Research Interests
Building & Construction Adaptation to climate change in construction Construction Engineering Construction Materials Construction processes Building Construction Management and Project Planning Automation and technology in building and construction Construction design Management of solid waste from construction activities Building information modelling and managementDr Prince Antwi-Afari
Lecturer
School of Civil Engineering and Construction
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Prince Antwi-Afari is a Lecturer in Construction Management at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the University of Adelaide. Prince is an astute researcher and academic with nonpareil research and professional experience in construction engineering and management. Prince is enthused about interdisciplinary, innovation and making an impact. Therefore, his research interest coalesces the rudiments of the construction industry with innovation, management, and sustainable development to explore pertinent issues in construction and demolition waste management, smart and sustainable infrastructure and cities, circular economy in construction, building life cycle assessment, smart/digital construction and building services among others. He has immense experience in teaching and supervising students from diverse multicultural and linguistic backgrounds. His vision is to create an environment whereby students can be imparted with the requisite knowledge to be agents of change in their field of discipline. He is motivated by doing research which also has applicable effects on society and the environment and improving the existing business models to be cost-effective. Prince has published several peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputable journals and has collaborated with several academic and industry professionals across Hong Kong, China, Australia, the UK, Canada, Ghana, the USA, Nigeria, the UAE, and other parts of the world.
Main research interests:
- Design for total/systemic circularity in the construction industry
- Digital design and sustainable construction
- Smart construction objects
- Sustainable smart cities
- Life cycle assessment
- Decision-making support system
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in construction
- Construction Innovation
- Circular procurement and supply chain management
- Construction health and safety
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Lecturer | The University of Adelaide |
| 2023 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | City University of Hong Kong |
| 2019 - 2023 | Casual Academic / Teaching Assistant | University of Hong Kong |
| 2018 - 2019 | Assistant Project Manager | Fapim Company Limited |
| 2017 - 2018 | Teaching and Research Assistant | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Teaching Award | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5000 HKD |
| 2019 | Scholarship | The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) Award | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 337200 HKD per year for 4 years |
| 2019 | Award | Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship for Engineering Students | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 20000 HKD |
| 2018 | Award | Surveyor Prof. E.A. Abbam Academic Excellence Award | Ghana Institute of Surveyors | Ghana | - |
| 2017 | Award | Youth Excellence League Awards | Beige Foundations (Consolidated Bank, Ghana) | Ghana | - |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Akan | Can read, write, speak and understand spoken |
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| French | Can read and write |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - 2023 | University of Hong Kong | China | PhD |
| 2018 - 2019 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | MSc |
| 2013 - 2017 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | BSc |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | University of Hong Kong | China |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2025). Integrating life cycle assessment and systemic circularity indicators for circular economy decision making: A case study of a conventional commercial building in Nigeria. Journal of Cleaner Production, 531, 146903. |
| 2025 | Akomea-Frimpong, I., Amponsah-Asante, L., Tettey, A. S., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2025). A systematic review of literature on electric vehicle ready buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 100, 15 pages. Scopus1 |
| 2025 | Pittri, H., Godawatte, G. A. G. R., Esangbedo, O. P., Antwi-Afari, P., & Bao, Z. (2025). Exploring Barriers to the Adoption of Digital Technologies for Circular Economy Practices in the Construction Industry in Developing Countries: A Case of Ghana. Buildings, 15(7), 1090. Scopus15 WoS16 |
| 2025 | Mankata, L. M., Antwi-Afari, P., Frimpong, S., & Ng, S. T. (2025). Material Passports in Construction Waste Management: A Systematic Review of Contexts, Stakeholders, Requirements, and Challenges. Buildings, 15(11), 22 pages. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2025 | Mankata, L. M., Antwi-Afari, P., & Ng, S. T. (2025). A blockchain-based supply chain framework for advancing circular economy in the construction industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 519, 145966. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2025 | Larbi, J. A., Tang, L. C. M., Antwi-Afari, P., & Ng, S. T. (2025). Determining the Optimal Strategy for the Adoption of Digital Technologies in the Construction Industry: Multicriteria Decision-Making Process. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(11), 17 pages. |
