Kwabena Owusu is a mathematical modeller by training and was a postdoctoral scholar on the RISE project from 2024-2026, working with Dawn Parker in the School of Planning. Prior to working with the RISE team, he completed a post-doctoral position at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Senegal) - a Pan-African centre of excellence for post-graduate training, research, and public engagement in mathematics.
Kwabena's involvement in the RISE project focused on the impacts of residential land developments on climate change mitigation with special attention to terrestrial-aquatic interaction effects. His research activity in this position included ensuring best practices for integrating, verifying, and validating integrated project models.
Kwabena is fascinated with modelling and the analysis of complex ecological and socio-economic systems using different quantitative methods, ranging from numerical to statistical models in light of empirical or experimental data, with particular applications on sustainability, human behaviour, and climate change.