Richard Kyere-Boateng

Richard Kyere-Boateng holds a PhD in Spatial Planning from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia; an MPhil in Development Studies (UG, Ghana); a BEd in Population and Family Education (UCC, Cape Coast); and a Teachers' Certificate 'A' from Berekum College of Education.
During his doctoral studies, Dr Kyere-Boateng was in the Department of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Global Change Research Institute, CAS, the Czech Republic, where he was involved in several research activities and projects. He is currently affiliated with the same department as an external honorary scholar and researcher.
He is currently a lecturer at the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, School of Geosciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Dormaa-Ahenkro, Bono Region, Ghana, West Africa. His current positions in the Department include Undergraduate Coordinator and International Relations and Partnerships Coordinator. He also serves as the School Industrial Attachment Coordinator.
His key research interests and focus reside at the intersection of social-ecological systems & sustainability science, sustainable development theory, research & practice, and political ecology, using spatial planning & systems thinking to decode complex environment, population & development nexuses. Within this framework, his work advances global change & nature-based solutions, resources economics & management, and the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity to protect biodiversity & ecosystem services, optimize urban ecosystem planning & sustainability, and strengthen forest ecosystems, forest carbon & climate change governance alongside resilient climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies.
His important research visits include InnoForESt in Trentino, Italy, and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Braunschweig, Germany. In addition, Dr Kyere-Boateng is a member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) and the European Geosciences Union (EGU). He has several years of experience in teaching and research at the higher education level.