Prof. Daniel Kwabena Twerefou
Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Academic Quality Assurance Directorate, University of Ghana
Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Academic Quality Assurance Directorate, University of Ghana
- Research programme
- Climate, Sustainability & Green Digital Transformation
- DRAKA.PC
- Lead, Sustainability, Green Digital Transformation & Impact
Biography
Prof. Daniel Kwabena Twerefou is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana and Director of the University's Academic Quality Assurance Directorate. His research interests focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.
At DRAKA Labs, Prof. Twerefou provides senior academic and research leadership for the Laboratory's work at the intersection of climate, sustainability, energy and digital transformation. His involvement strengthens DRAKA Labs' ability to examine digital transformation not only from technological and institutional perspectives, but also through the lens of sustainability, resource efficiency and environmental impact.
His leadership also provides an important interdisciplinary bridge between computing, economics, institutional transformation and sustainability research.
Research interests
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
Research programme leadership
Climate, Sustainability & Green Digital Transformation
The programme investigates how digital technologies, data, intelligent systems and institutional transformation can contribute to environmentally sustainable development, connecting economics, computing, climate research, energy systems and institutional transformation.
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Green Digital Transformation
- Smart Energy
- Climate Analytics
- Sustainable Computing
- Environmental Monitoring
- Sustainability Indicators
Applied domains
- Smart Campus Energy
- Sustainable Computing
- Climate Information
- Institutional Sustainability
- Renewable-Energy Analytics
- Energy Monitoring
Professional expertise
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Sustainability Economics
- Green Digital Transformation
- Academic Quality Assurance
DRAKA Labs responsibilities
- 01Sustainability research leadership
- 02Climate-related interdisciplinary research
- 03Green digital transformation research
- 04Renewable-energy research collaboration
- 05Energy-efficiency research
- 06Research programme development
- 07Academic and research quality guidance
- 08Interdisciplinary research collaboration
- 09Sustainability-oriented research partnerships
- 10Research mentorship
- 11Research quality
- 12Institutional research collaboration
- 13Research translation
Programme / project responsibility
DRAKA.PC · Lead, Sustainability, Green Digital Transformation & Impact
Provides research leadership for examining the sustainability implications and opportunities associated with the University's digital transformation, from institutional energy analytics to green digital transformation and sustainability impact assessment.
Previous appointments
- Director, Academic Quality Assurance DirectorateUniversity of Ghana