He is a Human Geographer. Currently he is a Senior Research Fellow and the Head of Statistics and Survey Division at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. He attained his PhD in Human Geography and MSc in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Hull, UK, in 2007 and 2003 respectively. His research interests cover areas such as forms of energy and their interrelationships with health and the environment; energy policy; renewable energy dissemination and utilisation discourses; climate change; environmental policy and governance; green economy; and political economy. Since 2011, he has been an editorial board member of the Local Environment (The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability) and served on several national steering committees including, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme, SWITCH Africa Green (SAG) Project and Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) in Ghana.
sbawakyillenuo@ug.edu.gh
- Energy Policy
- Environmental Policy and governance
- Environmental Change and adaptations
- Rural development
- Social construction of technology
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Investment in Ghana. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (141-163).
Willenbockel, D. Osiolo, H. H., Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Exploring the Macroeconomic Impacts of Low-Carbon Energy Transitions: A Simulation Analysis for Kenya and Ghana. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (49-78).
Pueyo, A. and Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Editorial Introduction: Overcoming the Constraints to Green Electricity in Africa. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (1-8).
Bilalam J. B. and Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Green entrepreneurship as a vehicle for attaining sustainable development in Ghana: A Review. Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, (96-123).
Bawakyillenuo, S. Agbelie, I. S. K. 2017. Gender Dynamics in the Choice of Place of Trade among Young Entrepreneurs in Ghana. Special Issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 30, No. 3, (427-447).
Teye, J., Yaro J. A.,Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Local Farmers’ Experiences and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 7(3), 327 – 347.
Yaro J. A., Teye, J., Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. ‘Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana’. Climate and Development Journal, Vol. 7 (3), 235–245.
Bawakyillenuo, S., YaroJ. A., Teye, J. 2014. Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, pp. 1-22. Published online. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.965671.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2012. ‘Deconstructing the dichotomies of solar photovoltaic (PV) dissemination trajectories in Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe from 1960s – 2007’. Energy Policy Journal, Vol. 49, pp. 410-421.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2009. ‘Policy and institutional failures: The bane of photovoltaic solar household system (PV/SHS) dissemination in Ghana’. Energy and Environment Journal, 20 (6), 927-947.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Bird, N., Asante, F. A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Trujillo, N. C., Eshetu, Z., Tumushabe, G., Yanda, P., Norman, M., Addoquaye, T. C., Amsalu, A., Ashiabi, A., Kateka, A., Muhumuza, D. M. T., Simane, B. 2016. Public spending on climate change in Africa. Experiences from Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. ODI, London. Available at: https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/10545.pdf
BOOK CHAPTERS
Yaro J. A., Teye, J., Bawakyillenuo, S.2016. An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the rural savannah of Ghana. In Yaro, Joseph A., Hesselberg, Jan [Eds.], Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Evolution of Theories and Concepts of Environment and Development. In G. Owusu, R. D. Osei, & F. A. Asante [Eds.], Development Policies and Practices in Ghana: A Reader (pp. 69-88). Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Bawakyillenuo, S. and Kpieta, B. A. 2013. The Trajectories of Irrigated Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ghana. In J. A. Yaro, (Ed.) Rural Development in Northern Ghana (pp. 123-145). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2011. Shifting the policy paradigm of solar PV and other Renewable energy technologies (RETs) supply in rural Ghana. In B. Moshfegh [Ed.], Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2011 (Vol. 10, pp. 2650 – 2657). LinkÖping, Sweden, May 8-13 2011. LinkÖping University Electronic Press, LinkÖpings universitet.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2007. Effective government policy and institutional frameworks: Pivots for the dissemination and sustainability of solar PV in rural areas in the developing world: The case of Ghana. In D. Y. Goswami & Y. Zhao [Eds.], Proceedings of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress 2007 on Solar Energy and Human Settlement (Vol. 5, pp. 2878-2882). Beijing, China, September 18-21, 2007. Tsinghua University Press and Springer.
