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PD Dr., Akad. Oberrat Festus Boamah
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie
Research priorities
- Beyond Energy Justice
- Political Ecology of Gobal Environmental Change
- Land Grabbing & State-society Relations
- Corruption & Natural Resource Governance
Educational Background
| 06/2023 | Post-Doc/Habilitation. Chair of Social and Population Geography, University of Bayreuth, Title: "Mattering" Space-production Enterprise, Epistimic Injustice Lock-ins and Normative Stencil Adventures in Energy Justice Scholarship in Africa |
| 05/2015 | PhD in Development Geography: Department of Geography, University of Bergen. PhD dissertation entitled: ''Biofuels and land politics: connecting the disconnects in the debate about livelihood impacts of jatropha biofuel land deals in Ghana'' |
| 11/2011 - 12/2011 | Visiting PhD Student: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex under the sponsorship of Professor Ian Scoones |
| 05/2013-06/2013, 05/2009 | PhD Scholarship Holder at the Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, hosted by Professor Kjell Havnevik under the Rural and Agrarian Change, Property and Resources Research Cluster |
| 08/2010 | Masters in Development Geography: Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway. Thesis topic: ''Competition between biofuel and food? The case of a jatropha biodiesel project and its effects on food security in the affected communities in Northern Ghana'' |
| 08/2003 - 05/2007 | Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honors Division): Geography and Resource Development, Department of Geography, University of Ghana |
Work and Research Experience
| since 07/2024 | University of Bayreuth Germany. Senior Academic Councilor |
| 07/2023 - to the present | University of Bayreuth, Germany. Chair of Social & Population Geography, "Privat Dozent" PD (Privat Lecturer) |
| 04/2016 – 06/2023 | University of Bayreuth, Germany. Chair of Social & Population Geography, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer (Habilitation Dissertation completed) |
| 08/2015 - 11/2015 | Higher Executive Officer, Dept. of Geography, University of Bergen |
| 24 - 27/11/2015 | A co-organizer of a PhD Course and Workshop entitled: ‘Power in Political Ecology organized at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen. Available here: http://www.uib.no/en/course/GEO902 |
| 21 - 22/10/2015 | A co-organizer of the International Conference dubbed: Beyond Oil: Geographies of climate and energy transformation at the University of Bergen. Available here: https://spacelab.b.uib.no/conference-beyond-oil/ |
| 09/2015 | Guest Lecturer at the Bergen University College. Lecture topic: Synergies and contradictions in ‘Green’ Initiatives: From Green Revolution to Green/Climate Governmentality. |
| 06 - 07/2015 | Consultant for Christen Michelsen Institute (CMI), Norway: Undertaking Systematic Literature Review Assignment for ‘Anti-Corruption and Extreme Resource Governance’ project |
| 04/2015 | Guest Lecturer at the Bergen University College. Lecture topic: Biofuels and other agricultural Investments in Africa: Challenges and Prospects. |
| 02 - 04/2015 | Higher Executive Officer: Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway |
| 09/2010 - 08/2011 | Research Associate: The Energy Center, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana |
| 2007 - 2008 | Research Assistant: Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana. Responsibilities: Undertaking research, teaching and training, capacity building, policy assessment, development and dissemination in the area of migration. |
Selected Conferences and Guest Lectures
- Public Lecture at ETH Zürich: The "Beyond Energy Justice" Scholarship. 10.04.2024
- Panelist on African Energy Futures Discussions (06.2023) Round table discussion: African Energy Futures - Navigating sustainability, electification and export opportunities - African Futures Cologne
- Energy Policy Webinar Off-grid Electrification Orthodoxy in Africa’s Energy Policy – Lessons from Namibia, Ghana, Mozambique, & Kenya (Co-convener, University of Bayreuth 17.-18. 2022)
- Technological Globalization from Below Interdisciplinary STS Seminar 2022-2023 (Lecture Series): Off-grid Electrification Futures in Africa and the Burning Questions (28. Sept. 2022).
- Why Corruption Definitions Matter: Land Grabbers in Ghana. Presentation in the Webinar/TRNC Learning Series. Definitions matter: What do we mean when we talk about corruption in conservation, and what difference does it make? April 2021.
- Keynote Lecture entitled “New Perspectives on Energy Justice Scholarship – Reflections from Africa” In MIASA Online Conference Critical Perspectives on Energy Transitions in Africa, 13-14 December 2020 University of Ghana, Ghana.
- The Transition to Solar PV systems in Ghana & Kenya (13. September 2017) in an Inception Workshop organized by The Center of Excellence in Phytochemicals, Textile Engineering and Renewable Energy at Moi University (ACE II, PTRE), Eldoret, Kenya. The Transition to Decentralised Solar PV Electrification in Africa: from technical innovations towards adaptability to social practices and socio-technical systems? (26. October 2017) in the International Conference themed: Beyond Oil II: Geographies of climate and energy transformation at the University of Bergen, 25-27 October 2017.
