George Kwadwo Anane completed his Ph.D. at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand under the Wits-TUB Postgraduate Urban Lab Project between 2018 and 2022. His research employed the case study strategy to investigate the relationship between land administration systems and spatial change in peri-urban areas in Ghana with Kumasi and Sunyani as case studies. Dr. Anane’s research juxtaposed the western or ‘formal’ system of planning and land administration, and that of the traditional authorities, showing how the latter (traditional authorities) have agency in the former, and through this participate with direct stakes in the emerging peri-urban land market. Since 2022, he has worked as Deputy Registrar in charge of Academic and Students’ Affairs, and Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Sustainability Science at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Ghana, where he lectures in the BSc. Planning and Sustainability Programme.
Between February 2020 and September 2020, he participated in the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) sponsored programme in University Leadership and Management (UNILEAD) at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany. Prior to the UNILEAD, he participated in the DAAD sponsored TRAINIQA Programme for Anglophone West Africa at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 2015 to 2016. Before starting his PhD, he worked in university administration and conducted research in Ghana. His work spans urban development planning, stakeholder analysis, policy development, and policy recommendations in the field of planning, and institutional process improvement in higher education. He holds a Master of Science in Development Policy and Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, and a Bachelor of Science in Tourism from the University of Cape Coast. During his studies and work, Dr. Anane has received fellowships by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and published in urban planning, and higher education leadership and management journals. He has also written several memoranda, proposals, and position papers leading to the advancement of knowledge and improvements in several sections of UENR.
