Research
Transport, Tourism and Recreation Management Study Group
Research Areas:
Modal Choices; Modal Competition; Accessibility; Complementarities; Okada Issues; Road Traffic Crashes And Accidents; Spread Of Transportation Networks; Intercity Transport Operations; Traffic Congestion and Productivity in Urban Areas; Transportation Regulation Issues; Safety Issues; Transportation Terminals; Transportation and Regional Development; Transportation and Urban Form; Alternative Transportation; Green Transportation; Sustainable Tourism Development; Domestic Tourism, Pro-Poor Tourism, Eco-Tourism, Niche Tourism Development, Tourism and Bio-Diversity, NGOs and Tourism; Tourism Marketing; Tourism and the Environment; Sports and Health Tourism; Cultural Tourism; NTOs and Tourism Development; Sex Tourism; Tourism Resource Development
Members:
- Dr. Gabriel Eshun – Chairman
- Dr. Alex Yao Segbefia
- Mr. Foster Frempong
- Dr. (Mrs.) M. Charlotte Mensah
- Mrs. Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw
Population, Health and Gender Study Group
Research Areas:
Migration; Fertility; Mortality; Reproductive Health; Adolescent Reproductive Health; Gerontology; Child Health; Child Labour; HIV/AIDS; Gender Mainstreaming; Factors Influencing Populations; Utilisation and Access to Maternal Care, NHIS and Health Financing; HIV/Aids, STIs & STDs and Infectious Diseases; Orthodox and Traditional Health Systems; Spatial Distribution of Health Facilities, Non-.Communicable Diseases.
Members:
- Dr. Seth Agyemang - Chairman
- Mr. Kabila Abass
- Dr. (Mrs.) Eva Tagoe-Darko
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Buor
- Dr. (Mrs.) Charlotte M. Mensah
- Joseph Yaw Yeboah
Sustainable Livelihoods, Local Governance and Poverty Study Group
Research Areas:
Poverty Perceptions; Poverty Reduction Strategies; SDGs and Poverty Reduction; Poverty Profiling; Poverty Mapping; Livelihood Security; Livelihood Portfolios; Sustainable Livelihoods, Global and Local Shocks; NGOs and Poverty Alleviation; Micro-Finance and Poverty Reduction; Rural and Urban Poverty Issues; Artisanal Fishing, Participation of Women in Local Governance; Fiscal Decentralisation; Local Governance Institutions; Chieftaincy and Local Governance; Power Relations in Rural and Urban Governance; Rural and Urban Infrastructure for Development; Mobilisation; Migration Studies and Natural Resource Governance.
Members:
- Dr. Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei – Chairman
- Mr. Kwadwo Afriyie
- Dr. Alexander Yao Segbefia
- Dr. Seth Agyemang
- Dr. David Forkuor
- Dr. Dacosta Aboagye
- Mr. Joseph Yaw Yeboah
- Mr. Felix Asante
Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Disaster Study Group
Research Areas:
Flooding and Post Flood Coping Mechanisms; Mitigation and Adaptation; Hazard Mapping; Vulnerability Mapping; Conflicts and Conflict Resolution; Hydrological Hazards; Bio-Physical; the Work of NADMO and Other Hazard Response Institutions; Climate Variability; Agriculture and Food Security; Climate Change and Water Resources; Barriers to Coping, Adaptation and Mitigation; Gendered Spaces of Climate Change; Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Adaptation; Institutional Preparedness and Capacity; Energy and Climate Change
Members:
- Dr. Dacosta Aboagye – Chairman
- Mr. Divine Odame Appiah
- Mr. Abass Kabila
- Dr. Gabriel Eshun
- Dr. Seth Agyemang
- Mr. Emmanuel Garsonu
- Mrs. Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw
- Mr. Felix Asante
Geomorphology and Biogeography Study Group
Research Areas:
Coastal Management; Coastal Erosion; Fluvial Geomorphology; Wetlands Management; Sedimentology; Integrated Basin Management; GIS Applications and Coastal Geomorphology
Members:
- Mr. Divine Odame Appiah – Chairman
- Dr. Dacosta Aboagye
Environment, Water and Sanitation Study Group
Research Areas:
Mining And Land Degradation; Gender and Environment; Water Supply, Access and Utilisation; Water Related Diseases; Solid and Liquid Waste Management; Sanitation Issues in Closed Basins; Institutional Responses to Waste; Public-Private Waste Management; Reuse, Recycling, and Reducing Waste; Water Quality Analysis; Watershed Management; Water Shortages and Health Issues; ; Oil Exploration and Coastal Livelihoods.
Members:
- Mr. Divine Odame Appiah - Chairman
- Mr. Abass Kabila
- Mr. Joseph Yaw Yeboah
- Dr. David Forkuor
- Dr. Dacosta Aboagye