Dr Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe BSc MFE MEd MSc PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Business, University of Southampton Malaysia. Previously, he worked as a Lecturer at Taylor's Business School, Taylor's University Malaysia. He was also a Teaching Fellow at School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Kizito obtained his PhD (Economics) from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) under the USM Fellowship Award. His main research areas are Financial Economics, Macroeconomics and Energy Economics. In these areas, Kizito has published several articles in reputable top tier journals in ABS/ ABDC/SSCI lists such as Journal of Sustainable Tourism, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Policy Modeling, Empirical Economics, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Applied Energy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Reports, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, African Development Review, Singapore Economic Review, among others.
Kizito serves as an Associate Editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration, as well as a member of Editorial Board of some journals. He also serves as a regular reviewer for dozens top tier journals such as Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Current Issues in Tourism, Economic Systems, Journal of Asian Economics, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Australia Economic Papers, among others.
Kizito is the recipient (Project Leader) of the Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (Ref: FRGS/1/2020/SS0/TAYLOR/03/1) worth MYR84200 as well as a co-researcher in some Research Grants. Kizito conducts several academic seminars for students and young career researchers on academic writing, applied econometric methodologies and research publications.
Primary Research Group & Research Interests
Financial Economics, Macroeconomics and Energy Economics
PhD Supervision
Kizito supervises PhD students in the areas of Financial Economics, Macroeconomics and Energy Economics.
Current Research Project:
A fundamental study on the environmental impacts of the agricultural, industrial and financial sectors in Malaysia. Ref: FRGS/1/2020/SS0/TAYLOR/03/1 (RM84,200). Role: Principal Investigator