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Theodora Akweley Asiamah(Ph.D)

PhD,

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Senior Lecturer

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School of Sustainable Development

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2nd Floor, Lecture Blk

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Theodora Akweley Asiamah is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Sustainable Development of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD). Prior to joining UESD, she worked with Nobel International Business School as a Teaching Faculty and Program Director of the Doctor of Business Leadership and PhD Programs. She has a wealth of industry experience as she worked with various organisations prior to developing her career in Academia. She has a diverse background as a result of her educational background and work experience. She has strong competences in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and is keen in conducting studies that seek to address concerns of Sustainable Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness, with a focus on gender equity and food security.

Sustainable Development
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Agribusiness

1. Asiamah, T.A., Tettey, G., Boyetey, D., Abekah-Koomson, I. (2025). Alternative Solution to the Darkness: Opportunities and Challenges of Renewable Energy Technology for Non-electrified Farming Communities. In: Aigbavboa, C., et al. Sustainable Education and Development—Clean Energy. ARCA 2023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65357-5_33

2. Asiamah, T. A., Allotey, A. N. M., and Limantol, A. M. (2024). Land Use Competition and Changes in Ecosystem services in Riparian areas for 30 years (1991-2021/2022). Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 4(1). 22-44. https://doi.org/10.55921/jesd.v4i1.102

3. Amoah, A., Sedegah, D. D., Eshun, F., Nyarko, E. S., Kyei-Arthur, F., Asiamah, T. A., … & Amfo, J. (2024). Akosombo Dam Spillage: A nightmare that needs no repeat but restrategizing. Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development (JESD), 4(1). 1-8

4. Asiamah, T. A. (2024). Intersections between informal social and economic systems in Ghana: Transformations and implications for managing economic hardship. Cogent Arts and Humanities 11(1) 2303191.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2024.2303191

5. Larbi-Ayisi, C., N’souvi, K., Baidoo, K., Asare-Nuamah, P., Larbi, I., Asiamah, T. A., Alhassan, E. A., Osei Ayeh, S. (2024). Perception of Climate Change and adoption of Climate-Smart fisheries among artisanal fishers. Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship. 3(2024) 100072. 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stae.2024.100072

6. Boyetey, D. B., Hesse, C. A., Abekah-Koomson, I., & Asiamah, T. A. (2023). Towards Efficient Energy Consumption: Audit of Households Electricity Consumption in Ghana. Global Business Review. 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509231187237

7. Asiamah, T.A., Tettey, G., Boyetey, D.B., Djimajor, R.T. (2023). Examining Awareness and Usage of Renewable Energy Technologies in Non-electrified Farming Communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In: Aigbavboa, C., et al. Sustainable Education and Development – Sustainable Industrialization and Innovation. ARCA 2022. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25998-2_2

8. Limantol, A. M., Larbi, I., Dotse, S. Q., Okafor, G. C., Asare-Nuamah, P., Frimpong, L. K., … & Prempeh, N. A. (2023). An increase in temperature under the shared socioeconomic scenarios in the Volta River Basin, West Africa: implications for economic development. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 14(8), 2808-2824.

9. Appiah, M. K., Ameko, E., Asiamah, T. A., & Duker, R. Q. (2023). Blue economy investment and sustainability of Ghana’s territorial waters: an application of structural equation modelling. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 16(1), 1-15.

10. Asiamah, T. A. (2022). COVID-19 and Labour Force Gender Disparities. Encyclopedia, 2022. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/22560

11. Asiamah, T.A. and Sedegah, D.D. (2022). Translating the Global Goals to Local Implementation: SDG 11 in Focus. In: Mojekwu J. N., Thwala W., Aigbavboa C., Bamfo-Agyei E., Atepor L., Oppong R.A. (eds) Sustainable Education and Development- Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, ARCA 2021. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90973-4_46

12. Asiamah, T. A., Steel, W. F. and Ackah, C. (2021). Determinants of Credit Demand and Credit Constraints among Households in Ghana. Heliyon. 7(10), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08162

13. Asiamah, T. A. and Steel, W. F. (2020). Urban Food Market Decongestion and Development Post
COVID-19, Encyclopedia, 2020, v1. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/982

14. Asiamah T.A., Ackah, C. and Osei-Akoto, I. (2017). From non-market to market institutions: The Transition of risk-sharing mechanisms in Ghana: In Quartey, Adjei-Mensah and Bamba (Eds.) Multidisciplinary perspectives on transformation in Africa. Sub-Saharan Publishers.

15. Aboagye, G.S., Awotwi, E. K., Ahunu, B.K. and T. A. Tetteh (1999). Characterization of the West African Dwarf Goat of Ghana for some qualitative traits. Ghana Society of Animal Production. Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference.

2024 -2026 : Erasmus + Staff mobility Grant Beneficiary
2015: Received research grant from the New Structural Economics Centre, University of Peking, China to conduct a country study on the topic Applying the Growth and Identification Framework: The case of Ghana.

1. July 2013 – DAAD PhD Scholarship to pursue a Ph D. in Development Studies with the Ghanaian-German Centre for Development Studies, University of Ghana, Legon
2. June 2000: University of Ghana Award for best First-Degree dissertation in Animal Science
3. March 1998: Prof. F. T. Sai Award for best female First-year student in Agricultural Science

Local Implementation of SDG 11: Stakeholders, Collaboration and Gender Consideration