Professor Emmanuel O. Adu is an inaugurated Teacher and Economics Education Professor in the School of General and Continuing Education. A former Dean of Education Faculty at BA ISAGO University, Botswana, and Deputy Dean of Research and Internationalization at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. He is a fellow of the Global Education Network (FGEN) and the current president of the Global Education Network (GEN). He was a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Medal Awards in 2015 and 2017 at UFH and received the Faculty of Education Award of Excellence for the period 2015-2019. He has held a visiting professorship at Marymount University, Virginia, USA and Liverpool Hope University, UK. He has taught for more than 24 years at universities in Nigeria, Botswana, and South Africa.

Professor Adu is also an author with over 200 publications across 16 countries specializing in Teacher Education and Development; Social Science Education (Economics, Political Science and Social Studies); Educational Research; Curriculum Studies; and Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) in Education. He has supervised the research of students at all levels and belongs to editorial boards of reputable journals across the globe. He has also written successful research funding proposals for the South African government, sharing his unique multi-perspectival views on equality, diversity for social development and sustainability.