Adjunct Research Fellow

Dr George Freduah is an environmental research scientist interested in vulnerabilities and responses to climate and environmental change, environmental policies and management, small-scale fisheries governance and livelihoods. For the past years, he has worked on these issues in partnership with stakeholders in Ghana and Australia. For example, in his PhD research (2016), he examined how adaptive capacity is mobilized in response to socioeconomic and environmental change in the context of small-scale coastal fisheries of Ghana. He employs interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to research, drawing on environmental science, human geography and development studies. He has published in highly ranked peer-reviewed academic journals including Environmental Science & Policy, Applied Geography and The Geographical Journal.

Qualifications

PhD, Sunshine Coast; Master of Philosophy, Resources and Human Adaptations (Development Geography), University of Bergen; Bachelor of Arts (Geography and Resource Development) (Honours), University of Ghana.

Teaching areas

• Climate change
• Environments, Business and Society
• Environmental impact assessment
• Regional development

Research areas

• Climate change and fisheries governance
• Resource management
• Sustainable environmental management

Memberships

• Member, The Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) Climate Resilient Fisheries
• Member, Too Big To Ignore (TBTI), an international research consortium for promoting small-scale fisheries

Awards

• University of the Sunshine Coast grant for supporting HDR scholarly articles preparation and submission, Faculty of Arts and Business (2016)
• University of Iceland Reykjavik 6th International Conference on Climate Change Graduate Scholar Award (2014)
• 2nd World Small-scale Fisheries Conference travel grant (2014)
• University of the Sunshine Coast International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) (2013-2016)
• University of the Sunshine Coast Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA)(2013-2016)
• University of Bergen Norwegian Quota Scholarships (2006-2008)

Key Research Publications

Freduah, G, Fidelman, P & Smith, T 2019, ‘A framework for assessing adaptive capacity to multiple climatic and non-climatic stressors in small-scale fisheries’, Environmental Science & Policy, pp.87–93.

Freduah, G, Fidelman, P & Smith, T 2019, ‘Adaptive capacity of small-scale coastal fishers to climate and non-climate stressors in the Western Region of Ghana’, The Geographical Journal, vol. 185, pp. 96–110.

Freduah, G, Fidelman, P & Smith, T 2018, ‘Mobilising adaptive capacity to multiple stressors: insights from small-scale coastal fisheries in the Western Region of Ghana’, Geoforum, vol. 91, pp. 61-72.

Freduah, G, Fidelman, P & Smith, T 2017, ‘The impacts of environmental and socio-economic stressors on small scale fisheries and livelihoods of fishers in Ghana’, Applied Geography, vol. 89, pp. 1-11.

Freduah, G 2007, ‘Problems of solid waste management in Nima, Accra’, Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences, 6.

Freduah G 2016, ‘Climate Change and Fisheries in Ghana: Strategies for Building Adaptive Capacity by Small-Scale Fishers’, PhD Thesis: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Contact Dr Dr George Freduah via email kfreduah@gmail.com