We are pleased to announce that Professor Augustin Kwasi Fosu, a globally recognized development economist, has been appointed Member of the Academic Committee of the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Professor Fosu is a Fellow (FCAcad) of the Academy in the Division of Social Sciences and a senior scholar whose work on growth, inequality, and poverty has shaped policy and research agendas across Africa and the wider developing world.

The Academic Committee is a vital component of the Academy’s organizational structure, responsible for overseeing and advising on academic affairs and providing strategic guidance for the Academy’s future development. It plays a central role in upholding academic standards, nominating and electing fellowship candidates, and guiding the strategic direction of research across the Academy and its affiliated institutions. Experts with distinguished achievements and reputations in the related fields are invited to join as members of the Academic Committee. 

"A Member of the Academic Committee of the CORE Academy is a leading scholar with distinguished achievements and a high reputation in relevant fields, who serves as a strategic advisor on fellowship nominations and elections, provides guidance on scientific and academic development, and upholds the Academy’s highest scholarly standards."

Professor Fosu serves at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana; he also holds international appointments, including Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, alongside association with the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), University of Oxford. His earlier academic and leadership roles include Deputy Director of The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER, 2006–2013), Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium, and Director, Economic and Social Policy Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Educated at Northwestern University (Ph.D., M.A.) with an undergraduate B.A. (Honors) from Lawrence University, Professor Fosu combines methodological rigor with policy relevance across development economics, political economy, and African economic transformation. 

A prolific and widely cited scholar, Professor Fosu's work has illuminated how distributional change conditions the poverty-reducing power of growth, and how institutions, governance, and export diversification shape development outcomes. His article “Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence” (Research in Economics, 2017) received the Elsevier Atlas Award in 2018, recognizing research with significant social impact.

Across lectures, advisory roles, and research collaborations, Professor Fosu exemplifies the Academy's mission to translate evidence into action—informing strategies that reduce poverty, strengthen institutions, and foster inclusive, sustainable growth. His Academic Committee service will further the Academy’s cross-disciplinary initiatives and global partnerships.

References

1. Augustin Kwasi Fosu Profile Page: https://www.coreacad.org/Member.aspx?ProId=27 

2. ISSER: https://www.coreacad.org/Member.aspx?ProId=27