Francis Owusu

About Francis Owusu

Dr. Owusu is a Professor of Community and Regional Planning and a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture. His research focuses on globalization and development policy, institutional capacity building, natural resources management, and urban and economic development issues.

Areas of Expertise

International Development Planning, Economic Development, Environmental Planning and Resource Management

Selected Publications

Carmody, P., Murphy, J.T., Grant R., and Owusu F., (2023) The Urban Question in Africa: Uneven Geographies of Transition. Wiley


Hanson, K. T., D’Alessandro, C., and Owusu, F. (eds.) (2014) Managing Africa's Natural Resources: Capacities for Development Palgrave MacMillan., Myers, G. and Owusu, F. (2022) “Colonized Peoples: The struggle to reframe (neo) colonial planning in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa” Alternative Planning History and Theory, Dorina Pojani (ed). Routledge: London, Carmody, P., and Owusu, F., (2016) “Neoliberalism, Urbanization and Change in Africa: The Political Economy of Heterotopias” Journal of African Development 18:18:61–73.

Recent Courses Taught

Dr. Owusu teaches graduate and undergraduate classes on international development, globalization, cities, and planning methods. He has advised many master's and Ph.D. students. He has won several teaching awards, including the 2023 IUS Award for Inclusive Excellence, the Memorable Teacher Award in 2007, and the Polster Teaching Award in 2006.