HHB is glad to welcome Morten Jerven – Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Adjunct Professor at Lund University – as a new HHB Researchers.

Prof. Jerven holds a PhD in Economic History (London School of Economics) and has published widely on African economic development, and particularly on patterns of economic growth and on economic development statistics. His books are based on research in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana.

He is currently working on linking studies on post-colonial economic development with the economic history of colonial Africa through the research project:  ‘African states and development: a historical perspective on state legitimacy and development capacity, 1890-2010’ supported by a SSHRC Standard grant.