Dr Isaac Akomea-Frimpong

Isaac holds a PhD in financial risk management and project management from Western Sydney University, Australia. He earned Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Science (First Class) degrees from the University of Ghana. He is a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Australian and New Zealand Association of Management (ANZAM), Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), and Certified Practising Accountant (CPA)- Australia. Isaac is also a data modelling and analysis trainer using SmartPLS, EViews, CostX, Archicad, Revit, Solibri, SPSS, STATA, RevMan etc.

Most of Isaac’s current research projects are related to sustainable practices in businesses and engineering projects with the goal of supporting the attainment of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The following are some of the current projects of Isaac: 

1. Sustainable accounting practices: How is machine learning leading the way? 
2. Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) in infrastructure projects 
3. Financial literacy and generative AI within higher education learning 
4. Ethics on AI usage among professionals in the banking sector: Legal and practical issues 

The key research interests of Isaac include sustainable accounting practices, artificial intelligence, net-zero carbon emissions, green buildings, financial risk management, green finance and circular economy. 

Full list of articles refers to:  

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dzoaIkUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Jin, X. and Osei-Kyei, R. (2026). Sustainable Project Finance for Public–Private Partnership Projects. In Consolidating and Developing a Body of Knowledge for Public-Private Partnership Project Management (pp. 219-239). 

Aluko, K., Burgess, J. and Akomea-Frimpong, I. (2026). From stability to agility: How technological innovation is reshaping careers in the Australian local government sector. International Journal of Public Sector Management, pp.1-23. 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Tumpa, R.J., Ofori, J.A.N., Botchway, B., Tetteh, P.A. and Jin, X., (2025) Critical success factors of green finance on zero carbon buildings. Energy and Buildings, 338, p.115735. 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Jin, X. and Osei-Kyei, R., (2024). Fuzzy Analysis of Financial Risk Management Strategies for Sustainable Public–Private Partnership Infrastructure Projects in Ghana. Infrastructures, 9(4), p.76. 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Kukah, A.S., Jin, X., Osei-Kyei, R. and Pariafsai, F. (2022), “Green finance for green buildings: A systematic review and conceptual foundation”. Journal of Cleaner Production, p.131869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131869. 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Jin, X. and Osei-Kyei, R. (2021), "A holistic review of research studies on financial risk management in public–private partnership projects", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 28 No. 9, pp. 2549-2569. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-02-2020-0103. 

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Jin, X., Osei-Kyei, R. and Kukah, A.S. (2021), "Public–private partnerships for sustainable infrastructure development in Ghana: a systematic review and recommendations", Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-07-2021-0111.  

Akomea-Frimpong, I., Adeabah, D., Ofosu, D. and Tenakwah, E.J. (2022), A review of studies on green finance of banks, research gaps and future directions, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, http://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2020.1870202.