WORKING PAPERS
Pueyo, A., Spratt, S., Bawakyillenuo, S. and Hoka O, H. 2017. ‘Green Investment Diagnostics for Africa: What are the Binding Constraints to Investment in Renewables in Kenya and Ghana?’ IDS Research Report 83, June 2017. Available at:
Spratt, S., Pueyo, A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Osiolo, H. 2016. ‘From Growth to Green Investment Green Investment Diagnostics’. IDS Working Paper Vol. 2016 No. 472, August 2016. Available at:
Bawakyillenuo, S.,Ahiadeke, C., Osei-Akoto, I., Bortei-Doku, E, A., Edem, K, A.,2013. ‘Tertiary education and industrial development in Ghana’. International Growth Centre Working Paper, July 2013. Available at: www.theigc.org
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
Willenbockel, D., Osiolo, H.H., Bawakyillenuo, S. (2017) Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana: An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis. Brighton: IDS, February 2017. Available at:
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/12864
Pueyo, A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Osiolo, H. 2016. ‘Cost and Returns of Renewable Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparison of Kenya and Ghana’. IDS Evidence Report 190, April 2016. Available at:
Asante, F. A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Bird, N., Trujillo, N. C., Addoquaye-Tagoe, C., Ashiabi, N. 2015. ‘Climate Change Finance in Ghana’. ODI Publications. Available at: http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9684.pdf
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Environment and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2016. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.
Bawakyillenuo, S. Amankwa-Kesse, S. Nelson, W. 2015. ‘Ghana’s National Circumstances’, in Ghana’s Third National Communication Report to the UNFCCC, Accra:GoG-EPA.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Climate Change and Development in Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2014. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.
Bawakyillenuo, S. 2013. Environment and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2012. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.
Bawakyillenuo, S. and Asante, F. A. 2013. Energy and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2012. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.
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Year |
Duration |
Name of Project/ Assignment |
Country |
Position Held |
Name of Client |
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2016 |
Jan - June |
Climate Change Budget and Financial Tracking Tools - Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
UNDP - Ghana |
|
2014- 2015 |
Dec – June |
Climate Change Finance in Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
ODI |
|
2014 - 2015 |
Oct. 2014 – March |
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) Stocktaking for Ghana |
Ghana |
Principal Investigator |
UNIDO, ILO, UNDP, UNEP, and UNITAR |
|
2014 |
May – Nov. (7 months) |
Green Economy Assessment study for Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
UNEP and MESTI |
|
2014-2017 |
Jan. – Jan (37 months) |
Green Growth Diagnostics for Africa |
Ghana, Kenya |
Principal Investigator, ISSER |
DFID, EPSRC, DECC |
|
2013-2017 |
Oct. – Dec. (48 months) |
Supporting Sub-Saharan Africa's Municipalities with Sustainable Energy Transitions (SAMSET) |
Ghana, South Africa, Uganda |
Principal Investigator, ISSER |
DFID, EPSRC, DECC |
|
2012 |
May-Aug (4 months) |
Pilot Project on Global Bio-Energy Partnership Sustainability Indicators in Ghana |
Ghana |
Principal Investigator |
Dutch Government |
|
2012 |
April – June (3 months) |
Assessment of existing relevant climate, health, poverty and vulnerability information of Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
UNDP and Ministry of Health, Ghana |
|
2012 |
Feb – May (4 months) |
Green Economy Scoping Study, Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
UNEP and MESTI |
|
2011 -2012 |
Nov – May |
Assessing the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change and Climate Variability in the Rural Northern Savannah of Ghana |
Ghana |
Co-Investigator |
ORID - UG |
1. Environment and Development Course – MA Development Studies: 2011 – to date
2. Development Training Workshop I & II Courses - MA Development Studies: 2013 – 2017
3. Population, Environment and Health Course (Environment component) – PhD Development Studies: 2015 - date