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Franklin Obeng-Odoom | |
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| Born | 1981 Cape Coast, Ghana |
| Occupation | Professor and author |
| Nationality | Ghanaian-Australian |
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Franklin Obeng-Odoom is a political economist, specialising in urban and regional economics, political economy of development, stratification economics, and the political economy of natural resources. He is currently Professor of Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.[1] He previously taught at several universities in Australia.[2]
Obeng-Odoom is a member of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and Academy of Social Sciences.[2]
Early life
Franklin Obeng-Odoom was born in Ghana, His grandfather was a post colonial judge and also worked as a choirmaster and organist in the Methodist Church. As a school boy Obeng-Odoom used to sell mixed crops at the local market while studying in a school. He completed his bachelor degree in land economy in Ghana before studying urban economic development in England and political economy in Australia.[3]
Education
- PHD in Political Economy (University of Sydney, Australia)
- MSC in Development and Planning: Urban Economic Development (University of London, United Kingdom)
- BSC in Land Economy (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)[4]
Appointments
- 2008-2009: Researcher, Global Poverty Projects, Australia[5]
- 2010-2011: Teacher, University of Sydney, Australia[5]
- 2012-2015: Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research, University of Technology Sydney, Australia[5]
- 2015: Visiting Research Fellow, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland
- 2016: Visiting Research Fellow, Centre of Australian Studies, Yonsei University, Korea
- 2017-2018: Director of Higher Degree Research, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- 2018-July 8, 2023: Associate Professor, Social Sustainability of Urban Transformation in Global Department Studies,[6] Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Helsinki, Finland
- 2021-Present: Docent in Sociology (Urban and Economic Sociology)[6] University of Turku, Finland[1]
Publications:
Obeng-Odoom is an Associate Editor of the Forum for Social Economics, Editor of African Review of Economics and Finance and Series Editor of Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy.
He has published more than 20 articles on Ghana and political economy.
Selected articles
- Obeng-Odoom, Franklin (2015). "Africa: On the rise, but to where?". Forum for Social Economics. 44 (3): 234–250. doi:10.1080/07360932.2014.955040.
- Owusu-Ofori, Brenda; Obeng-Odoom, Franklin (2011). "The ravages of resettlement: a Ghanaian case study". Social Change. 45 (2): 234–241. doi:10.1177/0049085715574185.
- Bob Miller, George M.; Obeng-Odoom, Franklin (2011). "The informal economy is an employer, a nuisance, and a goldmine: multiple representations of and responses to informality in Accra, Ghana". Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development. 40 (3/4): 263–284. ISSN 0894-6019.
Books
- Reconstructing Urban Economics[7]
- The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty[3]
- Global Migration beyond Limits[8]
- Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa[9]
- Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, Labour, Capital, and the State in Sekondi-Takoradi
- Ghana[10]
- Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment[11]
References
- ^ a b "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "Franklin Obeng-Odoom | People finder". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty:... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ UCL (2017-03-23). "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". The Bartlett Development Planning Unit. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ a b c "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". The Conversation. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ a b "Sustainability research". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ "Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Global Migration Beyond Limits: Ecology,... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Property, Institutions, and Social... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, Labour, Capital, and the State in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
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