Prof. Benjamin Kofi Nyarko
Recent activity
Future Eath/Belmont Forum: Developing REsilient African cities and their urban environment facing rural-urban Migration, Climate and Global Change (DREAMS)
Arts and Humanity Research Council (AHRC) UKRI Farmers’ perspectives on challenges in the food system: a collaborative research partnership with Ghana and Tanzania
UKRI-GCRF One Ocean Hub: Re-focusing multi-scalar, integrated ocean management for SDG synergies
EU-AU LEAP AGRI Project-A Social-Ecological System Approach towards a Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SESASA)
Isotopic Age and composition of streamflow as indicators of groundwater sustainability, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna Austria CRP- 12954
Background
🎓 Education & qualifications
Doctor rerum naturalium in Geography
University of Bonn
2007
Master of Philosophy in Geography
University of Cape Coast
1999
Diploma in Education
University of Cape Coast
1995
Bachelor of Arts in Geography
University of Cape Coast
1995
★ Career & positions
Head of Department
Department of Geography and Regional Planning
Jan, 2022 to Aug, 2024
Teaching & projects
Projects
Future Eath/Belmont Forum: Developing REsilient African cities and their urban environment facing rural-urban Migration, Climate and Global Change (DREAMS)
Principal Investigator
January 2021 - Present
Arts and Humanity Research Council (AHRC) UKRI Farmers’ perspectives on challenges in the food system: a collaborative research partnership with Ghana and Tanzania
Co-Investigator
January 2019 - December 2021
UKRI-GCRF One Ocean Hub: Re-focusing multi-scalar, integrated ocean management for SDG synergies
Country Director
January 2019 - Present
EU-AU LEAP AGRI Project-A Social-Ecological System Approach towards a Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SESASA)
Co-Principal Investigator
January 2018 - December 2021
Isotopic Age and composition of streamflow as indicators of groundwater sustainability, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna Austria CRP- 12954
Principal Invesitigator
January 2004 - December 2010