Dr. David Oscar Yawson is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, with over ten years of experience. He has academic qualifications and practical experience in agriculture, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and environmental science. He has taught at both graduate and undergraduate levels in universities in Ghana and as a visiting lecturer at the Pan-African University for Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES) in Algeria. He has also had short-term teaching and consultancy experience in the UK. Dr Yawson has provided research, advisory and consultancy services to the Government of Ghana and other national or local organizations, as well as international development organizations.
Dr Yawson’s research revolves around bio-sensitive land resources management, use and policy. This work focuses on transformative impacts of land, soil and water management, use and policies on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. Dr Yawson is also interested in soil security and issues in the mega nexus of soil-water-food security. Dr Yawson and colleagues developed a framework for soil security that helps address critical and pervasive threats to soil stocks at varying scales.
• Hydrology
• Geo-Informatics
• Measurement and Analysis
