Isaac Adjei Mensah
100 Publications44 Research Themes60 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
This researcher investigates the complex interplay between energy systems, environmental economics, and economic growth patterns in African countries, particularly focusing on the domain of social sciences. Their work delves into themes such as innovation and socio-economic development, examining how sustainable practices and technological advancements can drive growth while mitigating environmental and financial risks. The researcher also explores the nexus between renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental quality, using sophisticated econometric models to analyze these relationships. Additionally, they examine the impact of non-linear economic patterns on carbon emissions, questioning traditional causal frameworks in international relations. Their research integrates diverse disciplines—social sciences, physical sciences (energy, environment), and international business—their studies provide a comprehensive analysis of African countries' development trajectories and policies, offering insights into the role of innovation and sustainable practices in fostering inclusive and resilient economies.
Faculty Biography
Isaac Adjei Mensah is currently a lecturer at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, KNUST. He holds a Ph.D. in Control Science (Environmental and Energy Statistics Option) from Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China. He also holds an MPhil in Mathematical Statistics from KNUST as well as BSc Mathematical Science (Statistics Option) from University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. He was first appointed as an assistant lecturer at all nations university college and at the same time a part-time lecturer at the university college of agriculture and environmental studies. His research area is in Energy and Environmental Statistics together with panel data econometric modeling. He has over forty publications in peer review journals. He is currently a member of UTAG.
Key Research Themes (44)
Physical Sciences
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Social Sciences
Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
Physical Sciences
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Physical Sciences
Business and Economic Development
Social Sciences
Business Strategy and Innovation
Physical Sciences
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Social Sciences
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Physical Sciences
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Social Sciences
Corporate Finance and Governance
Social Sciences
Digital Marketing and Social Media
Social Sciences
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
Physical Sciences
Economic Growth and Development
Social Sciences
Education Systems and Policy
Physical Sciences
Energy and Environment Impacts
Physical Sciences
Energy Load and Power Forecasting
Social Sciences
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Social Sciences
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Physical Sciences
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Social Sciences
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Health Sciences
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Social Sciences
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Health Sciences
Global Health Care Issues
Health Sciences
Global Maternal and Child Health
Social Sciences
Global trade and economics
Health Sciences
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Social Sciences
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Health Sciences
Homelessness and Social Issues
Social Sciences
Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
Social Sciences
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Social Sciences
Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Social Sciences
International Business and FDI
Social Sciences
International Development and Aid
Social Sciences
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Social Sciences
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Health Sciences
Mental Health and Patient Involvement
Health Sciences
Occupational Health and Safety Research
Social Sciences
Quality and Supply Management
Social Sciences
School Leadership and Teacher Performance
Physical Sciences
Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
Physical Sciences
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Social Sciences
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Social Sciences
Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
Social Sciences
Working Capital and Financial Performance
Social Sciences
Workplace Violence and Bullying
Publications (100)
The nexus between food security, health outcomes, and climate change: a multisectoral approach to sustainable development in Africa
Open AccessExposure to workplace bullying and nurses’ turnover intentions nexus: a moderation-mediation analysis
Open AccessA novel bivariate regression model derived from the clayton copula and the Odd Dagum-G family and its application
Open AccessClimate change as a game changer: Rethinking Africa’s food security- health outcome nexus through a multi-sectoral lens
Open AccessObesity Kuznets Curve conjecture assessment in African economies: conditioning effects of urbanization, food, and trade using gender-based regional analysis
Open AccessOn China's sustainable future: How do eco-technological innovations and financial development moderate the tourism-environmental pollution nexus?
