Professor Euan Phimister

Biography

Euan Phimister holds a part-time appointment as Professor of Economics in the Business School.  His primary position is as Professor of Development Finance, Stellenbosch Business School, Stellenbosch University, South Africa where he is Head of Development Finance Programmes. 

Before moving to Stellenbosch in 2021, he spent over 20 years as full time faculty at Aberdeen and within the Business School he has been Deputy Head of School, School Director of Research and  School Director of Resources.  He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was the first Director of the School's MSc in Petroleum, Energy Economics and Finance. He is an Honorary Associate of the James Hutton Institute and is a Panel member for Main Panel A: Sub-panel 6 (Agriculture) in the UK Research Excellence Framework 2020.

His recent work focusses on links between agriculture, energy, rural development and finance, including understanding the interrelationships between access to energy, food production in Sub-Saharan Africa, and in recent years he has been involved in a range of externally funded inter-disciplinary projects involving partners from Ethiopia, Ghana, and Uganda.  

External Memberships

REF2014 & REF2021 Agriculture sub-panel member.  Associate Editor Journal of Agricultural Economics.