| 2025 | Ofori, J. N. A., Agyekum, A. K., Khalfan, M. M. A., Botchway, B., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2025). Enabling circular construction: barriers to zero waste in the Ghanaian construction industry. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUILDING PATHOLOGY AND ADAPTATION, 23 pages. |
| 2024 | Quashie, R., Fugar, F. D. K., Antwi-Afari, P., & Ng, S. T. (2024). Evaluating the key competency skills of construction professionals for the attainment of circular construction in developing economies. Cleaner Production Letters, 6, 100060. Scopus11 WoS8 |
| 2024 | Larbi, J. A., Tang, L. C. M., Ababio, B. K., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2024). Developing an integrated digital delivery framework for designing and planning construction projects: a review of interoperable digital technologies. International Journal of Construction Management, 25(3), 1-16. Scopus6 WoS7 |
| 2024 | Abdulai, S. F., Nani, G., Taiwo, R., Antwi-Afari, P., Zayed, T., & Sojobi, A. O. (2024). Modelling the relationship between circular economy barriers and drivers for sustainable construction industry. Building and Environment, 254, 111388. Scopus45 WoS44 |
| 2024 | Wang, J., Antwi-Afari, M. F., Tezel, A., Antwi-Afari, P., & Kasim, T. (2024). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A BIBLIOMETRIC AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 29, 480-502. Scopus6 WoS5 |
| 2023 | Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., Antwi-Afari, P., & Olawumi, T. O. (2023). Modeling the principal success factors for attaining systemic circularity in the building construction industry: An international survey of circular economy experts. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 37, 268-283. Scopus36 WoS31 |
| 2023 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., Oluleye, B. I., Antwi-Afari, M. F., & Ababio, B. K. (2023). Enhancing life cycle assessment for circular economy measurement of different case scenarios of modular steel slab. Building and Environment, 239, 14 pages. Scopus39 WoS34 |
| 2023 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Chen, J. (2023). Determining the optimal partition system of a modular building from a circular economy perspective: A multicriteria decision-making process. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 185, 16 pages. Scopus22 WoS18 |
| 2023 | Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2023). Adopting Artificial Intelligence for enhancing the implementation of systemic circularity in the construction industry: A critical review. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 35, 509-524. Scopus109 WoS83 |
| 2022 | Ayarkwa, J., Joe Opoku, D. G., Antwi-Afari, P., & Man Li, R. Y. (2022). Sustainable building processes’ challenges and strategies: The relative important index approach. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 7, 9 pages. Scopus97 WoS73 |
| 2022 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., & Zheng, X. M. (2022). Determining the impacts and recovery potentials of a modular designed residential building using the novel LCA-C2C–PBSCI method. Journal of Cleaner Production, 378, 16 pages. Scopus27 WoS25 |
| 2022 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Chen, J. (2022). Developing an integrative method and design guidelines for achieving systemic circularity in the construction industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 354, 16 pages. Scopus52 WoS44 |
| 2022 | Ng, S. T., Antwi Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., & Asumadu, G. (2022). Sustainable development factors governing the smart evolvement of developing countries. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer, 175(4), 177-186. Scopus6 WoS6 |
| 2021 | Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Ng, S. T., & Asumadu, G. (2021). Modeling the smartness or smart development levels of developing countries’ cities. Journal of Urban Management, 10(4), 369-381. Scopus30 WoS23 |
| 2021 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Hossain, M. U. (2021). A review of the circularity gap in the construction industry through scientometric analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 298, 15 pages. Scopus117 WoS94 |
| 2021 | Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Simons, B., Debrah, C., & Ghansah, F. A. (2021). Sustainability guidelines to attaining smart sustainable cities in developing countries: A Ghanaian context. Sustainable Futures, 3, 8 pages. Scopus39 WoS29 |
| 2020 | Antwi-Afari, M. F., Li, H., Anwer, S., Yevu, S. K., Wu, Z., Antwi-Afari, P., & Kim, I. (2020). Quantifying workers’ gait patterns to identify safety hazards in construction using a wearable insole pressure system. Safety Science, 129, 15 pages. Scopus44 WoS42 |
| 2020 | Hossain, M. U., Ng, S. T., Antwi-Afari, P., & Amor, B. (2020). Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 130, 15 pages. Scopus500 WoS386 |
| 2020 | Owusu-Manu, D. G., Debrah, C., Oduro-Ofori, E., Edwards, D. J., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2020). Attributable indicators for measuring the level of greenness of cities in developing countries: lessons from Ghana. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(3), 625-646. Scopus28 WoS23 |
