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Adjunct Research Fellows

Dr. George M. Bob-Milliar

 

Email: gbobmilliar.cass@knust.edu.gh

Dr. George M. Bob-Milliar is Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies. He is a three-times former Head of the Department. He had his PhD training at the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies; the distinguished and progressive centre of African studies on the African continent established by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Before, teaching at KNUST, he taught at the University of Ghana. His areas of research cut across three related disciplines; politics, history and development studies. His research focuses on democratization in Africa, electoral politics in Ghana, informal economies, African Diaspora, migration and traditional authorities/chieftaincy. His publications have appeared in the preeminent journals in his field of specialization. He has been visiting fellow at the Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University in Uganda, and the Danish Institute for International Studies. He has been a guest lecturer or given talks at the Department of Politics, University of San Francisco, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. He has received the African Author Prize for the best article published in African Affairs by an author based in an African institution (2010), and a prize for his contribution to research on African policy issues from the Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2012. He currently edits the Journal of African Political Economy and Development (JAPED) and is member of the editorial board of African Affairs.

 

Prof. Kofi Osei Akuoko

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Professor Kofi Osei Akuoko is an Associate Professor of Sociology. He is the immediate past director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies. Professor Akuoko is a statesman who has undoubtedly served at various levels of leadership in academia and at various national levels. Currently a board member at the National Service Secretariat, he is very much in tune with the welfare of the youth pertaining to nation building. As a Professor in the Humanities and Social Science, he has to his credit several research activities and publications covering a wide range of areas pertaining to the social space. However, his main strengths and interests are within the fields of ethnographic and anthropological research techniques.

Rev. Prof. Kuwornu-Adjaottor

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Rev. Prof. Jonathan Edward Tetteh Kuwornu-Adjaottor, is an Associate Professor of New Testament and Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics. He is Head, Department of Religious Studies, and Adjunct Research Fellow of CeCASt.  Rev. Prof. Kuwornu-Adjaottor has over 40 publications to his credit. Prof. Kuwornu-Adjaottor is Editor, Humanities Section of the Journal of Science and Technology (JUST) and Managing Editor, E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies (ERATS). He is Winner of the World Champion Award-2018 in Social Sciences organized by International Agency for Standards and Ratings (IASR). He won the William Shakespeare Research Award-2015 in Religious Studies organized by IASR; and the Royal Bank-CASS Best Researcher Award in 2014 organized by the College of Art and Social Sciences, KNUST.

Dr. Divine Odame Appiah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-Mail: doappiah.cass@knust.edu.gh


Dr. Divine Odame Appiah is a Senior Lecturer and Research Social and Environmental Scientist, who holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in Climate Change and Land Use (Civil Engineering). He also obtained Two Masters Degrees (MPhil and MSc) in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure and Geography and Resource Development from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and the University of Ghana, Legon respectively. He is a natural resources management specialist with focus on Natural Resources Governance, Integrated Land and Water Management, Climate Change and Land use, using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). He has over 12 years of working/research experiences in social and environmental management projects and assessments in developing countries. He has been involved in projects focusing on socioeconomic and environmental impact assessment, policy paradox of water supply at mine sites, community development programmes, social strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation, social forestry and forest certification auditing, community stakeholder engagements for Solar PV mini-grid and tailings dam expansion projects for Ministry of Energy and Newmont Ghana respectively; energy access and development, community outreach and capacity building, household surveys and scenario analyses, resettlement policy and planning as well as rural development experiences.

Dr. Daniel Sakyi

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Dr. Daniel Sakyi is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana and a Volkswagen Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. In these positions, Dr. Sakyi teaches and conducts research. He holds a PhD in Economics from University of Pisa, Italy. Dr. Sakyi is a member of African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) modeling consortium facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He has since 2016 been an expert trainer for Biennial Review reporting on 2014 Malabo Declaration on accelerated agriculture growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods in Africa facilitated by African Union Commission and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency. His research interests lie mainly in the area of development macroeconomics, international trade and finance, and regional integration. Dr. Sakyi has benefited from research grants from a number of international organizations including the Volkswagen Foundation, the African Capacity Building Foundation, the International Development Research Centre and Hewlett Foundation, and the International Growth Centre. His research works have appeared in peer reviewed journals such as African Development Review, The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Transnational Corporations Review, The Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of African Trade, and in many international conference proceedings.

Dr. John Boulard Forkuor

                                                          

E-mail:jbforkuor@knust.edu.gh                   

Dr. John Boulard Forkuor is a Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, KNUST. He has a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Social Work from KNUST, Ghana; A masters degree in Social Work from the University of Durham, UK and a PhD in Sociology from KNUST. His research focuses on transformation in urban areas and and its implication for urban social life, informal sector occupations in urban areas, gender studies, social exclusion, vulnerability and poverty in urban areas. Currently, he is engaged in a series of qualitative research studies that focuses on the intellectually disabled and their access to quality health care in urban areas. He is also investigating 1) The experiences of women in male dominated occupations in the informal sector of Ghana and 2) The phenomenon of begging with twins. Some of his past research has focused on the street food sector, with emphasis on stakeholder participation and collaboration in regulating street foods in Ghana. In 2015, he was part of a Departmental research team, with sponsorship from the KNUST Research Fund, that successfully investigated the challenges and coping strategies of the victims of sexual abuse within the Kumasi metropolis. I am a research fellow with the Center for Cultural and African Studies, KNUST, and the Technology Consultancy Center, KNUST.

 

Dr. Justice Richard Kwabena Owusu Kyei

 

Email: rokyei@knust.edu.gh

Dr. Justice Richard Kwabena Owusu Kyei is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Work in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He holds a PhD degree in Sociology from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Economic Sociology from Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom. He obtained another Master of Arts degree in Migration and Social Transformation from CaFoscari University, Venice, Italy. His research interests are in Religion, Migration, Politics, Urban Sociology, Qualitative Research, Gender and Social Theory. He has presented his research works in several reputable international conferences as well as published in peer reviewed journals and books. Together with his colleagues, he won a seed grant as a principal investigator from the Kwame Nkrumah University Research Fund (KREF) to investigate the problem of suicide and suicide ideation among university students. He is also an adjunct fellow in the Centre for Cultural and African Studies, KNUST.