Dr Alex Acheampong
Assistant Professor
Level 4, Building 2, Bond Business School, Bond University
Accepting PhD StudentsContact details
Research interests
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), 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 28 and i10-index above 45. Also, on Scopus, his research outputs have amassed over 3500 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.
Qualifications
- 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
Fields of Research
- Other commerce, management, tourism and services
Statement for HDR students
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