Jamiu Olamilekan Badmus is a recent graduate of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Economics of Globalization and European Integration (EGEI), fully funded by the European Commission. In his dissertation, he quantifies the ex-ante impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on trade and welfare.  

Currently, he is a Research Intern at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, Belgium, under the supervision of Professor Glenn Rayp. 

He is also a Pre-doctoral Student pursuing a Certificate Program in Economic Theory, Econometrics, & Mathematical Economics (CETEME) at the BAUM Tenpers Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia. 

He holds a first-class bachelor's degree in Economics with a minor in Education from Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria. Subsequently, he earned a master’s degree in Economics with distinction from the same institution. 

His research interests are international trade, trade policy, development, and environmental economics. You can find his research here.