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John Edem Akubia

John currently holds a position as a Doctoral Researcher with the Junior Research Group: WaterPower, Governance & Sustainability Lab, Trier University. He obtained an MPhil degree in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography & Rural Development from University of Ghana (Accra) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (Kumasi) respectively. His doctoral thesis (in progress) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Antje Bruns, integrates Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and modelling techniques in studying the spatio-temporal dynamics of urbanization-driven urban land-use in coastal and peri-urban areas of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). He has previously conducted research on the impacts of changing climate and Land-use/cover change on water resources and socio-economic conditions in the Lower Volta basin; coastal erosion on the Keta-Anloga coastline.

Doctoral Thesis
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Coastal Urbanization and Urban Land-use Change in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.

Research Interests

Water resources management, Climate Change, Urbanization, Land use/cover change, Ecosystem based management and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS).

Short CV

Before joining WaterPower, John worked briefly with IUCN as Project Assistant in charge of the project “Improving livelihoods in landscapes in the Volta Basin through strengthening farmer-led approaches to ecosystem-based management” which is part of portfolio of the Water, Land and Ecosystem (WLE) Volta and Niger Focal Region (IUCN West and Central Africa Programme). He also worked previously as a Research Assistant with several research fellows from Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies–IESS (partner institution with the WaterPower project) at university of Ghana (UG).

He was awarded an MPhil Scholarship funded by the University Of Ghana-Carnegie Next Generation of Academics in Africa Project from 2013 to 2014. His Master’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Chris Gordon and Dr. Opoku Pabi (both in IESS) had a focus on Geo-Information Technology Application to Changing Climate and Land-Use/Cover Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Conditions in the Lower Volta Basin, Ghana.

John seeks a challenging career in international research and project management. He is particularly interested in bringing a geographic perspective and an expertise in Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and Geospatial data analysis & modelling to bear in addressing issues in cross-disciplinary research projects.

Publications

Akubia, J. E. (2016). Coastal Urbanization and Urban Land-use change in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. WaterPower Working Paper, No.10. Governance and Sustainability Lab. Trier University. Trier.

Bruns, A.; Kondra, M.; Alba, R.; Akubia, J. E.; Bartels, L.; Frick, F. and Schulz, K. (2016). WaterPower: Studying physical and sociopolitical factors in water security. Briefing Paper for the ­39th WEDC International Conference, Kumasi, Ghana.

Contact

WaterPower
Governance & Sustainability Lab

Fachbereich VI - Raum- und Umweltwissenschaften
Universität Trier

54286 Trier

Email: akubia@uni-trier.de
Phone: +49 (0)651/201-4011

Contact Us
Governance & Sustainability Lab
Faculty VI - Regional and Environmental Sciences

Prof. Dr. Antje Bruns 
Trier University 
Phone: +49 (0)651/201-4550
Email: waterpower@uni-trier.de

Website ISSN 2509-8160



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