Eunice Oppon joined the Science, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (SITE) department in 2021. She obtained her PhD in Operations Management from the University of Sheffield. She received an MSc in Applied Economics from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and BSc in Business Administration from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
She is an ambitious researcher who seeks to create and engage in academic research activities that generates impact. While studying for her PhD at Sheffield Management School, she wrote a research proposal and was successfully awarded a GCRF Africa Innovation grant to work on Agri-food circular economy in Ghana. She currently works on the project as a Co-investigator.
Nationality: Ghanaian
Qualifications
- PhD Operations Management
- MSc Applied Economics
- BSc Business Administration
- AFHEA
Research interests
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Circular Economy
- Environmental Economics
- Climate Change Policy
- Data Analytics for Decision Making
Eunice is trained in Applied Economics, techno-economic assessment, energy economics, and value- and supply-chain impact assessment within agricultural and energy systems. She specifically specializes in operations and management research with considerable expertise in value chain sustainability assessment in various sectors including agricultural and food systems sector. She employs quantitative methods including input-output and life cycle assessment tools to estimate embodied environmental, economic and social impacts of agricultural value and supply chains. Her analytical and methodological work focuses on sustainability work within agricultural and food system value and supply chains.
Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year
Publications by category
Journal articles
Oppon E, Richter JS, Koh SCL, Nabayiga H (2023). Macro-level economic and environmental sustainability of negative emission technologies; Case study of crushed silicate production for enhanced weathering.
Ecological Economics,
204Abstract:
Macro-level economic and environmental sustainability of negative emission technologies; Case study of crushed silicate production for enhanced weathering
Enhanced weathering (EW) involves application of crushed silicate rocks on croplands to capture CO2. Although research on EW is gaining traction, the missing elements in the literature however are the supply chain sustainability impacts associated with large-scale production and deployment of crushed silicates for EW purposes. The need to conduct sustainability assessments for EW systems in addition to validated technical feasibility remains a relevant research gap. In this work, the potential economic and environmental impacts associated with production of crushed silicates is assessed for eight countries, belonging to two separate groups: emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and developed economies (USA, UK, France, and Germany). A total of six economic and environmental impact categories are included in the assessment; gross domestic product (GDP), gross operating surplus (GOS), imports, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and material use. The input-output model is used to estimate the economy-wide and macro-level sustainability impacts derived from producing crushed silicates. Findings show developed economies have relatively high levels of positive economic benefits and may experience less negative environmental impacts within their national boundaries by ‘leaking’ such impacts via imports. Imported consumption for crushed silicate production in developed countries were found to be substantially higher than that of emerging economies. For the emerging economies, imported consumption associated with crushed silicate production constitutes on average, less than 10% whereas for developed economies, imported consumption averages 20%. The UK mining and quarrying sector has the highest imported consumption at approximately 30%. The results of the study provide insightful outlook into the opportunities and challenges surrounding EW sustainability and is important in informing both national and global policy decisions regarding this technique.
Abstract.
DOI.
Acquaye A, Ibn-Mohammed T, Genovese A, Afrifa GA, Yamoah FA, Oppon E (2018). A quantitative model for environmentally sustainable supply chain performance measurement.
European Journal of Operational Research,
269(1), 188-205.
DOI.
Oppon E, Acquaye A, Ibn-Mohammed T, Koh L (2018). Modelling Multi-regional Ecological Exchanges: the Case of UK and Africa.
Ecological Economics,
147, 422-435.
DOI.
Acquaye A, Feng K, Oppon E, Salhi S, Ibn-Mohammed T, Genovese A, Hubacek K (2017). Measuring the environmental sustainability performance of global supply chains: a multi-regional input-output analysis for carbon, sulphur oxide and water footprints.
Journal of Environmental Management,
187, 571-585.
DOI.
Publications by year
2023
Oppon E, Richter JS, Koh SCL, Nabayiga H (2023). Macro-level economic and environmental sustainability of negative emission technologies; Case study of crushed silicate production for enhanced weathering.
Ecological Economics,
204Abstract:
Macro-level economic and environmental sustainability of negative emission technologies; Case study of crushed silicate production for enhanced weathering
Enhanced weathering (EW) involves application of crushed silicate rocks on croplands to capture CO2. Although research on EW is gaining traction, the missing elements in the literature however are the supply chain sustainability impacts associated with large-scale production and deployment of crushed silicates for EW purposes. The need to conduct sustainability assessments for EW systems in addition to validated technical feasibility remains a relevant research gap. In this work, the potential economic and environmental impacts associated with production of crushed silicates is assessed for eight countries, belonging to two separate groups: emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and developed economies (USA, UK, France, and Germany). A total of six economic and environmental impact categories are included in the assessment; gross domestic product (GDP), gross operating surplus (GOS), imports, greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and material use. The input-output model is used to estimate the economy-wide and macro-level sustainability impacts derived from producing crushed silicates. Findings show developed economies have relatively high levels of positive economic benefits and may experience less negative environmental impacts within their national boundaries by ‘leaking’ such impacts via imports. Imported consumption for crushed silicate production in developed countries were found to be substantially higher than that of emerging economies. For the emerging economies, imported consumption associated with crushed silicate production constitutes on average, less than 10% whereas for developed economies, imported consumption averages 20%. The UK mining and quarrying sector has the highest imported consumption at approximately 30%. The results of the study provide insightful outlook into the opportunities and challenges surrounding EW sustainability and is important in informing both national and global policy decisions regarding this technique.
Abstract.
DOI.
2018
Acquaye A, Ibn-Mohammed T, Genovese A, Afrifa GA, Yamoah FA, Oppon E (2018). A quantitative model for environmentally sustainable supply chain performance measurement.
European Journal of Operational Research,
269(1), 188-205.
DOI.
Oppon E, Acquaye A, Ibn-Mohammed T, Koh L (2018). Modelling Multi-regional Ecological Exchanges: the Case of UK and Africa.
Ecological Economics,
147, 422-435.
DOI.
2017
Acquaye A, Feng K, Oppon E, Salhi S, Ibn-Mohammed T, Genovese A, Hubacek K (2017). Measuring the environmental sustainability performance of global supply chains: a multi-regional input-output analysis for carbon, sulphur oxide and water footprints.
Journal of Environmental Management,
187, 571-585.
DOI.
Awards and Honours
- PhD Award- Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation
- Commonwealth Scholarship Awards
External positions
- Co-investigator on GCRF Africa Innovation grant on Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Assessment of Agri-food Circular economy in Ghana.