Sefa Awaworyi Churchill

Professor Sefa Awaworyi Churchill is an applied economist. He is Professor of Economics at the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Australia. He is also Director of the Centre for International Development at RMIT University. He holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University and previously worked with Princeton University as a Fung Global Fellow. As an applied economist, his inter-disciplinary research focuses on health, development, and energy economics. He has published over 150 books, book chapters and journal articles in a wide range of fields and is recognized as one of Australia’s leading economists and social scientists. In 2020 and 2021, he was named by The Australian among Australia’s top 40 young researchers and top 5 in the broad field of social science. RePEc also ranks him among the top 5 economists in Australia over the last decade. He has experience working on consultancy projects for various policy agencies and international development organizations. Sefa has been the recipient of a number of prestigious academic research awards and grants including grants from the Australian Research Council and an Endeavour Fellowship Award, a government scheme which allows Australia’s highest performing researchers to conduct research in alignment with the government’s strategic priorities. He serves as editor for Energy Economics (A*/Q1) and Energy Research & Social Science (Q1).