Dr Divine Asafo

Dr Divine Asafo

Lecturer in Human Geography

+44 (0)1482 465925 | D.M.Asafo@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Environmental Sciences

Related groups

  • Geography and Environment

Qualifications

  • BA (University of Ghana)
  • MPhil (University of Ghana)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Sheffield)

Summary

Divine is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Hull. His research focuses on urban/peri-urban development and change in Africa, particularly the politics of peri-urban land, everyday experiences of housing development, and urban disaster risks and vulnerabilities.

Divine completed his undergraduate (Geography and Resource Development with Political Science) and Masters (Geography and Resource Development) degrees from the University of Ghana, Legon; and his PhD in Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield. Prior to joining the University of Hull, Divine was working as a Human Geography Tutor at the Manchester Metropolitan University.

Divine is engaged in advisory work for the British Academy Project, Youth Futures - 'Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods: Unpacking possibilities for empowerment with young migrants in Ghana'. He is also the Deputy Director for the Civil Society, Development and Democracy (CDD) Pathway of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Programme (WRDTP) at the University of Hull. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

330114 Introduction to Geography and Environment

400145 Exploring the World Around Us

400146 Interpreting Environment

500185 Sustainable Futures

500177 Field Study (Human Geography)

600249 Cities and Regions

600266 BA Geography Dissertation

771756 Flood Adaptation and Mitigation

772038 Environmental Law and Policy

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

Asafo, D. (2024). Peri-urban transformations : Changing land markets and (in)security in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. In Living the urban periphery : infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions (186-206). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526171221

At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia

Meth, P., Todes, A., Charlton, S., Mukweda, T., Houghton, J., Goodfellow, T., Belihu, M., Huang, Z., Asafo, D., Buthelezi, S., & Masikane, F. (2021). At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia. In M. Keith, & A. A. de Souza Santos (Eds.), African cities and collaborative futures : urban platforms and metropolitan logistics (30-52). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526155351.00008

Journal Article

Fragile and compromised housing: Implications of land conflicts on housing development in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

Asafo, D. M. (2022). Fragile and compromised housing: Implications of land conflicts on housing development in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. Housing Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2022.2119209

'Landguardism' in Ghana: Examining public perceptions about the driving factors

Ehwi, R. J., & Mawuli, D. A. (2021). ‘Landguardism’ in Ghana: Examining public perceptions about the driving factors. Land use policy, 109, Article 105630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105630

Following the footsteps: Urbanisation of Wa Municipality and its synergism in risk accumulation, uncertainties and complexities in urban Ghana

Oteng-Ababio, M., Owusu, G., & Asafo, D. (2019). Following the footsteps: Urbanisation of Wa Municipality and its synergism in risk accumulation, uncertainties and complexities in urban Ghana. Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11(1), Article a479. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.479

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Fellow, Advance HE

2023

National/International learned society/body role

Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

2023

Adjunct Associate Member, Ghana Geographers Association

2023

Research assessment service

Finalist for the Audrey Richards Prize for the Best Doctoral dissertation in African Studies

2021 - 2022

The prize is awarded to the best doctoral thesis on a topic related to Africa, and which has been successfully examined in a British institution of higher education during the two calendar years immediately preceding the next ASAUK Conference. The judging committee were impressed with the quality of all the theses submitted for the prize, and selected these 6 theses, listed alphabetically by author surname, for the shortlist: Rosalie ALLAIN, “‘The Gold is Gone’: Techniques of Resource-Making and Generativity among Gbaya Artisanal Miners in Cameroon” Divine ASAFO, “Peri-urban Development: Land Conflict and its Effect on Housing Development in Peri-urban Accra,Ghana” Kate DAWSON, “Shifting Sands in Accra, Ghana: The Ante-Lives of Urban Form” Simeon KOROMA, ”Law Beyond the State: The Makings of Justice in Urban Sierra Leone” Patrick WAHOME, “Statehood, Sovereignty and Identities: Exploring Policing in Kenya’s Informal Settlements of Mathare and Kaptembwo” Hang ZHOU, “Seeing from the Roads: Institution Building, Organisational Restructuring and Everyday Negotiations in Uganda”

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