Open AccessRevisiting the drivers of electricity consumption in designated Sub-Saharan African regions: Unraveling the role of education
Open AccessConsumer response to E-commerce service failure: Leveraging repurchase intentions through strategic recovery policies
Retraction Note: Long-run equilibrium relationship between energy consumption and CO2 emissions: a dynamic heterogeneous analysis on North Africa
Open AccessComplex network modeling for energy and carbon emission systems: Current status and prospects
Retraction Note: Financial development and environmental sustainability in West Africa: evidence from heterogeneous and cross-sectionally correlated models
Open AccessRetraction Note: Investigating the nexus among environmental pollution, economic growth, energy use, and foreign direct investment in 6 selected sub-Saharan African countries
Open AccessRetraction Note: Trade openness and CO2 emanations: a heterogeneous analysis on the developing eight (D8) countries
Open AccessRetraction Note: Green investments, financial development, and environmental quality in Ghana: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach
Overcoming obstacles and reaping benefits: a study on the journey of aspiring educators in Ghana's teacher training institutions
Does obesity Kuznets curve exist in developing economies? Evidence from 38 African countries based on heterogeneous panel data analysis on income-level classification
Open AccessSeemingly unrelated time series model for forecasting the peak and short-term electricity demand: Evidence from the Kalman filtered Monte Carlo method
Open AccessAnalysis of sex disparities in under-five mortality rates in Ghana: Insights from vector autoregressive modeling
Open AccessAnalysis of sex disparities in under-five mortality rates in Ghana: Insights from vector autoregressive modeling
Open AccessExploring renewable energy trade coopetition relationships: Evidence from belt and road countries, 1996-2018
Inclusive growth and the sophisticated influence of carbon emissions, renewable energy, and financial development: An introspective analysis of Africa
Teamwork quality and health workers burnout nexus: a new insight from canonical correlation analysis
Open AccessTransitions to sustainable development: the role of green innovation and institutional quality
The impact of green technological innovation and institutional quality on CO2 emissions in African countries
The environmental consequences of foreign aid and key economic indicators: the Sino-Africa perspective
Spatio-Temporal Impact of Global Migration on Carbon Transfers Based on Complex Network and Stepwise Regression Analysis
Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Green investments, financial development, and environmental quality in Ghana: evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach
Reinvestigating the pollution haven hypothesis: the nexus between foreign direct investments and environmental quality in G-20 countries
“For me I see MINE to be a family sickness” – consumers understanding and perception of the etiology of mental illness in community-based residential facilities in Ghana
How does Eco-Innovation Affect CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
A novel crude oil price trend prediction method: Machine learning classification algorithm based on multi-modal data features
The effect of firm performance on CEO compensation: the moderation role of SOE reform
The relationship between healthcare expenditure, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and natural resources: evidence from developing countries
Securing music sharing platforms: A Blockchain-Based Approach.
Open Access2021Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Financial development and environmental sustainability in West Africa: evidence from heterogeneous and cross-sectionally correlated models
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Long-run equilibrium relationship between energy consumption and CO2 emissions: a dynamic heterogeneous analysis on North Africa
The impact of inward FDI on output growth volatility: A country-sector analysis
Open AccessEffect of population migration on spatial carbon emission transfers in China
The link between urbanization, energy consumption, foreign direct investments and CO<sub>2</sub> emanations: An empirical evidence from the emerging seven (E7) countries
Open AccessPotential economic indicators and environmental quality in African economies: new insight from cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lag approach
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Trade openness and CO2 emanations: a heterogeneous analysis on the developing eight (D8) countries
Teachers’ experiences of classroom behaviour problems and mitigation strategies among students with visual disabilities in Ghana
Knowledge-Based Economy Capacity Building for Developing Countries: A Panel Analysis in Southern African Development Community
Open AccessSupply Chain Integration, Interfirm Value Co-Creation and Firm Performance Nexus in Ghanaian SMEs: Mediating Roles of Stakeholder Pressure and Innovation Capability
Open AccessModelling the connection between energy consumption and carbon emissions in North Africa: Evidence from panel models robust to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity
Construct validity and invariance assessment of the social impacts of occupational heat stress scale (SIOHSS) among Ghanaian mining workers
Open AccessExamining the determinants of water resources availability in sub-Sahara Africa: a panel-based econometrics analysis
Teamwork and Physician Burnout: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organisational Support
Open AccessThe connection between urbanization and carbon emissions: a panel evidence from West Africa
RETRACTED: A heterogeneous analysis of the nexus between energy consumption, economic growth and carbon emissions: Evidence from the Group of Twenty (G20) countries
Open AccessDoes Innovation Type Influence Firm Performance? A Dilemma of Star-Rated Hotels in Ghana
Open AccessDeterminants of FinTech payment services diffusion by SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana
Non-linear nexus between CO2 emissions and economic growth: A comparison of OECD and B&R countries
Multi-region and multi-sector comparisons and analysis of industrial carbon productivity in China
Open AccessInvestigation on key contributors of energy consumption in dynamic heterogeneous panel data (DHPD) model for African countries: fresh evidence from dynamic common correlated effect (DCCE) approach
Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana
Open AccessLiquidity and Firms’ Financial Performance Nexus: Panel Evidence From Non-Financial Firms Listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange
Open AccessThe influence of trade openness on environmental pollution in EU-18 countries
The role of environmental entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Evidence from 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The link between carbon emissions, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth: a heterogeneous panel evidence from West Africa
In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
Open AccessIn search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
Open AccessEstimating the Determinants of Energy Consumption in Mutlisectoral African Economies: Evidence From Panel Methods Efficient to Heterogeneity and Cross-Sectional Reliance
Open AccessIn search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
Open AccessPanel Econometric Analysis on Mobile Payment Transactions and Traditional Banks Effort toward Financial Accessibility in Sub-Sahara Africa
Open AccessAnalysis on the nexus amid CO2 emissions, energy intensity, economic growth, and foreign direct investment in Belt and Road economies: does the level of income matter?
