Name: the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)
Start: 2022-10-03
Location: Busan, Republic of Korea (Virtual)

About

Joshua Sebu is a senior lecturer at the Department of Data Science and Economic Policy at the School of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Kent, UK, in July 2017. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Mathematics) and MPhil in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana in 2008 and 2011 respectively. His research interests are in microeconometrics, agricultural economics, health economics, and poverty and inequality. He has taught at the School of Economics and Kent Business School both at the University of Kent between 2012 and 2018 and was also a research assistant on a project on research excellence framework (REF) related project at the Kent Business School, University of Kent from 2017-2018.

Focus & expertise

Specializations

Applied Microeconometrics Data Analytics Development Economics

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Energy Poverty Farm Productivity Financial Inclusion2 Maternal and Child Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Public Health2 Poverty and Inequality Women Empowerment

Recent activity

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Conference Oct 2022

the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)

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Award Jan 2021

Sixth Research Awards and Grants

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Award Jan 2021

The Africa Centre of Excellence (ACECoR) Small Research Grant Support

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Conference Aug 2019

Symposium on the Social Determinants of Health

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Conference Jul 2019

2nd Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference (AfIHC)

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

University of Kent

2017

Master of Philosophy in Economics

University of Cape Coast

2011

Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics

University of Cape Coast

2008

★ Career & positions

Departmental Registration & Exams Officer

Department of Data Science and Economic Policy

Aug, 2023 to Jul, 2025

Publications ORCID 0000-0002-3010-8704 →

2026 Health shocks and multidimensional poverty: is health insurance a safety net? journal article

2026 Non‐Farm Entrepreneurship and Household Economic Precarity in Rural Ghana journal article

2026 An assessment of cooking energy behaviours in Ghana’s marine fishing communities journal article

2026 Fiscal Trust or Partisanship? Explaining Resistance to Ghana’s E-Levy preprint

2025 Energy Use Behaviors in Ghana’s Coastal Zone: Does Women’s Empowerment and Its Dimensions Matter? journal article

2025 Household Debt Servicing and Multidimensional Poverty in Ghana journal article

2024 The association between religious beliefs and values with inflammation among Middle-age and older adults journal article

2024 An Examination of the Impact of Clergy-Involved Mental Health Activities for Their Congregants on Clergy Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Perceptions of Having a Life Close to Ideal in the USA journal article

2024 Does Women’s Empowerment Matter for Household Food Security? Evidence From Northern Ghana journal article

2023 Business and management research themes and impact journal article

2023 Values of Directors, Gender Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Industrial Region of Ghana preprint

2023 Harnessing Financial Innovation for Financial Inclusion in Ghana book chapter

2022 Household Multidimensional Energy Poverty: Impact on Health, Education, and Cognitive Skills of Children in Ghana journal article

2022 Financial literacy, financial distress and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals in Ghana journal article

2022 Sectoral Growth and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Fiscal and Monetary Policies book chapter

2021 COVID-19 Water and Electricity Subsidies in Ghana: How Do the Poor Benefit? journal article

2021 Improving productivity among smallholder farmers in Ghana: does financial inclusion matter? journal article

2020 Women's empowerment and household food security in Ghana journal article

2020 Business and management research themes and impact [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved] journal article

2020 Women's empowerment and child health outcomes in Ghana journal article

2020 Achieving research impact in tourism: Modelling and evaluating outcomes from the UKs Research Excellence Framework journal article

2020 Mobile Money, Output and Welfare Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana journal article

2012 Spatial inequality and household poverty in Ghana journal article

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2022 the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC) Presented a paper · Busan, Republic of Korea (Virtual)

2019 Symposium on the Social Determinants of Health Participant · University of Cape Coast

2019 2nd Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference (AfIHC) Participant · University of Ghana, Legon

2019 10th Microfinance Conference Participant · University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

2016 Postgraduate Research Festival Presented a poster · University of Kent, UK

2015 Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies (CEAS) PhD Workshop 2015 Presented a paper · University of Kent, UK

2015 4th PhD Conference on International Development Presented a paper · Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

2013 2nd PhD Conference on International Development Presented a paper · University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

2013 2nd Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) South East Doctoral Training Centre (SEDTC) Annual Conference Presented a paper · University of Kent, UK