The Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Science (PAUWES), (Abou Bakr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen), Algeria
Research Skills and Areas of Research Interest
I am highly analytical and I have the ability to use vital econometric software packages for economic research analysis. My areas of research interest include;
- Development Economics
- Monetary Economics
- Finance and Domestic Resource Mobilization
- Macroeconomic Growth and Poverty Reduction
- Public Sector Economics and Public Policy
- Energy Economics
- Natural Resources and Environmental Economics
- Gender Economics and Labour Market Issues
Find his abridged curriculum vitae (CV) attached below:
TONY’S ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE—-SEPTEMBER, 2025–WEB_NoC
To request for collaboration, consultancy, or the most current CV, kindly contact:
Email: anthony.orji@unn.edu.ng
Alternate Email:tonyorjiuss@yahoo.com
