Prince Dacosta Aboagye
Development Policy And Planner
HigashiHiroshima City
Summary
A dedicated, detailed, and self-motivated research and development practitioner with eight (8) years of verifiable history in policy and planning. I am interested in developing a career that combines project management, teaching, consultancy and research while maintaining my interest in trade economics, environmental sustainability, sustainable urban development with much emphasis on climate change, slum upgrading, pollution, climate planning and policy and resilience
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Research Assistant
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima City
10.2022 - Current
- Worked both independently and collaboratively with my academic supervisor to assess the quality of national adaptation plans.
- Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis for a study on envisioning post-pandemic pathways.
- Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
- Contributed to professionally-written scientific paper for publication in a Q1 SCI journal.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima City
03.2023 - 05.2023
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
- Mentored students through office hours and one-on-one communication.
- Led the climate interactive simulation exercise with students from the graduate urban policy class using the EN-Roads Climate Simulator.
- Provided individual and group instruction to tailor teaching approaches to different student needs.
- Planned and delivered lectures and course materials to communicate course content and provide students with subject matter knowledge.
Integrated Development Officer
CERATH Development Organization
Accra
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Project team lead - European Union (EU) funded project dubbed “Power to the fishers”. The project seeks to enhance the socio-economic livelihoods of fishing communities in selected coastal landscapes in Ghana. My key role is to coordinate activities of the project team, lead research, community engagements and training.
- Project manager and research lead - GrEEn project funded by SNV Netherlands Development Organization, Ghana. The project is to train youth, women and returnee migrants on employability and entrepreneurship.
- Project Manager - European Union (EU) funded project dubbed “Coconut-Waste Project”. The project is titled the “coconut-waste project”. It aims at achieving a green-circular economy and to create livelihood opportunities through value addition to coconut husks waste in the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality. My key role was to coordinate all activities of the project team, research, community engagements, training and facilitate market linkages for coconut-husk products.
- Led a team to develop a concept note on “circular economy and local development” to be submitted to the European Union. The concept note was selected and approved with a four-year funding of € 1.4 million
- Led the business development team to develop a research proposal for submission to Oxfam International for their Women’s Economic Advancement for Collective Transformation (WeACT) baseline study in Ghana.
Research Assistant
Confederation of Governance Assessment Institute
Kumasi
10.2016 - 05.2017
- Developed a proposal that won the organization funding of U.S $10,000 to host a workshop and an award ceremony.
- Developed data collections tools and led the data collection exercise towards assessing government policies before the December 2016 elections in Ghana.
- Assisted the head of research to plan, initiate, and conduct all research activities.
Education
Ph.D. - International Economic Development
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan 10.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Development Policy And Planning
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana 09.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Economics And Sociology Majors)
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana 08.2011 - 06.2015
Skills
Research reporting
Affiliations
- Member - International Platform on Adaptation Metrics (IPAM)
- Member - International Public Policy Association (IPPA)
- CO-founder - Climate Action Advocacy Centre (CAAC)
Publications
- Doe, B., & Aboagye, P. D. (2022). The place of subsidy: affordable sanitation service delivery in slums of Kumasi, Ghana. GeoJournal, 87(1), 295-317.
- Doe, B., Aboagye, P. D., Osei-Owusu, P. K., Amoah, T., Aidoo, A., & Amponsah, N. Y. (2023). Towards Circular Economy and Local Economic Development in Ghana: Insights from the Coconut Waste Value Chain. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 3(1), 347-372.
- Aboagye, P. D., & Sharifi, A. (2023). Post-fifth assessment report urban climate planning: Lessons from 278 urban climate action plans released from 2015 to 2022. Urban Climate, 49, 101550.
Conferences
- Presenter: Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability - NERPS Conference (March 2022)
- GIS & Research Methods for members, Graduate Students Association of Ghana, KNUST (October 2019)
- Application selected to present at the MIRAI 2.0 Research & Innovation Week 2023 at Umeå University, Sweden
Referees
- Professor Ayyoob Sharifi
Professor, The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University
sharifi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
+81-82-424-6932
[Prof. Sharifi is my immediate academic supervisor and mentor during my doctoral studies]
- Dr. Benjamin Doe
Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, College of Art and Built Environment, Department of Planning
bdoe@knust.edu.gh; bendoe2002@yahoo.com
+233(0)207309937
[Dr. Doe was my academic supervisor during my masters studies with which I have two publications]
- Mr Paa Kofi Osei-Owusu
Director, CERATH Development Organization
paa@cerathdev.org
+233(0) 209244168
[Paa was my boss and the director of CERATH Development Organization (CDO0, where I successfully managed two different projects during my two-year stay at CDO before leaving to further my studies]
Timeline
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
03.2023 - 05.2023
Research Assistant
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
10.2022 - Current
Ph.D. - International Economic Development
Hiroshima University
10.2021 - Current
Integrated Development Officer
CERATH Development Organization
08.2019 - 09.2021
Master of Science - Development Policy And Planning
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
09.2017 - 09.2019
Research Assistant
Confederation of Governance Assessment Institute
10.2016 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Economics And Sociology Majors)
University of Cape Coast
08.2011 - 06.2015
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