The researcher investigates the nuanced ways in which human behavior and societal structures influence outcomes across diverse social sciences areas, including entrepreneurship, international aid, efficiency analysis, financial systems, cultural practices, education policy, and individual decision-making. Each paper explores how factors like knowledge, perception, financial constraints, cultural practices, and educational policies impact behaviors such as entrepreneurial intent, agricultural nutrition, financial inclusion, legacy of entrepreneurship, and human behavior in different contexts.
Faculty Biography
Charles Essel is a senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from St. Petersburg State University of Architectural & Civil Engineering – St. Petersburg, Russia. Currently, he is the year coordinator for 2nd Year Architectural Design Studio at the Department of Architecture, KNUST. Since the year 2000, his teaching activities has centered on Design in the Rural Environment, Urban Design, Housing and Landscape Architecture, Common Structural Systems, Representation Techniques and structural optimization.As an architect and a lecturer, his major research interest is in indoor environmental quality, advanced structural materials and systems, architectural education, urban design and planning, cultural sustainability through integration of architectural science and cultural heritage, housing and neighbourhood design.He is an Associate member of the Ghana Institute of Architects. Being a practising architect, he has worked on several architectural projects both locally and internationally. He has led the design of a logistics warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria and has also been on the design and consultancy team of a number of projects executed by Safi Sana Ghana Limited (Dutch NGO), Korean International Coorperation Agency as well as GoG projects funded by the World Bank.
African history and culture studies
Education Systems and Policy
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Family Business Performance and Succession
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
International Development and Aid
Department of Architecture
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology