Divine Kwadwo Odame Appiah

Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment. Strong focus on team collaboration, fostering results-driven environment, and adapting to changing needs. Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.

Experienced with planning and executing comprehensive project plans. Utilizes strong leadership and organizational skills to guide teams and ensure project milestones are met. Track record of implementing efficient processes and achieving project goals.

Diligent Project Manager with background in managing complex projects across various industries. Known for successfully leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within scope. Demonstrated ability to manage project lifecycles and implement process improvements.

• Successfully coordinated three countries as Multicountry Project manager with the Netherlands Development Organization.

• Higher Academic Achievement at the rank of Associate Professor of Environmental Geography

• Awarded KNUST Research Fund to conduct climate change adaptation research

• Regional Studies Association, 07/01/14 - present
• CIRCLE Fellowship, 10/01/15
• Ghana Geographical Association (GGA), 08/01/06 - present
• Ghana Climate Youth Alliance, KNUST, 05/01/12 - present

• Contextual appraisal of large-scale land investment and governance for equity and sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa, Appiah, D.O., Ottou, R., Odei, J., Environ, Dev. Sustain, 2024, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-024-05618-x
• Narrowing down the drivers of flood risk in medium-sized sub-Saharan African cities: insights from the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana, Enu, K.B., Zingraff-Hamed, A., Appiah, D.O., Pauleit S., Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2024, 69(14), 1897-1912, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2024.2401605
• Carbon stock potential of preferred woody species for agroforestry in West African Savannah, Benebere, P., Abass, K., Appiah, D.O., Aabeyir, R., Guodaar, L., Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2024, 10, 101105
• Socio-cultural beliefs on drought in Talensi Ghana: insights for environmental management, social vulnerability, early warning systems and coping and adaptation, Tindan, P.D., Segbefia, A.Y., Appiah, D.O., Environ Dev. Sustain, 2024, 26, 23479–23498, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03606-1
• Climate change mitigation potential of agroforestry farms in West African Savanna, Benebere, P., Appiah, D.O., Aabeyir, R., Abass, K., Guodaar, L., Environmental Challenges, 2023, 10, 10067
• Evolving farm-level adaptation to climate variability and change risks in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana, Guodaar, L., Appiah, D.O., 2022
• Smallholder farmers’ perceptions and knowledge on climate variability and perceived effects in vulnerable rural communities in the Offinso Municipality, Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Lawrence Guodaar, L., Environmental Development, 2022, 42, 100691
• Attentiveness to Early Warning Drought Information: Implications for Policy Support and Climate Risk Reduction in Ghana, Tindan, P.D., Appiah, D.O., Segbefia, A.Y., Int. Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00390-2
• Rising incidence and risks of floods in urban Ghana: Is climate change to blame?, Abass, K., Dumedah, G., Frempong, F., Muntaka, S.A., Appiah, D.O., Garsonu, E.K., Gyasi, RM., Cities, 2022, 121
• Responses of institutions and communities to environmental problems of water hyacinth invasion in Jomoro Municipality, Ghana, Honlah, E., Segbefia, A.Y., Appiah, D.O., Mensah, M., Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2022, 6, 100289
• Cumulative effects assessment requirements in selected developed and developing countries, Olagunju, A., Appiah, D.O., Cavalcanti, P.M.P.S., Durning, B., Tejeda-González, J.C., McLean, J., Morgan, R, Nelson, R., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00390-2
• Elderly smallholder farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in rural Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Asante, F., Antwi-Boadi, L., Serbeh, R., Working with Older People, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-09-2021-0052
• Smallholder farmers’ perceptions and knowledge on climate variability and perceived effects in vulnerable rural communities in the Offinso Municipality, Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Eshun, G., Environmental Development, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-09-2021-0052
• Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Wildfire Occurrence Hotspots and Socio-Environmental Predictors in the Atebubu Amantem District, Ghana, Asori M., Appiah D.O., 2021
• Association of food insecurity with psychological disorders: Results of a population-based study among older people in Ghana, Gyasi, R.M., Peprah,P., Appiah, D.O., Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 270, 75-82
• How do climate change adaptation strategies result in unintended maladaptive outcomes? Perspectives of tomato farmers, Guodaar, L., Asante, F., Eshun, G., Abass, K., Afriyie, K., Appiah, D.O, Gyasi, R., Atampugre, G., Addai, P., Kpenekuu, F., 2020
• Climate Policy Research uptake dynamics for Sustainable Agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Appiah, D.O., GeoJournal, 2019
• Effect of water hyacinth invasion on smallholder farming along River Tano and Tano lagoon, Ghana, Honla, E., Segbefia, A.Y., Appiah, D.O., Mensah, M., Cogent Food and Agriculture, 2019, 5
• Does green space matter? Public knowledge and attitude towards urban greenery in Ghana, Abass, K., Appiah, D.O., 2019
• Arable and forest land user rent in a peri-urban district, Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Abalo E.M., Eshun, G., Samar, B.S, GeoJournal, 2019, 74(4)
• Analysis of Multiple Factors of Forest Cover Change in a Peri-urban District in Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Eshun, G., Samar, B.S, Advances in Environmental Stds., 2018, 2(2)
• A synthesis of the implementation ambivalence of REDD+ in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, Appiah, D.O., Gbeddy, S.E.A., Forest and Society, 2018, 2(1)
• Smallholder farmers’ insight on climate change in rural Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Akondoh, A.C.K., Tabiri, R.K, Amos Annan Donkor, A.A, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2018, 4
• Agricultural modernisation for rural transformation and food security in Ghana, Appiah, D.O., Saah, G., Obeng-Koranteng, E, Nyarko, P., 2018, Journal of Global Resources, 4(01)