Professor Steven Koch is currently a fellow of the Econometrics Society and serves on the Africa Region Standing Committee of the Econometrics Society. He is member of University of Pretoria Research and Postgraduate Committee of Senate and Economic Society of South Africa Council and was the Director of African Finance & Economics Association. He is also the Managing Editor of South African Journal of Economics. His research interest areas are Health and Labour Economics, Household Finances and Welfare, Environmental Economics and Energy Economics.