Prof. Owusu Amponsah

Associate Professor


Dept: Planning
Office of the Head of Department, the Centre for Settlements Studies

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Research Areas/Interests

His research and professional experiences have been in the areas of: Sustainable and inclusive city development Informal urbanism Policy analysis...~more


Awards and Recognition

2021

  • Special Award: Best Senior Member (Teaching Category) - the 2021 CABE Excellence awards ceremony

2019

  • An award from the KNUST Research Fund. The research project topic is “Ghana’s Biofuel Investment Policy: An Inducer or Barrier to Sustainable Livelihoods in Poverty Stricken Rural Communities.” – Principal Investigator    
  • KNUST Research Fund (KReF). The project topic is “Urbanisation With/Against Nature: Analysis of the Land Uses on the Quality of Surface Water Bodies in the Greater Kumasi Metropolis”. - Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 2nd Runner-up; Best Teacher at the College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST

2018

  • Building Stronger University (BSU III) award. Project Topic “Sustainable management of Owabi Reservoir to enhance drinking water quality and malaria control now and in a future warmer climate”
  • BSU III award. Project Topic: “Climate Smart Agriculture and Environmental Management.”
  • Building Stronger University (BSU II) award (2018) -Sustainable management of Owabi Reservoir to enhance drinking water quality and malaria control now and in a future warmer climate” - Activity Holder

2017

  • A member of the team that received funding from the DAAD In-country/In Region Scholarship programme for the Department of Planning, KNUST.

2012

  • A researcher on the DANIDA-Financed Safe Water for Food Project.

2011

  • UNDP-sponsored survey to address gaps in energy access for rural and urban areas in Ghana.

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