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Pius Siakwah, PhD

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Extractives and resource governanceenergy transitionsustainabilityagricultureand work
Publications

40

Citations

1,114

H-index

12

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
27.9
Most cited paper
376
First publication year
2010
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:40
Publications

40 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Tourism governance and attainment of the sustainable development goals in Africa
P Siakwah, R Musavengane, L Leonard
2020 Tourism Planning & Development 17 (4), 355-383, 2020 Social Sciences 376
The nexus between tourism and urban risk: Towards inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable outdoor tourism in African cities
R Musavengane, P Siakwah, L Leonard
2020 Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 29, 100254, 2020 Social Sciences 138
“Does the poor matter” in pro-poor driven sub-Saharan African cities? towards progressive and inclusive pro-poor tourism
R Musavengane, P Siakwah, L Leonard
2019 International Journal of Tourism Cities 5 (3), 392-411, 2019 Social Sciences 73
Are natural resource windfalls a blessing or a curse in democratic settings? Globalised assemblages and the problematic impacts of oil on Ghana's development
P Siakwah
2017 Resources Policy 52, 122-133, 2017 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 67
Immigration, education, sense of community and mental well-being: the case of visible minority immigrants in Canada
B Agyekum, P Siakwah, JK Boateng
2021 Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban …, 2021 Social Sciences 66
Actors, networks, and globalised assemblages: Rethinking oil, the environment and conflict in Ghana
P Siakwah
2018 Energy Research & Social Science 38, 68-76, 2018 Social Sciences 66
Political economy of the resource curse in Africa revisited: The curse as a product and a function of globalised hydrocarbon assemblage
P Siakwah
2017 Development and Society 46 (1), 83-112, 2017 Social Sciences 59
Actor Network Theory, globalised assemblages and the impact of oil on agriculture and industry in Ghana
P Siakwah
2017 The Extractive Industries and Society 4 (3), 462-472, 2017 Agriculture 43
Oil and development in Ghana: Beyond the resource curse
N Andrews, P Siakwah
2021 Routledge, 2021 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 42
Tourism geographies and spatial distribution of tourist sites in Ghana
P Siakwah
2018 African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 7 (1), 1-19, 2018 Social Sciences 33
The context and politics of decision making on large dams in Ghana: an overview
D Darko, M Kpessa-Whyte, E Obuobie, P Siakwah, O Torto, D Tsikata
2019 FutureDAMS Working Paper, 2019 Social Sciences 32
Sustainable Urban Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk and Resilience
L Leonard, R Musavengane, P Siakwah
2021 Routledge, 2021 Social Sciences 14
Analysis of the complexities in the water-energy-food nexus: Ghana's Bui dam experience
P Siakwah, O Torto
2022 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6, 734675, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 12
Challenging formal accountability processes in community natural resource management in Sub-Saharan Africa
R Musavengane, P Siakwah
2020 GeoJournal, 1-18, 2020 Social Sciences 11
Are Natural Resource Windfalls a Blessing Or a Curse in Democratic Settings: A Case Study-Ghana?.
P Siakwah
2016 Trinity College Dublin, 2016 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 11
Re-imagining community-based tourism in rural Africa Through networks and management innovation
P Siakwah, R Musavengane
2021 New Frontiers in Hospitality and Tourism Management in Africa, 227-244, 2021 Social Sciences 10
Urban risk and tourism in Africa: An overview
L Leonard, R Musavengane, P Siakwah
2021 Sustainable Urban Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1-13, 2021 Social Sciences 9
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
Sustainable energy transition in Russia and Ghana within a multi-level perspective
P Siakwah, YV Ermolaeva, PO Ermolaeva, B Agyekum
2023 Changing Societies & Personalities. 2023. Vol. 7. Iss. 3 7 (3), 165-185, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 7
Microcredit as a strategy for poverty reduction, Youth and Women Empowerment, Ghana
P Siakwah
2010 University of Oslo, Norway, 2010 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 7
Political economy to globalized assemblages: Actor network theory, hydrocarbon assemblages, and problematizing the resource curse thesis
P Siakwah
2018 Network Theory and Analysis, 1-34, 2018 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, 1-14, 2025 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 4
Extractive industries in Africa
P Siakwah
2024 Handbook of African Economic Development, 199-217, 2024 Social Sciences 4
The political economy of natural resource conflicts in Ghana: The case of the Songor
ET Lawer, P Siakwah, CC Mba, KT Asante
2024 World Development Perspectives 36, 100641, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Oil production, dispossession, and community development in Africa: A development education perspective
B Agyekum, P Siakwah, IK Biney
2022 Reimagining Development Education in Africa, 171-189, 2022 Social Sciences 3