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Bond University, Bond Business School
4229 Gold Coast
Australia
Bond University
14 University Drive
ROBINA QLD 4226
Australia
Accepting PhD Students
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Dr Alex Acheampong obtained PhD (Economics) from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research interests span energy economics, environmental economics, neo-institutional economics/political economy, macroeconomics, development economics, international economics, and infrastructure economics.
Dr Acheampong is a globally recognized researcher in applied economics. He has been ranked in the prestigious World Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University for citation impact for four consecutive years (2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021). Again, Clarivate ranked him among the top 1% of the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers. He is also ranked among the top 200 young economists in the world by Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). Again, RePEc ranked him among the top 10% of Economists in Australia. The Australian 2025 Research Magazine named him as Australia's top researcher in "Economic Policy."
Dr Acheampong received the 2024 Bond University Vice Chancellor's Early Career Research Award. He also received the 2024 Bond Business School (BBS) Executive Dean's Outstanding Research Award, as well as the BBS Dean's Research Award for Early Career Research Excellence in both 2023 and 2024.
Dr Acheampong has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and 10 book chapters. He has more than 85% of his peer-reviewed articles published in the Australian Business Dean Council (ABDC) A/A*-ranked and Scimago Q1-ranked Journals. Specifically, his publications have featured in leading international academic journals, including Energy Economics ( ABDC: A*), World Development (ABDC: A), Journal of Policy Modeling (ABDC: A), Applied Economics (ABDC: A), Social Science & Medicine (SJR: Q1), Economics & Politics (ABDC: A), The Journal of Economic Inequality (ABDC: A), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABDC: A), Social Indicators Research (ABDC: A), Economics of Transition and Institutional Change (formerly: Economics of Transition) (ABDC: A), Journal of Consumer Affairs (ABDC: A), Journal of Environmental Management (ABDC: A), Business Strategy and the Environment (ABDC: A), Journal of Cleaner Production (ABDC: A), Utilities Policy (SJR: Q1), International Economics (SJR: Q1), International Journal of Energy Research (SJR: Q1), Environmental Science & Policy (SJR: Q1) and Science of the Total Environment (SJR: Q1).
A recent Impact metric released by Scopus shows that his research has contributed to every aspect of the United Nations SDGs and had a significant impact on policy. His publications have received citations in policy documents by notable institutions, such as the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Kingdom Government, the Bank of Spain, and the European Union.
Dr Acheampong's research outputs have amassed over 5000 citations on Google Scholar, reflecting a substantial H-index of 29 and i10-index above 50. Also, on Scopus, his research outputs have amassed over 4000 citations and a substantial H-Index of 25. Based on Scopus Field-Weighted Citation Impact, his research outputs are more cited than expected (global average).
Dr Acheampong is an Associate Editor for Energy Economics and the Journal of Public Affairs and Executive Guest Editor for World Development Sustainability.
Dr Acheampong is interested in supervising HDR students with broad interest in applied economics. Specific areas of interest are energy economics, environmental and climate change economics, political economy/institutional economics, development economics and macroeconomics. Specifically, he welcomes research proposals that seek to either apply panel data, time series, or household survey data to the following topics (but not exhaustive):
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Economics, PhD, University of Newcastle
Award Date: 23 Feb 2021
Geography and Economics, BEd (Hons), University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Award Date: 22 May 2015
Sessional Academic and Researcher, University of Newcastle
2017 → 2022
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Alex Acheampong (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Thesis Examination
Alex Acheampong (Associate Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial Board Member
Alex Acheampong (Member)
Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
Alex Acheampong (Member)
Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
Alex Acheampong (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Panel Member