Rosina Sheburah Essien

Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2026

Rosina Sheburah Essien is a purpose-driven and self-motivated individual with enhanced knowledge in a widerange of fields in Human Geography. She has a B.A. Geography and Resource Development with Sociology from the University of Ghana (UG), Ghana-West Africa. After which she was selected as a Research Assistant on national service at the Centre for Migration Studies,UG, from 2013-2014. She thereafter won the Nowergian quota scholarship to study in Norway at the University… More on ORCID

Urban Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
Waste Management and Disposal
Political Science and International Relations
Soil Science

In their own words

Solid waste management
Participatory governance
Migration
Resilience
Cities

Publications: 172022–2026
Citations: 71to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 8.891.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%9 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 35%6 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Urban Studies1165%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghanasince 2024
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of GeographyUniversity College London2022–2025
Postdoctoral Research FellowUniversity of Ghana Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research2022–2025
Lecturer, School of Development ManagementGhana Christian University College2017–2019

Education

PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies

Publications

17 in all

The World Bank and Ghana’s resilient development agenda
2026Area Development and PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/23792949.2026.2667156
Current and re-emerging practices of solid waste management in Accra’s open-air markets
2026Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy

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Economics and Econometrics529%

Sociology and Political Science529%

Waste Management and Disposal529%

Political Science and International Relations318%

Strategy and Management212%

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Urban and Rural Development Challenges11
Municipal Solid Waste Management5
Urban Planning and Governance5
Agricultural risk and resilience2
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2
Public-Private Partnership Projects2
Water Governance and Infrastructure2
Agricultural Innovations and Practices1
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration1
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

47% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa7
Canada2
United Kingdom2
United States1
Netherlands1
Tanzania1
Malawi1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Stellenbosch UniversityZA4 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH3 papers
Memorial University of NewfoundlandCA2 papers
University College LondonGB2 papers
University College of Management StudiesGH2 papers
University of South AfricaZA2 papers
University of California, IrvineUS1 paper
University of EdinburghGB1 paper
Wageningen University & ResearchNL1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Urban Forum2
African Geographical Review1
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development1
African Studies1
Area Development and Policy1
Coastal Management1
Ghana Journal of Geography1
International Development Planning Review1

How it can be read

35% free to read

Hybrid 4 · 24%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 65%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 17 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities3
5Gender equality2
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1

MPhil, Development GeographyUniversitetet i Bergen2014–2016

Diploma, Human Resource ManagementInstitute of Commercial Management2011–2012

Bachelor of Arts, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghana2009–2013

WASSCE Certificate, General Arts (Geography, Economics, E-maths & Government)Fijai Senior High School2005–2008

Honours, memberships and service

21449, Urban GeographyRegional Studies Associationsince 2021
GGAFM0346, Human GeographyGhana Geographical Associationsince 2020
31/20, Human GeographySociety of South African Geographerssince 2020
Now Generation NetworkMo Ibrahim Foundation

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Urbanisation in Ghana

2025Book chapterSenior author4 citations10.1007/978-3-032-00582-3_6

Female farmers’ struggles and responses to COVID-19 in Ghana

2024African Geographical ReviewJournalCorresponding5 citations10.1080/19376812.2024.2370865

Towards an Integrated Approach to Solid Waste Management in Ghanaian Cities

2023Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gjg.v15i2.2

Carnegie Corporation of New York

European Research Council3

Universiteit Stellenbosch2

University of Ghana1