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Lydia Osei

Lydia Osei
Senior Lecturer
losei@ug.edu.gh

Education

  • 2018  PhD (Geography) University of Western Ontario, Canada
  • 2013  MSc (Applied Development Studies) University of Reading, U.K.
  • 2007  BA, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Areas of Specialisation

  • Natural Resources Studies
  • Youth Development
  • Rural Livelihoods

Current Research

  • Co-PI: Economic and Health impact and the resilience of last mile populations in artisanal and small- scale mining unplanned settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa before, during and after COVID-19: The case of Ghana and Uganda. Funded by the IDRC

  • Co-PI: 2019-2020 Socio-economic impacts of Natural Resource Extraction: the case of illegal mining and charcoal burning in Ghana funded by Tetra Tech ARD

Courses Taught

  • GEOG 471: Geography of Tourism
  • GEOG 482: Tourism Development in the Third World
  • GEOG 323: Regional Geography of Africa (One Region Outside West Africa)
  • GEOG 324: Regional Geography of West Africa
  • GEOG 112: Introduction to Human Geography
  • GEOG 211: Introduction to Geographical Thought
  • GEOG 322: Introduction to Resource Analysis

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Ablo, A. D., Osei, L., Jarawura, F. X., & Yaro, J. A. (2022). Sacrificing the savannah woodlands for energy and livelihoods? Charcoal production in Ghana. Energy for Sustainable Development, 70, 549-559.
  2. Osei, L., Arku, G., & Luginaah, I. (2022). “We have done nothing wrong”: Youth miners’ perceptions of the environmental consequences of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Ghana. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12, 101179.
  3. Osei, L., & Yeboah, T. (2023). Imagining a future from the pit: Future aspirations of young artisanal-small scale miners in rural northern Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), 2167316.
  4. Osei, L., Yeboah, T., Kumi, E., & Antoh, E. F. (2021). Government's ban on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, youth livelihoods and imagined futures in Ghana. Resources Policy, 71, 102008.
  5. Kangmennang, J., Osei, L., Ato-Armah, F., and Luginaah, I. (2016). “Genetically modified organisms and the age of (unreason)? A critical examination of the rhetoric in the GMO public policy debates in Ghana. Futures doi:10.1016/j.futures.2016.03.002
  6. Osei, L., Amoyaw, J. A., Boateng, G., Boamah, S. A., and Luginaah, I. (2015). “The paradox of water accessibility: understanding the temporal and spatial dimensions of access to improved water sources in Rwanda”. Water, Hygiene and Sanitation for Development. DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2015.029
  7. Kangmennang, J., Osei, L., Mkandawire, P., and Luginaah, I. (2015). “Circumcision status and time to first sex in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from six Demographic and Health Surveys”. Aids and Behaviour. DOI 10.1007/s10461-015-1141-8
  8. Hilson, G. and Osei, L. (2014). “Tackling youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa: Is there a role for artisanal and small-scale mining?” Futures, 62, pp.83-94