Career in academia Before his appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Ndūng'ū was the director of training at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). He lectured in advanced economic theory and
econometrics at the University of Nairobi, where he was an associate professor of economics. He also worked as a regional programme specialist for the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, of the
International Development Research Centre, Canada; and at the
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis as a principal analyst/researcher and head of the Macroeconomic and Economic Modelling Division. Ndūng'ū conducted extensive research and teaching work in various fields of economics, including
macroeconomics,
microeconomics, econometrics, and
poverty reduction. He published in international journals as well as chapters in various books on economic policy issues, inflation, interest rate and exchange rate issues, financial management, public sector growth, external debt, financial liberalization in Anglophone Africa, structural adjustment, as well as on employment and labour market issues. In 2019, he served on the advisory board of the annual
Human Development Report of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), co-chaired by
Thomas Piketty and
Tharman Shanmugaratnam. ==Other activities==