Suale Iddrisu
Email: s.iddrisu@unsw.edu.au
Supervisors: Paul Munro, Mathew Kearnes
Suale Iddrisu is a third-year PhD Candidate in Environmental Humanities at UNSW and part of the Environment and Society Research Group at the School of Humanities and Languages. His current research explores the political ecology of off-grid solar energy utilisation, repair, and e-waste management in sub-Saharan Africa, with Ghana in particular. His earlier work focused on land use/cover change, climate change and urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa. His research has been published in leading international journals, including Geographical Research, the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, and Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. His most recent publication (June 2026) examines the role of off-grid solar energy in advancing UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Research areas
- Research outputs
- Off-Grid Solar Energy
- Political Ecology
- Renewable Energy
- Climate Change
- Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LULCC)
- Iddrisu, S., & Munro, P. G. (2026). Towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the role of off-grid solar energy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 239, 117089.
- Iddrisu, S., Abass, K., Serbeh, R., Dumedah, G., Kwadwo, A., Alhassan, J., Kpevu, G. A., & Gyasi, R. M. (2025). Urban expansion and livelihood dynamics in peri-urban Tamale, Ghana. Geographical Research, 63(1), 40–58.
- Iddrisu, S., Siiba, A., Alhassan, J., & Abass, K. (2023). Land-use and land cover change dynamics in urban Ghana: implications for peri-urban livelihoods. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 15(1), 80–96.
- Siiba, A., Agyei, V., Iddrisu, S., Adjei, S. A., & Ibrahim, H. (2025). Distance and perception of safety of the built environment are predominant factors influencing walking and bicycling to school: A systematic review. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 1137-1149.
- Alhassan, J., Ofosu, A., Iddrisu, S., & Kofi Garsonu, E. (2023). Wood Fuel Producers’ Insight on the Environmental Effects of Their Activities in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 42(6), 607–623.
- Alhassan, J., Appiah, D. O., Iddrisu, S., Ofosu, A., & Tetteh, J. (2024). Incidence of water scarcity: understanding the triggers and implications for women’s non-agricultural livelihoods in Northern Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 10(1).