Seth Asare Okyere

Dr Seth Asare Okyere is an international development planner whose work cuts across social equity, resilience, and sustainability to cross-pollinate ideas and action for just and sustainable communities. Seth has a depth of international experience, which spans cities and communities in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. He has extensive experience across Academia, Think Tanks, and Civil Society Organisations through teaching, conducting transformative research, leading/coordinating international joint projects, and engaging local communities to build capacity for sustainable development. Seth is in pursuit of the sustainable development of communities with a particular focus on co-producing just, resilient, and place-based solutions. Specifically, mission-focused approaches to support communities and institutions to better understand their contexts as well as utilize existing potentials, tools, and networks to build capacity and foster resilience to existing/emerging stresses, risks, and shocks.

Seth holds a PhD in Engineering (Urban Development Planning) from Osaka University, Japan, an MSc in Urban Planning and Policy Design (cum laude) from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and BSc in Development Planning (First Class Honours) from KNUST, Ghana. Seth also holds Honor Code Certificates in Future Livable Cities from ETH Zurich, Health and Society from Harvard University and a professional certificate in Emergency Planning and Crises Management from the Federal Office for Civic Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) in Germany.