Dr. Yaw Agyeman Boafo

WP 3 Co-Lead

Dr. Yaw Agyeman Boafo

Dr. Yaw Agyeman Boafo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana. With a PhD in Sustainability Science, Yaw draws on both conceptual and practical approaches to examine the implications of human-nature interactions. His research and teaching interests centre around climate change and sustainability assessment with a specific focus on adaptation and mitigation; biodiversity and ecosystems services; disaster risk reduction and resilience; food and farming systems. He employs participatory methodologies to undertake solution-oriented research to generate outcomes, which challenge stakeholders’ including local communities and policymakers to design and apply practical transformative resilience strategies. On the C2R-CD project, Yaw contributes directly to Work Packages 3 (Community and institutional dynamics and 5 (Community Involvement, Mobilization and Education for Impact).