James Boafo

I am a lecturer in sustainability and a research fellow at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University. My research focuses on sustainability transitions, with particular attention to energy transitions, critical minerals, and just transitions. Drawing on my training as a human geographer and political ecologist, I explore human-environment interactions through the lenses of political ecology and political economy. I am especially interested in food systems, resource extraction, and environmental governance.

I have published in leading academic journals in my field such as Resources Policy, Energy Research and Social Science etc. I have also actively pursued translational research to broaden the impact of my work. My contributions to The Conversation have reached wide audiences and helped bridge academic insights with public discourse. For instance, my work in The Conversation has been read by over 100,000 people since 2019.