Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng

Dr. Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng

Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Researcher

Specialization
Urban Planning, Sustainability

Work areas

since 9/2021	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher in the Research Department "Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme"
2/2017-3/2020	Institute of Transport Research - German Aerospace Center (DLR) Research Fellow
02/2017-11/2022	Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning PhD Candidate, PhD Thesis on “Paratransit operators’ participation in urban bus transit reforms”
1/2020-3/2020	Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Department of Transport Short-term Expert Support
8/2016-7/2021	Afrika Center Berlin Programme Assistant
12/2013-2/2014	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Eschborn Intern, vertically integrated NAMAs project
10/2012-8/2015	Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung MSc. Global Change Management
2/2010-8/2012	Environmental Applications and Technology Centre Assistant Research Officer
8/2008-7/2009	Forestry Research Institute of Ghana Assistant Research Officer
4/2004-7/2008	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi BSc. Natural Resource Management

Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore / Franco Jauregui-Fung (2025)
Tailoring bus rapid transit to the complex realities of African cities: critical issues and public policy planning approaches
in: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 30, article 101351
Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore (2022)
Bus rapid transit implementation in African cities: the case for a more incremental reform approach
in: Ransford A. Acheampong / Karen Lucas / Michael Poku-Boansi / Chinebuli Uzondu (eds.), Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa, Cham: Springer, 181-197
Asimeng, Theodore / Stephen Asabere (2022)
Factors that determine paratransit drivers' willingness to participate in formal bus services in an African city
in: Case Studies on Transport Policy 10 (2), 1343-1352
Asimeng, Theodore (2021)
Bus rapid transit implementation with the inclusion of incumbent paratransit operators in African cities: lessons from Accra
in: Urban, Planning and Transport Research 9(1), 535-549
Asimeng, Theodore / Dirk Heinrichs (2020)
Why do paratransit operators resist participation in bus rapid transit? Case evidence from Bogota, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Lagos
in: Transport Reviews 41 (1), p. 115-135

Asimeng, Theodore (2024)
Improving innovation adoption among African smallholder farmers
published on Rural21, 02.04.2024
Asimeng, Theodore / Peter Asare-Nuamah / David Anaafo / Tina Beuchelt / Aiveen Donelly / Benjamin Abugri (2024)
Improving gender-responsive innovation: adoption among smallholder farmers in Africa
Sustainable Landmanagement Africa Briefing Series 3/2024
Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore / Tilman Altenburg (2022)
How does urban rail development in China and India enable technological upgrading?
(Discussion Paper 14/2022)
Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore (2022)
Urban rail implementation in emerging economies: an opportunity for industrial development and technological learning?
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainablity (IDOS)
Asimeng, Theodore (2022)
What possible futures are conceivable for mobility in African metropolises?
in: On the Move - Futures of Mobility, Berlin: Futurium

Asimeng, Theodore / Alexander Stöcker (2024)
Tackling the Epidemic of Informal Employment and Low-Paying Work
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 29 April 2024
Asimeng, Theodore / Pooja Balasubramanian (2024)
Why transportation should work for women in Africa
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 6 March 2024