- Amorphous biofuels governance? An unanswered burning question in the quest for renewable energy technologies in Africa" (15. December 2017) in the Workshop themed Burning Questions - The quest for ‘modern’ energy sources in/for Africa‘‘ organised by Prof Uli Beisel (BIGSAS 14-17 December 2014), University of Bayreuth.
- A co-organizer of the International Conference themed: Beyond Oil: Geographies of climate and energy transformation at the University of Bergen, 21-22 October, 2015.
- Biofuel governance in Africa (22. October 2015) in the Conference themed Beyond Oil: Geographies of climate and energy transformation at the University of Bergen, 21-22 October, 2015.
- A co-organizer of a PhD Course and Workshop entitled: Power in Political Ecology at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen in 24-27 November, 2015.
- Biofuel Land Grabbing in Ghana (17. October 2012) in the International Conference themed Global Land Grabbing II October 17‐19, 2012, New York.
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie
Publikationen
2021
Rothfuß, Eberhard; Boamah, Festus
Praxistheorie in der Energiegeographie : Reflexionen zur solaren Energiewende in Kenia
Energiegeographie : Konzepte und Herausforderungen
Stuttgart : UTB, 2021. - S. 73-82 . - (UTB; 5320)
Rothfuß, Eberhard; Boamah, Festus; Dörfler, Thomas
Relational governance of territorial resources in post-colonial Africa : A new analytic framewo ...
In: Die Erde Bd. 152 (2021) Heft 2. - S. 75-90
doi:10.12854/erde-2021-527 ...
2020
Rothfuß, Eberhard; Boamah, Festus
Politics and (Self)-Organisation of Electricity System Transitions in a Global North–South Pers ...
In: Politics and Governance Bd. 8 (2020) Heft 3. - S. 162-172
doi:10.17645/pag.v8i3.3636 ...
Boamah, Festus; Rothfuß, Eberhard
"Practical recognition" as a suitable pathway for researching just energy
futures : Seeing like ...
In: Energy Research & Social Science Bd. 60 (2020)
doi:10.1016/j.erss.2019.101324 ...
2018
Boamah, Festus; Rothfuß, Eberhard
From technical innovations towards social practices and socio-technical transition? : Re-thinki ...
In: Energy Research & Social Science Bd. 42 (2018) . - S. 1-10
doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.02.019 ...
2017
Boamah, Festus
Energieunabhängig mit Photovoltaik : Von zentralen Stromnetzen zur Selbstversorgung in Ghana un ...
In: Spektrum Bd. 13 (2017) Heft 2. - S. 62-65
http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/de/universitaet/presse/ ...
Boamah, Festus; Williams, Aled
Strengthening Institutions against Corruption? : Biofuel Deals in Ghana
Corruption, Natural Resources and Development : From Resource Curse to Political Ecology
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. - S. 117-130
2016
Boamah, Festus
Rezension von: Hall, Ruth ; Scoones, Ian ; Tsikata, Dzodzi (Hrsg.): Africa's Land Rush : Rural Livelihoods and ...
In: Journal of International Development Bd. 28 (2016) Heft 7. - S. 1189-1191
doi:10.1002/jid.3238 ...
Lavers, Tom; Boamah, Festus
The impact of agricultural investments on state capacity : A comparative
analysis of Ethiopia a ...
In: Geoforum Bd. 72 (2016) . - S. 94-103
doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.02.004 ...
Boamah, Festus; Overå, Raghnild
Rethinking livelihood impacts of biofuel land deals in Ghana
In: Development and Change Bd. 47 (2016) Heft 1. - S. 98-129
doi:10.1111/dech.12213 ...
2015
Boamah, Festus
Biofuels and land politics : Connecting the disconnects in the debate about livelihood impacts ...
Bergen, University of Bergen, Department of Geography, 2015
https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/9861/dr- ...
(Dissertation, ,
)
2014
Boamah, Festus
How and why chiefs formalise land use in recent times : The politics of land dispossession thro ...
In: Review of African Political Economy Bd. 41 (2014) Heft 141. - S. 406-423
doi:10.1080/03056244.2014.901947 ...
Boamah, Festus
Imageries of the contested concepts “land grabbing” and “land transactions” : Implications for ...
In: Geoforum Bd. 54 (2014) . - S. 324-334
doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.10.009 ...
2011
Boamah, Festus
Competition between Biofuel and Food? : Evidence from Ajatropha Biodiesel Project in Northern G ...
Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
London : Zed Books, 2011. - S. 159-175 . - (Africa Now)
Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Sozial- und Bevölkerungsgeographie
PD Dr., Akad. Oberrat Festus Boamah
Akademischer Oberrat
Raum: 159, GEO II
Sprechstunde: consultation by arrangement (nach Vereinbarung)
Telefon: +49 (0)921 / 55-2281
E-Mail: festus.boamah@uni-bayreuth.de