Jacob Ankamah

Biography

Jacob Ankamah is a PhD Researcher in Economics at the University of Galway, Ireland. He obtained an MSc Quantitative Economics from Universität Jena in Germany. His research focuses on marine economics and economic valuation. Jacob’s PhD thesis examines public preferences and willingness to pay for MPAs in Irish waters using discrete choice experiments, econometric modelling and machine learning applications.

Research Interests

· Economic Valuation of Marine Protected Areas

· Discrete Choice Modelling and Preference Heterogeneity

· Machine Learning applications in environmental economics

· Algorithmic game theory in public choice modelling

Publications and Other Outputs

Valuation Methods and Their Relevance in Achieving Marine Protected Areas Targets: A Systematic Review - with Stephen Hynes and Daragh O’Leary. [Under review].

Willingness to Pay for Marine Ecosystems Protection: Insights from Meta-analysis of Choice Experiment and Contingent Valuation Studies. [Under review].

Game-theoretic analysis of cooperation, bargaining, and coalition stability in MPA designation. [Revising for submission].

Machine Learning Prediction of Public Support for Kelp Forest Restoration in Norway. [Forthcoming, Ecological Economics journal].

Ankamah, J., Hynes, S., Obiri, I. A., Asravor, J., & Owusu Ansah, M. (2026). Algorithmic Opacity and Consumer Welfare: A Discrete Choice Analysis of AI-Mediated Markets. LNEE, Springer.

Mensah-Bonsu, A., Ankamah, J., & Seini, W. (2025). Poverty Alleviation in Fishing Communities Affected by Oil Production in Ghana: Does Income Diversification Matter? Geo: Geography and Environment, 12, e70017.