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Prince Dacosta Aboagye

Prince Dacosta Aboagye

Nagoya

Summary

Dedicated, detailed, result-oriented, self-motivated researcher and development practitioner with eight (8) years of verifiable history in interdisciplinary research on environmental and climate governance, policy, planning, environmental policy impact assessment, the nexus between cities and climate adaptation and mitigation, as well as project management. I am passionate about exploring the frontiers of knowledge and contributing to meaningful advancements in inclusive cities and urban futures, sustainable and resilient environments, and climate adaptation and mitigation.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya University
Nagoya
10.2024 - Current
  • Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to advance research in socio-hydrology and watershed flood risk management.
  • Authoring manuscripts on the social implementation of flood early warning systems.

Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Hiroshima
10.2022 - 08.2024
  • Worked independently and collaborated with the supervisor to assess the quality of national adaptation plans.
  • Co-authored high-impact research on envisioning post-pandemic pathways in Tokyo using the Q-methodology approach.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Hiroshima
03.2023 - 05.2024
  • Mentored urban policy and urban resilience master's students in research design and data analysis.
  • Handled a climate interactive simulation exercise with 15 students from the graduate urban policy class using the EN-Roads Climate Simulator.

Integrated Development Officer

CERATH Development Organization
Accra
11.2020 - 09.2021
  • Team lead - European Union (EU)-funded project dubbed "Power to the Fishers."
  • Project Manager and Research Lead - GrEEn Project funded by SNV Netherlands Development Organization, Ghana.
  • Project Manager - European Union (EU) funded project dubbed "Coconut Waste Project."

Education

Ph.D. - Urban Environmental Science – Policy And Planning

Hiroshima University
Hiroshima, Japan
09-2024

Master of Science - Development Policy & Planning

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi, Ghana
11-2019

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Economics & Sociology)

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
05-2015

Skills

  • Constructing and Visualizing Networks - Vosviewer (text mining, Bibliometric analysis and visualization), Cytoscape (Social Network Analysis), Sankey Diagram (Flows and relationship visualization)
  • Statistical Analysis and Visualization Software - R, Tableau, STATA, SPSS, Python
  • Relevant Analytical Skills – Pattern and Theme Recognition, Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis, Data and Metrics Interpreting; Data Reporting, Visualization, and Presentation; Data cleaning and organizing; Data Mining, Spatial Analysis

PUBLICATIONS

  • Doe, B., & Aboagye, P. D. (2020). The place of subsidy: affordable sanitation service delivery in slums of Kumasi, Ghana. GeoJournal, 1-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10256-7
  • 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-022-00182-w
  • 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101550
  • Aboagye, P. D., & Sharifi, A. (2024). Urban climate adaptation and mitigation action plans: A critical review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189, 113886. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113886
  • Sharifi A., Aboagye P. D., Zhang M., & Murayama A. (2024). A Participatory Foresight Approach to Envisioning Post-Pandemic Urban Development Pathways in the Greater Tokyo Area. (Under Review at Habitat International)
  • Aboagye, P. D., & Sharifi, A. (2024). Pathways for future climate action planning in urban Ghana. Habitat International, 153, 103186.

Timeline

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya University
10.2024 - Current

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
03.2023 - 05.2024

Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
10.2022 - 08.2024

Integrated Development Officer

CERATH Development Organization
11.2020 - 09.2021

Ph.D. - Urban Environmental Science – Policy And Planning

Hiroshima University

Master of Science - Development Policy & Planning

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Economics & Sociology)

University of Cape Coast
Prince Dacosta Aboagye