Dr. Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada currently works at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. He is a member of the Center for Environment, Resources and Energy Economics (CURE) at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Ruhr University, Bochum. Since 2017 he has been the lead member of the Center for Economic Development and Social Change (CED) in Naples, Italy. He has had publications recorded in international peer-reviewed journals, including The European Journal of Development Research, Post-Communist Economies, Mineral Economics, Review of Development Economics, Economies, Sustainability, and Energies.