Solomon Prince NATHANIEL
School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS).
Faculty’s Field of Research: Energy and Environmental Economics, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development Goals, Development Economics.
School: School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS).
Faculty’s email address: nsolomon@pau.edu.ng
Background: Solomon Prince Nathaniel holds a PhD from the University of Lagos, Akoka. He lectures economics at Pan-Atlantic University, Lekki, Nigeria. His research interests span across energy and environmental economics. He has published in journals and book chapters indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, such as Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Geoscience Frontiers, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, Energy and Environment, Natural Resources Forum, Ecological Modelling, etc. He was ranked the number one research scholar in Nigeria for the year 2024 by Stanford University and Elsevier. Enlisted in the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 top 2% of scientists in the world by Stanford University and Elsevier. He was a member of Nigeria’s Agenda 2050 Drafting Committee. He was also ranked 2nd among the top 5000 researchers in the University of Lagos in 2021 and 4th in 2022. Also, he has published over 75 research papers, with over 8070 scholarly citations, an h-index of 42, and an i10-index of 63 in Google Scholar.
Research interest: Energy and environmental economics.
Teaching: Faculty leads courses in Petroleum and Energy Economics
Qualifications
PhD in Economics (University of Lagos, Akoka)
M.Sc. in Economics (University of Lagos, Akoka)
B.Sc. in Economics (University of Nigeria, Nsukka).
NCE in Economics and Political Science (Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin).
Memberships, editorial boards:
Editorial Board Member: Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE)
Section Editor: Frontier Journals
Member, Nigerian Economic Society
Nathaniel, S. P., Meo, M. S., Oyadeyi, O. O., & Solomon, C. J. (2026). Environmental policy stringency, renewable energy consumption, and load capacity factor in BRICS countries: a bootstrap rolling-window approach. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-26.
Nathaniel, S., Uche, E., Nchake, M., & Radulescu, M. (2026). Pathways to ecological sustainability in the United States: assessing the role of policy stringency and green energy using wavelet quantile correlation. Environmental Sciences Europe.
Nathaniel, S. P., Dimitriou, D., Bolat, S., & Asongu, S. A. (2026). Does Education Mediate the Relationship Between Renewable Energy and Ecological Footprint in Africa? Evidence From New Artificial Intelligence Methods. The Geographical Journal, 192(1), e70075.
Chandio, A. A., Gokmenoglu, K. K., Nathaniel, S. P., Ozturk, I., & Tang, X. (2025). Modeling the impact of renewable energy and water resources on food production in BRICS economies: Policy implications for sustainable development. Energy, 138962.
Nathaniel, S. P., Dimitriou, D., Bolat, S., & Tiwari, A. K. (2025). Linking clean energy consumption to environmental sustainability in Africa: Puzzling evidence from new artificial intelligence methods. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 44(6), e70117.
LINK TO PUBLICATIONS: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Sqfoa6YAAAAJ&hl=en
