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Rosina Sheburah Essien (PhD)

LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Lecturer, Department of Geography & Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Solid waste managementInfrastructureSouthern UrbanismIntersectionalityMigration
Publications

20

Citations

130

H-index

6

i10-index

3

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
6.5
Most cited paper
43
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:38
Publications

20 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The importance and limitations of social networks and social identities for labour market integration: The case of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen, Norway
R Badwi, AD Ablo, R Overå
2018 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 72 (1), 27-36, 2018 Social Sciences 43
Reframing urban development politics: Transcalarity in sovereign, developmental and private circuits
J Robinson, P Harrison, S Croese, R Sheburah Essien, W Kombe, ...
2025 Urban Studies 62 (1), 3-30, 2025 Social Sciences 26
Large-scale urban road corridors development and urban sprawl in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
KK Amedzro, RS Essien, MA Issah, G Owusu
2024 International Development Planning Review 46 (2), 175-198, 2024 Social Sciences 13
Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana
P Siakwah, AD Ablo, R Sheburah-Essien, M Zaami, JA Yaro
2025 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 17 (2 …, 2025 Natural Sciences 7
The same old story:‘Saiko’practices and coastal livelihoods in Ghana’s small-scale fisheries
V Owusu, RS Essien, M Adjei
2025 Marine Policy 173, 106573, 2025 Agriculture 6
Rethinking solid waste management in open-air markets in Accra, Ghana.
R Sheburah Essien
2021 Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2021 Social Sciences 6
Local Market Institutions and Solid Waste Management in Accra’s Open-Air Markets
RS Essien, M Spocter
2023 African Studies 82 (3-4), 281-299, 2023 Social Sciences 5
Female farmers’ struggles and responses to COVID-19 in Ghana
JA Yaro, R Sheburah Essien, AD Ablo, P Siakwah, M Zaami
2025 African Geographical Review 44 (2), 235-248, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Urbanisation in ghana
DM Badasu, AAE Biney, RS Essien
2025 Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development, 93-120, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Overcoming Obstacles to the Integration of Informal Actors in Accra’s Open-Air Marketplaces
M Sheburah Essien, Rosina & Spocter
2022 Urban Forum, 2022 Social Sciences 4
Committeefication of African urban development: The case of Ghana’s Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development Project (GARID)
RS Essien, G Owusu, KK Amedzro, MA Issah
2025 World Development Perspectives 39, 100724, 2025 Social Sciences 3
The role of socioeconomic factors, psychological motivations, and social networks in women’s participation in community-based fishery management in Ghana
M Adjei, V Owusu, R Sheburah Essien
2023 Coastal Management 51 (3), 211-230, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Towards an integrated approach to solid waste management in Ghanaian cities
RS Essien
2023 Ghana Journal of Geography, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Rethinking Solid Waste Management in open air markets in Accra, Ghana
RS Essien
2021 DPhil thesis. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 2021 Social Sciences 2
‘Ambivalencing’and Governance of the Achimota Urban Forest Reserve in Accra, Ghana
RL Afutu-Kotey, H Mensah, RS Essien
2026 Urban Forum 37 (1), 1-24, 2026 Social Sciences 1
Integration of Ghanaians in Bergen's labour market
R Badwi
2016 Social Sciences 1
Compounding the peasant struggles: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ghanaian farmers’ adaptation to climate change
AD Ablo, M Zaami, P Siakwah, RS Essien, JA Yaro
2025 The Journal of Modern African Studies 63 (2), 99-122, 2025 Natural Sciences 0
“Be ready to pay because others are paying”: contested solid waste management transitions and charges in Accra’s open-air markets
R Sheburah Essien, M Spocter
2024 Local Environment 29 (11), 1506-1519, 2024 Social Sciences 0
A QUARTERLY SURVEY OF POLITICS, ECONOMICS & RELATED TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA EDITED BY EBENEZER OBADARE
AD ABLO, PS ZAAMI, RS ESSIEN, JA YARO, J LASKY, JK STEARNS, ...
1900 Social Sciences 0
Urban Infrastructure in the Ghanaian Media: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
MA Issah, G Owusu, RS Essien, KK Amedzro
1900 Social Sciences 0