Rashid M. Hassan
Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis in Africa (CEEPA)
Social and Economic Sciences
Institution:
University of PretoriaBiography:
Professor and Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, University of Pretoria. Previously worked at the CSIR in SA, CIMMYT International in east Africa, and University of Juba, South Sudan. Served as member of many national and international Boards & Science Councils including: the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP), The CGIAR Science Council (ISPC), GEF Science and Technical Advisory Panel-STAP IV, Science Panel and Co-Chair of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, UN CFS High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Climate Change, Stockholm Resilience Centre Board, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Science Advisory Council, Human Sciences Research Council of SA Board. Member of the Academy of Sciences of SA and Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Senior Fellow of ZEF at Bonn University, editor and member of editorial Boards of many international journals and has published over 170 articles and chapters and 14 books. Holds MSc and PhD degrees in economics from University of Khartoum in Sudan and Iowa State University, USA.