R. A. Oppong
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Scientific Director-KNUST SEED CENTRE, Technical University of Munich, since 2019per ORCID
Publishing since 2001, latest 2026
Rexford Assasie Oppong (PhD) is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture, KNUST. Professor Assasie Oppong is KNUST's Convocation Professorial Representative on Governing Council, KNUST. He is the immediate-past/longest serving Dean of International Programmes of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. As a Professor on sabbatical, he led and directed the foundation/new BSc. Architecture and Sustainable Design programme at the… More on ORCID
- Urban Studies
- Building and Construction
- Archeology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Anthropology
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
In their own words
- Architecture
- Architectural History and Theory
- Research Methods
- Settlement Planning and Management
- Sustainability
- Eco-aesthetics
- Architectural History & Theory
- Architectural Research Methodology
- Architectural Glossary
- Architectural Education & Management
- Publications
- 582001–2026
- Citations
- 279to those papers
- h-index
- 10i10-index 10
- Field-weighted impact
- 1.331.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 25%5 of 20 scored papers
- Open access
- 60%12 of the 20 whose access is recorded
8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 440 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 16 (287 citations and h-index 10 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
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Papers, and the citations to them
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Positions
- Scientific Director-KNUST SEED CENTRE, TUM SEED CENTRETechnical University of Munichsince 2019
- Professor on Sabbatical, Department of Built EnvironmentUniversity of Environment and Sustainable Development2024–2025
- HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ARCHITECTUREKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2022–2024
- External Examiner, Department of Architecture and Building ScienceUniversity of Nairobi2020–2023
Education
Publications
58 in all
- An Overview of Kinship, Land, and Architecture in Urban Ghana
2008reviewed Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)ConferenceFirst author0 citations
- The paradox of landlessness-housing transformation and development at Abakam fishing village in Ghana
2008Journal of African Real Estate ResearchJournalFirst author4 citations