Staff Profiles

Senior Lecturer and Dean, FPLM

Prof. Kennedy A. Alatinga

Prof. Kennedy A. Alatinga is an Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Planning and Land Management, SD-Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Wa, Ghana. Prof. Alatinga holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from the University of The Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. He also holds an MPA (CUM LAUDE) from UWC, MA in International Development Management from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and BA in Integrated Development Studies, from the University for Development Studies, (UDS), Ghana. Prof. Alatinga also holds Certificates in Public Policy Analysis from Maastricht Graduate School of Governance in the Netherlands, Policy Communication from the Population Reference Bureau, Washington D.C., USA, Academic Writing from the Africa Study Center, University of Michigan, USA. In 2013, he won the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) Awards for research stay at the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, he was affiliated to the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, where he took courses in Quantitative Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. In 2014, he won the prestigious Population Reference Bureau’s Policy Communication Fellowship for 2014-2015.  Prof. Alatinga also holds a Certificate in Population and Development from Brown University, USA, having won the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes Fellowship in Population and Development in 2015. He also won a DAAD scholarship for his Ph.D. and MA degrees in 2012 and 2008 respectively. Prof. Alatinga has published in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of public policy, poverty and access to health care, amongst others. His research interests are in the areas of social policy and health protection

Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Dep. of Planning

Dr. Millicent Awialie Akaateba

Dr. Millicent Awialie Akaateba is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Planning and Land Management at the SDD-UBIDS, Wa.  She holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Technical University of Berlin, an MSc in Transport Planning and the Environment from the University of Leeds and a BSc in Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.  She is known for her research on hybrid planning, coproduction,  neo-customary land management, road safety and informal urban transport. She had previously worked in private consultancy as an Urban/Transport Planner. Her general research interests cover issues relating to urban planning, customary land administration, sustainable urban development, urban transport planning,  hybrid governance, traffic safety, strategic planning and critical urbanism in sub-Saharan Africa. She has published widely in peer reviewed journals and also serves as a peer reviewer for local and international journals.  

Dr. Akaateba is a corporate member of the Ghana Institute of Planners and has over 10 years of research and teaching experience in transport planning, land use policy and planning and sustainable urban development. Her research has over the years contributed to understanding how rapid urbanization processes and unplanned urban growth are contributing to sustainability and informality challenges in Ghana. It has also highlighted the role of informal urban transport in road traffic accidents and their public health implications. Dr Akaateba is an Associate Researcher of the Habitat Unit of the Technical University of Berlin and a visiting scholar of the WITS-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab  at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Research Interests (key words only)

Urban planning; land administration; land use policy planning; transport planning; urban sustainability; urban governance and informal urbanism; strategic planning

Lecturer, Dep. of Planning

Dr. Abubakari Ahmed

Qualifications (Degree/Education) with dates:

Ph.D. in Sustainability Science, September 2018, University of Tokyo, Japan
M.Sc. in Environmental Governance, March, 2014, United Nations University, Japan
B.Sc. in Development Planning, June 2011, KNUST, Ghana

Research Interest

My research interest lie at the intersection of climate adaptation, water, food and energy geographies, urban inequality and sustainability science. My research over the years seek to understand the household sustainability implications of systematic changes and (re)configurations of water, energy and food sectors in African cities. I often use transdisciplinary methods anchored on analytical approaches such as urban political ecology, social practices, and sustainability assessments. I have focused mainly on issues related to critical resource systems especially water, energy and food by trying to deepen the understanding of the socio-material, political and ecological processes shaping inequalities in access, distribution, use and control of these resources in African cities and rural areas. Underpinning much of my work is the desire to contribute to discourses on urban political ecology of water, energy and food (in)securities and also provide empirical evidence for policy and innovation on city-based solutions for urban sustainability at the household level. As a recipient of the Green Talent Award, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and the International Foundation for Science (IFS), I have received several others grants geared toward specific topics within the framework of rural and urban sustainability in the context of water, energy and food systems from the perspective of political ecology.

Lecturer, Dep. of Planning

Dr. Emile Akangoa Adumpo

Dr. Emile A. Adumpo is a lecturer at the Planning Department of the Faculty of Planning and Land Management. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Sociology from the Humboldt University of Berlin, MSc Development Policy and Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology and BA Social Sciences (Economics& Sociology) from the university of Cape Coast. Emile’s research interest is in the areas of social inequality and educational policy and Planning.

