Jubril Animashaun

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Previously, I was an academic visitor and a Teaching Associate in Economics at the University of Manchester, UK. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, and an MSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. I am an experienced teacher with a Fellowship of the HEA (FHEA) in recognition of personal and institutional commitment to professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education against the UK Professional Standards Framework in teaching and learning support.

I am also a passionate researcher with a broad range of collaborations with researchers across the social sciences. The bulk of my research interests aims to understand the structural drivers and historical events that distort social contracts and strongly impede development in many countries. Social contract― the idea that when citizens and governments have common interests, they are intrinsically motivated to create an effective state that tackles inequality and ensures shared prosperity for all. Under this social contract framework, citizens are expected to pay their taxes. The government is obligated to carry out its constitutional functions, such as ensuring the socially efficient redistribution of economic resources and strengthening social order, justice, and solidarity against internal and external threats.

More recently, I have become interested in understanding how fluctuations in temperature and precipitation affect economic and human welfare outcomes in advanced economies. Previous studies have shown that temperature and rainfall variations can induce substantial economic fluctuations in poor countries, but have a less significant impact in rich countries. However, despite investments in adaptations and physical constraints in wealthy countries, the scepticism and preferences of political parties, driven by voters' ideological cleavages over climate change, may reduce policy support for vulnerable firms facing supply chain distortions and employees facing reduced labour productivity due to climate change.