The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Jonas's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Jonas
Jonas Aryee is a lecturer at Plymouth Business School, leading the undergraduate Maritime Economics and International Trade modules. He has extensive experience and knowledge in the maritime sector, having obtained a BSc in Ports & Shipping Administration from the Regional Maritime University in Ghana, followed by an MSc in Maritime & Transport Economics from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, and a Ph.D. from Aarhus University in Denmark with his thesis on the Politicisation of Digital Transformation in the Port of Tema in Ghana.Over the past 15 years, Jonas has been dedicated to teaching and building the capacity of public and private sector workers in the maritime transport and logistics sector in Africa as a lecturer at the Regional Maritime University, Ghana, and adjunct lecturer at the Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. In practice, he worked in a shipping line and has served on the Transport Sector Working Group and Transport Planners Group of the Ministry of Transport in Ghana, where he has shared his expertise. Additionally, he has worked as a Transport Economist on an EU-funded project on selected portions of the Trans-Ecowas Highway in Liberia.
He is passionate about providing solutions enabling intelligent decision-making in government and business. He approaches issues in the transport and international trade sectors from a systems perspective, helping stakeholders appreciate these issues' holistic nature.
Jonas' research interests are centred around Socio-technical issues in ports and trade facilitation, port governance and cluster development, and maritime policy. Jonas is involved with colleagues from Aarhus University, Regional Maritime University, and the University of Ghana in a research project dubbed Port Effectiveness and Public-Private Cooperation for Competitiveness (PEPP II). I am exploring port cluster development in ports with single national port authorities.
Through his podcast, The African Transportation Convos (also on Apple podcast and other outlets), He promotes equitable transport, mobility, and digitalization in the transport sector. His podcast seeks to engage with policymakers, practitioners, technopreneurs, logisticians, industry professionals, and the general public to highlight the perspectives of different stakeholders. You can also follow him on youtube, where he shares some of the issues he is passionate about and his conversations with people.
Teaching
- Maritime Economics
- International Trade
- Economic Geography