• Research Interests (keywords only)

Social inequality; Social exclusion and inclusion; development policy and planning; social policy

• Research Areas

Development Policy and planning, social inequality, Social Mobility

Lecturer , Dep. of Planning

Avogo Florence Abugtane

A Lecturer at the Planning Department of SDD-UBIDS and a PhD Student at TU Berlin, Germany. Avogo Florence Abugtane holds a BSC and MPhil in Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana and MSc. in Urban Management and Development from Institute for Housing Studies, Rotterdam The Netherlands. Research interest is in low-income housing, livelihoods of the urban poor and Development Controls

• Research Areas: Development Controls, Housing and Livelihoods

• Current Projects: Transformation of Family Compound Housing in Ghana. Implications for Low Income Housing

Public/Academic/Stakeholder Engagement:

Offer guidance and support as a Patroness to the International Movement of Catholic Students Union Choir (PAX Romana Choir) and Annual contributor to CAMFED Workshops for Parents of new Scholars for tertiary students in Wa.

Lecturer, Dep. of Planning

Dr. Prosper Issahaku Korah

Prosper Issahaku Korah holds PhD in urban and environmental planning from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. He is a lecturer in urban design and planning at the Department of Planning, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana. Prior to joining SDD UBIDs, Prosper worked as a Sessional Instructor at the School of Environment and Science, Griffith University and was a Project Consultant at TREND, Ghana. Prosper is also an alumnus of the prestigious World Bank Africa Fellowship Program. As a World Bank Africa Fellow, he supported various analytics and operations of the Bank’s Urban Resilience and Land Global Practice in West Africa. His research interests include urban transformation and questions to related to inclusive spatial planning, access to urban services, urban governance, and resilient cities. He has published in reputable journals such as Cities, Habitat International, Land Use Policy, Planning Practice and Research among others.

Lecturer

Dr. Alfred Dongzagla

Dr. Alfred Dongzagla is a Lecturer in the Department of Planning with extensive expertise and experience in water, sanitation, hygiene, Geographic Information System (GIS), development planning, baseline studies and project evaluations. He holds a Ph.D in Geography from the University of Nottingham, UK; MSc. in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (with specialization in Urban Planning and Management) from ITC/University of Twente, Netherlands; and B.A in Integrated Development Studies from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. Before his promotion as a Full-Time Lecturer in March 2020, Dr. Dongzagla had previously worked with the Faculty of Planning and Land Management as a Teaching Assistant (September 2008 – December 2009) and the Department of Planning as a Part-Time Lecturer (2014-2016) and Assistant Lecturer (August 2018 – February 2020). Dr. Dongzagla teaches Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Planning; Spatial Modelling; Satellite Image Processing and Analysis; Applications of ICT in Planning; Quantitative Techniques; and District Development Planning in Ghana. His primary research interest is on sustainable access to and management of WASH services in the Global South.  He is also interested in research activities that apply Geo-Information Science methods and techniques in data collection and analysis. He has published over 15 peer reviewed articles in reputable journals. Besides academic work, Dr. Dongzagla also provides research and Geo-Information Science related consultancy services to government agencies, NGOs and private organizations.

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Maxwell Okrah

Dr. Maxwell Okrah holds a PhD, in Real Estate and Planning from the University of Reading, UK, MSc, in Development Policy and Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Ghana and Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrated Development Studies from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. Dr. Okrah is a lecturer in the Department of Planning, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Wa-Ghana. He is currently the Faculty of Planning and Land Management TTFPP Coordinator. He is also a professional planner, a corporate member of Ghana Institute of Planners, Commonwealth Association of Planners, a member of International Society of City and Regional Planners and Association of European Schools of Planning. He has over 10years experience in teaching and research, and has publications in the areas of participatory planning, decentralized local governance and housing. His research interest areas include development planning and fiscal decentralization, policy planning and management, participatory planning and development related issues including tourism, inland fishery and housing. Dr. Maxwell Okrah was also part of a two (2) member consultancy team that prepared community adaptation plans for twenty (20) communities of Sissala East Municipality in 2021.