Evaluation of Green Procurement Practices Among Mining Companies’ Hospitals in Ghana: A Qualitative Analysis
Open AccessSchool Board Efficiency in Financial Management and Human Resource in Public Senior High Schools: An Evidence from Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessIn search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
Open AccessDigitization, Customer Engagement and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana
Open AccessForeign Direct Investment and Total Factor Productivity Growth Nexus: A Realistic Testimony from VECM Approach
Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Turnover Intentions Nexus: Does the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction Matter?
Open AccessPredisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana
Open AccessPredisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana
Open AccessPredisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana
Open AccessIn search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health services for students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
Open AccessKnowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana
Open AccessPredisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana
Open AccessPredisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana
Open AccessKnowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana
Open AccessThe euro's effect on trade: an analysis of "old" and "new" EMU members
Open AccessKnowledge and sources of accessing sexual and reproductive health information among visually impaired women in Ghana
Open AccessExploring the Link between Operational Efficiency and Firms’ Financial Performance: An Empirical Evidence from the Ghana Stock Exchange GSE
Open AccessAnalysis on the nexus of economic growth, fossil fuel energy consumption, CO2 emissions and oil price in Africa based on a PMG panel ARDL approach
Exploring the Nexus among Environmental Pollution, Economic Growth Energy Use and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub Sahara Africa
Open AccessManaging and Predicting the Number of Health Insurance Claims in Ghana Based on Big Data and Time Series Analysis: A Case Study of Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Investigating the nexus among environmental pollution, economic growth, energy use, and foreign direct investment in 6 selected sub-Saharan African countries
Open AccessThree essays in international trade and capital flows
Open Access2019Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Entrepreneurial leadership and performance of female-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Ghana
On the Nexus of Credit Risk Management and Bank Performance: A Dynamic Panel Testimony from Some Selected Commercial Banks in China
Open AccessMarketing innovation and sustainable competitive advantage of manufacturing SMEs in Ghana
Impact of Economic Growth, Energy Use and Population Growth on Carbon Emissions in Sub-Sahara Africa
Open AccessRANKING SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZATION AMONG TOURISTS TO IMPROVE MARKETING INNOVATION USING BAYESIAN POSTERIOR PROBABILITY AND MAXIMUM POSTERIOR PROBABILITY PROCEDURE (MAP): EVIDENCE FROM THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN GHANA
Open Access2018Digital Marketing and Social Media
GOVERNANCE OF INTER-ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS APPROACH: THE CASE BETWEEN MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS.
Open Access2018Corporate Finance and Governance
Customer relationship management practices affecting customer loyalty supporting small airline carriers in Ghana
Customer relationship management practices affecting customer loyalty supporting small airline carriers in Ghana
Marketing Innovation And Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Case Of Selected Manufacturing Small And Medium Enterprises In Central Region Of Ghana
2017Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
The Euro's effect on trade: An analysis of “old" and “new" EMU members
2017Global trade and economics
Monetary and Economic Union in West Africa: An Analysis on Trade
Open Access2016Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Investigation of the Relationship between Direct Major Causes of Maternal Mortality and Some Indirect Factors (Age, Parity and Gravida) through Canonical Correlation Analysis
Open Access2016Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Total Publications100
Research Themes44
Open Access Papers60
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology