Irene Appeaning Addo

Irene Appeaning Addo is an Associate Professor of African Architecture at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Her research areas include the study of the architectural traditions in Africa, African Cities, and postcolonial housing studies. Irene is involved in several projects including; Climate Change and Nature-based Solutions in African cities, Everyday Urbanisms in African Cities; Adaptation and self-recovery solutions for earthern housing flooding resilience in Northern Ghana; Culture and Arts in Contemporary African Urbanism and its Hinterlands; Architecture and Planning in the Tropics: From Imperial Gold Coast to Tropical Ghana and Measuring thermal comfort in heritage buildings. She has contributed to the following books; Architecture and Politics in Africa (SOAS), Housing and SDGs in Urban Africa. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements (Springer Nature) Climate Change in Ghana: The Human Dimension and Urban Planning: Practices (Afram Publications), Challenges and Benefits (Nova) and was the Associate editor for a special issue journal on Architecture and Soft Power (Third World Quarterly). She has published in top journals including Energy and Buildings, The Journal of Architecture, Urban Studies, Journal of Urbanism, Urban Forum, Asian and African Studies Journal, Journal of African Cultural Studies, Contemporary Journal of African Studies, Feminist Africa, and many more. She was a recipient of the prestigious Urban Studies Foundation International Fellowship in 2022 and the University of Liverpool Virtual Fellowship in 2021. Irene is a registered architect with the Ghana Institute of Architects/ Architects Registration Council and a member of the African Studies Association of Africa.