Franklin Obeng-Odoom

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Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Born1981
Cape Coast, Ghana
OccupationProfessor and author
NationalityGhanaian-Australian
Subject
  • Political Economy
  • Urban Economy Development
  • Urban & Economy Sociology
  • Land Economy
Notable awards
  • Patrick J. Welch Award
  • Dan David Prize Scholar (2010)
  • Fellowship of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

Franklin Obeng-Odoom is an urban researcher and a professor. 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 and went abroad for higher education.[3]

Education

Appointments

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

  1. ^ a b "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "Franklin Obeng-Odoom | People finder". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  3. ^ a b "The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty:... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. ^ UCL (2017-03-23). "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". The Bartlett Development Planning Unit. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  5. ^ a b c "Franklin Obeng-Odoom". The Conversation. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  6. ^ a b "Sustainability research". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  7. ^ "Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  8. ^ "Global Migration Beyond Limits: Ecology,... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  9. ^ "Property, Institutions, and Social... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  10. ^ "Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, Labour, Capital, and the State in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  11. ^ "Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards... book by Franklin Obeng-Odoom". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
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