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Dr Wisdom Dogbe

Dr Wisdom Dogbe
Dr Wisdom Dogbe
Dr Wisdom Dogbe

Research Fellow

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Email Address
wisdom.dogbe@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

King's Buildings, West Mains Road,

Edinburgh EH9 3JG

United Kingdom

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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Biography

Wisdom Dogbe is an applied agricultural economist. His research focuses on the evaluation of policies for the food sector. His main research interest are:

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of climate and health policies on consumer welfare
  • Analysing consumer behaviour and its influence on current trends in obesity
  • Analysing household purchase and consumption behaviour
  • Modelling land use changes to inform government policies

Qualifications

  • BSc Agricultural Science (Economics) 
    2013 - University of Ghana 
  • MSc Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis 
    2016 - University of Bonn, University Polytechnic of Catalonia 
    Double Masters Degree
  • Ph.D Agricultural Economics (Sustainability) 
    2019 - University Polytechnic of Catalonia 

External Memberships

Youth Leader - The Church of Pentecost Spain from 2017 - 2019

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

Scholarship to pursue Erasmus Mundus Master's degree (Funded by European Commission)

EU Treasure Fellow to pursue Ph.D in Spain

Research

Research Overview

- Evaluating the effectiveness of climate and health policies on consumer welfare

- Analysing consumer behaviour and its influence on current trends in obesity

- Analysing household purchase and consumption behaviour

- Modelling land use changes to inform climate policies

Research Areas

Economics

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Nutrition and Health

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Research Specialisms

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Economic Policy

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

- Evaluating the effectiveness of public health policies on consumer welfare

-Analysing household purchase and consumption behaviour

- Modelling land use changes to inform climate policies

Past Research

-Nutritional and Environmental Assessment of Increasing the Content of Fruit and Vegetables in the UK Diet

-Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK)

-Can poverty status explain obesity in developing countries? Evidence from Ghana

-Internalizing the public cost of obesity in Spain: Distributional effects on nutrient intake

-Linking risk attitudes, time preferences, and body mass index in Catalonia

-Effectiveness of a carbon tax to promote a climate-friendly food consumption

 

Funding and Grants

RESAS Grant

Publications

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  • Environmental, Nutritional and Welfare Effects of Introducing a Carbon Tax on Food Products in Spain

    Dogbe, W., Gil, J. M.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • A comparative analysis of food demand and its determinants in six EU countries

    Irz, X., Caillavet, F., Fadhuile, A., Nichèle, V., Castellari, E., Moro, D., Quattrone, G., Sckokai, P., Varacca, A., Gil, J. M., Dogbe, W., Surry, Y., Kumar Basnet, S., Revoredo-Giha, C. L., Akaichi, F.
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Distributional Impacts of Green Taxes on Food Consumption in Catalonia

    Dogbe, W., Gil, J. M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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