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Elvis Kwame Ofori

Researcher, writer and policy observer

I am Ghanaian, spent several years in China for graduate study, and now live and work in Ireland. I write about public policy, economics, science, technology, agriculture and food, Ghana and Africa, Ireland, the United States, books, research life, and whatever else seems worth thinking through carefully.

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Latest from EKO Perspectives

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Useful GitHub: MAgPIE and the discipline of open land-system modelling

What the MAgPIE repository can teach researchers about modelling agriculture, forestry and land-use futures reproducibly.

Sep 22, 2026

AI is becoming ordinary. The evidence about its effects is still catching up

As generative AI moves into classrooms and everyday life, the important scientific question is shifting from capability to effects.

Sep 22, 2026

When environmental policy needs a landscape, not just a farm

Ireland’s ACRES landscape actions show why some land-use problems cannot be solved one holding at a time.

Sep 22, 2026

Where my PhD sits: FUSION and FORESIGHT

The modelling environment around my PhD, who supports it, and why that context matters when I write about policy.

Sep 22, 2026

About my research

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My research examines how national agricultural, climate and land-use goals translate into different costs, opportunities and constraints across farms and places. I work with spatial, economic and behavioural models at the University of Galway.