Dr. Nelson Oppong

Biography

Nelson Oppong is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh. His work combines rigorous academic research with practical policy engagement and knowledge-based collaborative initiatives, focusing on political economy, natural resources, institutional reform, state-building, energy governance, and global development in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. He leads funded projects examining national responses to UN Energy Compacts and climate-driven urban transformations in Africa, supported by the Carnegie Trust and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Nelson sits on editorial boards for the Review of African Political Economy and Critical African Studies, and serves on the International Advisory Board for the Intersecting Energy Cultures project at the University of Pennsylvania. He has experience as a consultant for the World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat, and has taught at the University of Oxford, University of Bath, and City University of New York. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in International Development from the University of Oxford, and has been recognized as a Senior Fellow by the Higher Education Academy. Nelson has published widely in leading journals.

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