| 2018 | Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Pärn, E., & Edwards, D. J. (2018). Exploratory investigation of challenges and expectations of innovative quantity surveyors and quantity surveying firms in Ghana. International Journal of Technology, 9(7), 1480-1489. Scopus6 WoS6 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Owusu-Manu, D., Debrah, C., Antwi-Afari, P., & Edwards, D. J. (2019). Barriers of Project Bond Initiatives in Infrastructure Financing in Ghana. In C. Aigbavboa, & W. Thwala (Eds.), The Construction Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Antwi-Afari, P., Oteng, D., Thomas Ng, S., Ato Ghansah, F., & Bao, Z. (2025). BUILDINGS DESIGNED FOR SYSTEMIC CIRCULARITY: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF METHODOLOGICAL TAXONOMIES. In K. G. A. S. Waidyasekara, H. S. Jayasena, P. L. I. Wimalaratne, & G. A. Tennakoon (Eds.), World Construction Symposium (pp. 360-371). Department of Building Economics. DOI |
| 2022 | Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., Oluleye, B. I., Antwi-Afari, M. F., & Ababio, B. K. (2022). Enhancing the Decision-Making Process of Life Cycle Assessment Towards Circular Economy Measurement in the Construction Industry. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment (pp. 490-502). Online: Western Sydney University Press. |
| 2022 | Ababio, B. K., Lu, W., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Behavioral Attitudes of Construction Professionals Towards the Industry’s Waste Minimization Culture: A Component Analysis of Key Influential Factors. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment. Online: Western Sydney University Press. |
| 2022 | Ababio, B. K., Lu, W., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Behavioral Attitudes of Construction Professionals Towards the Industry’s Waste Minimization Culture: A Component Analysis of Key Influential Factors. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment. Online: Western Sydney University Press. |
| 2022 | Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Closing the existing circularity gap in the building construction industry using artificial intelligence: A systematic review of literature. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment (pp. 747-756). Online: Western Sydney University. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Antwi-Afari, P. (2023). Developing a best practice model for attaining systemic circularity in product system design in the construction industry. (PhD Thesis, University of Hong Kong). |
| 2021 | Antwi-Afari, P. (2021). Exploring Sustainable Considerations of Smart Cities in Developing Countries: The Case Study of Kumasi city. (Master's Thesis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). |
| 2017 | Antwi-Afari, P. (2017). An Exploratory Investigation of Attribution Factors and Expectations of Innovation Champions of Quantity Surveying Firms in Ghana. (Undergraduate Dissertation). |
- 2024 Early Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Grant
- Startup Research Fund
- CONMGNT 4001, Procurement for Construction
- CONMGNT 3008, Digital Coordination
- CONMGNT 2008, Digital Sustainability
- ARCH 7042
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Sustainable Automated Construction for Energy Self-Sufficiency and Cost-Effective Affordable Houses in South Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Danning Zhu |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Integrating Material and Information Flows for Sustainable Construction and Demolition Waste Management | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Qiaoqiao Yong |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | IoT Applications for Building Damage Prevention: LoRa-Based Mesh Networks for Early Detection of Maintenance Requirements in Building Cavities | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Adam Hadji |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Professional Engineer of Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana | Ghana |
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Hong Kong Institution of Engineers | Hong Kong |
| 2018 - ongoing | Member | Ghana Institute of Construction | Ghana |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025 | Editor | Buildings | MDPI, Buildings | Switzerland |
| Date | Title | Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Archives of Civil Engineering | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Sustainable Development | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Sustainability | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Sustainable Production and Consumption | - |
| 2022 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | SN Applied Sciences | - |
| 2022 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Habitat International | - |
| 2022 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | - |
| 2021 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology | - |
| 2020 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment | - |
| 2020 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Journal of Cleaner Production | - |
| 2019 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | - |
| 2019 - ongoing | Review Board | Journal Review | Construction Economics and Building | - |
| 2019 - ongoing | Review Board | Conference Review | International Conference Of Project Management (ICPM) | - |
| 2019 - ongoing | Review Board | Conference Review | CIDB Postgraduate Conference | - |
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