Ebenezer Goodman Ashie Nikoi

Education

• 2011 PhD (Geography), Minnesota, USA.
• 2005 MA (Geography), Vermont, USA.
• 1998 BA (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.

Areas of specialisation

• Nutritional health
• Health and development
• Health policy
• Migration and health
• Migration and conflict
• Climate change and health outcomes

Current Research

• Malnutrition prediction and management
• Health Inequalities and service use
• Environmental health and Sanitation

Courses taught

• GEOG 211: History of Geographical Thought
• GEOG 112: Introduction to Human Geography
• UGRC 131: Understanding Human Societies; Culture and Developments
• GEOG 473: Medical Geography
• GEOG 472: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Health and Development
• GEOG 452: Techniques of Regional Science
• GEOG 602: Explanations in Geography
• GEOG 619: Medical Geography
• GEOG 624: Developmental Changes and Human Health
• GEOG 624: Climate Change and Human Health

Publications

1. Arthur, I. K., Nikoi, E. G. A., & Benagr, S. (forthcoming). Advancing the services sector’s potential in Africa through customer experience: A conceptual perspective. In R. E. Hinson, O. Adeola, T. Liturchy & A. F.O. Amartey (Eds.), Customer service management: A strategic and operational perspective. Routledge: London.
2. Teye, J. K., Awumbila, M., & Nikoi, E. (2019). Ambiguity and symbolism in the implementation of ECOWAS free movement protocol: Evidence from Ghana and Sierra Leone, African Human Mobility Review, 5(2): 1556 – 1582.
3. Nikoi, E. G. A., Arthur, I. K., & Nambe, M. Y. (2019). Examining the role of networks in conflict-induced migration in Bawku. Ghana Journal of Geography, 11(1), 72–86.
4. Nikoi, E. G. A. (2017). Cultural and geographical influences on underweight prevalence among preschoolers in Ghana. Geographical Review doi:10.1111/gere.12263.
5. Nikoi, E. (2016). Ghana’s economic recovery programme and the globalisation of Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd. Journal of International Development, 28, 588–605, DOI: 10.1002/jid.3199
6. Nikoi, E. & Anthamatten, P. (2014). Childhood anaemia in Ghana: an examination of associated socioeconomic and health factors. African Geographical Review 33(1): 19-35.
7. Nikoi, E. & Anthamatten, P. (2012). An assessment of environmental correlates in childhood stunting in Ghana. Public Health Nutrition, 16, 46-53. doi:10.1017/S1368980012001346.