Dr Alex Acheampong is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bond Business School. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research interests span energy economics, environmental & climate change economics, neo-institutional economics/political economy, macroeconomics, development economics and finance, international economics, and infrastructure economics. 

Dr Acheampong is a globally recognized researcher in applied economics. Clarivate ranked him among the top 1% of the 2024 and 2025 Highly Cited Researchers. Again, he has been ranked in the prestigious World Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University for citation impact for five consecutive years (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021). 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."

Reflecting on his research excellence, Dr Acheampong received the 2024 Bond University Vice Chancellor's Early Career Research Award. He also received the 2025 and 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 was also awarded the Best Higher Degree Research (HDR) Published Journal Article by the Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia, for three consecutive years—2018, 2019, and 2020.

Currently, Dr Acheampong has published 70+ 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, including Energy Economics, World Development, Social Science & Medicine, Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Policy Modeling, Applied Economics, Finance Research Letters,  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,  Economics & Politics, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Social Indicators Research, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Environmental Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Environmental Science & Policy, Utilities Policy, International Economics, International Journal of Energy Research, etc.

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 Organisation 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 8000 citations on Google Scholar, reflecting a substantial H-index of 40 and i10-index of 65. Also, on Scopus, his research outputs have amassed over 5700 citations and a substantial H-Index of 33. Based on Scopus Field-Weighted Citation Impact, his research outputs are more cited than expected (global average).

Dr Acheampong has also demonstrated strong leadership and service to the University and BBS through several key governance and administrative roles. He serves as Chair of the BBS Sustainability Subcommittee, where he leads initiatives that advance sustainability within the Business School. He also contributes to academic quality and strategic decision-making as a member of the BBS Curriculum Improvement Committee, the BBS Research Committee, the University Sustainability Committee, and the University Research Committee. Through these roles, Dr Acheampong actively supports institutional development, research governance, and the integration of sustainability into teaching and research university-wide strategy.

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):

• Energy justice, energy poverty, energy security, and energy choice
• Energy transition and net-zero emissions
• Gender empowerment and socio-economic development
• Climate change, adaption, resilience, and governance
• Economic and welfare implications of disasters (e.g., fire, drought, flooding, and among others)
• Circular economy, environmental pollution, and degradation
• Financial inclusion, income poverty, and wealth inequality
• The political economy of rural-urban development dichotomy
• Issues on trade, foreign direct investment, financial development, and macroeconomic stability
• Institutions and comparative analysis of socio-economic development