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Open University of Kenya (OUK) is an equal opportunity employer and, therefore, applicants of either gender, youths, persons living with disabilities and those from marginalized areas are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities or duties

• Implement Carbon Pricing: Instruct on the economic rationale behind carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems as mechanisms to reduce emissions.
• Assess Valuation Methods: Teach students to use contingent valuation and hedonic pricing to quantify the economic value of non-market environmental goods.
• Manage Common Pool Resources: Guide students in analyzing the "Tragedy of the Commons" and proposing sustainable management strategies (e.g., fisheries, forests).
• Analyze Pollution Policies: Evaluate the economic efficiency of command-and-control regulations versus market-based incentives for pollution control.
• Study Sustainable Development: Instruct on the economic trade-offs between current resource extraction and the preservation of resources for future generations.
• Integrate Circular Economy: Teach the economic viability of waste-to-resource systems and the business case for recycling and remanufacturing.

• Implement Carbon Pricing: Instruct on the economic rationale behind carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems as mechanisms to reduce emissions.
• Assess Valuation Methods: Teach students to use contingent valuation and hedonic pricing to quantify the economic value of non-market environmental goods.
• Manage Common Pool Resources: Guide students in analyzing the "Tragedy of the Commons" and proposing sustainable management strategies (e.g., fisheries, forests).
• Analyze Pollution Policies: Evaluate the economic efficiency of command-and-control regulations versus market-based incentives for pollution control.
• Study Sustainable Development: Instruct on the economic trade-offs between current resource extraction and the preservation of resources for future generations.
• Integrate Circular Economy: Teach the economic viability of waste-to-resource systems and the business case for recycling and remanufacturing.