{"id":808,"date":"2017-06-29T21:57:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:19:42","slug":"university-of-ghana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/about\/deccma-consortium\/ghana\/university-of-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe<\/h1>\n

scodjoe@ug.edu.gh<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\"SamProf. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe is an Associate Professor of Population Studies and the Director of the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, Legon. His research areas include population-environment nexus, migration, fertility, climate change\/variability and its impact on urban and rural livelihoods.\u00a0 Prof. Codjoe is the PI for Ghana on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

Prof. Kwasi Appeaning Addo<\/h1>\n

kappeaningaddo@ug.edu.gh<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\"KwasiProf. Kwasi Appeaning Addo is a senior lecturer in coastal processes in the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana. His research areas include coastal vulnerability index to sea level rise, coastal erosion, climate change impacts, and shoreline change monitoring. Kwasi has published extensively in his area of research.\u00a0 Prof. Appeanning Addo is the Deputy PI for Ghana on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Gertrude Domfeh Owusu<\/h1>\n

geowusu@ug.edu.gh<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\"GertrudeGertrude Owusu holds an MA in International Studies (specialisation \u2013 Women and Development) from Ewha Woman’s University in South Korea. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology with Linguistics from the University of Ghana, Legon. \u00a0She has previously worked with ABANTU for Development, a gender rights and policy advocacy organisation, as the Governance Programme Manager. As part of the DECCMA team, she is responsible for co-ordinating the day-to-day activities of work packages within the DECCMA project in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Dr Clifford Amoako<\/h1>\n

camoako.cap@knust.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CliffordDr. Clifford Amoako is a lecturer at the Department of Planning, KNUST- Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environmental Science from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) and an M.Phil degree in Planning from The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the same university where he obtained his B.Sc. Planning with First Class Honours.

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His research and professional persuasions, which date back to 2001, have been in urban and regional development planning, contemporary issues in climate change adaptation, community vulnerability and emerging responses to climate variability. He is capable of blending participatory appraisal techniques with structured methodologies to elicit stakeholder concerns on development projects in both urban and rural settings. He has full understanding of both local and international legislations\/protocols and concepts that guide the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments and Project Monitoring and Evaluation systems. \u00a0Clifford comes on board as the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) expert for the six work packages under the DECCMA project in the Volta Delta in Ghana. His key contribution is to produce and help implement an M&E system that defines standards, tracks project approaches and methods; and ensures participatory monitoring and evaluation of project achievements, results and impacts by all stakeholders. In achieving these tasks, he plays a catalyst role to support building M&E capacity, and together with the project team in Ghana, implement the M&E system, recommending adjustments to project efforts where necessary.

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Dr Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe<\/h1>\n

caddoquayetagoe@ug.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CynthiaDr. Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon. Her research interests and experience are in migration, decentralisation, participatory approaches to governance, institutions and gender issues.<\/p>\n

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Prosper Adiku<\/h1>\n

prosperyaw@cariaa.net<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ProsperProsper Adiku holds an MPhil (Oceanography) from the Marine & Fisheries Sciences Department of the University of Ghana. Prosper is interested in vulnerability & hazard (flood) mapping, and Science Communications. He is the Technical Officer for the \u2018Promoting Research into Use through Networking and Engagement\u2019 (PRUNE)<\/em> under the Ghana Country Engagement Group (G-CEG) of CARIAA. His main role is to support the implementation of the RiU strategies for the CARIAA consortia (ASSAR & DECCMA) in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Dr. Barnabas Amisigo<\/h1>\n

barnyy2002@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BarnabasDr. Barnabas Amisigo is a Hydrologist\/Water Resources Engineer with interests in hydrological modelling and integrated Water Resources Planning and management research, modelling the impacts of climate and environmental change on river basin water resources, data assimilation in hydrology, operational streamflow forecasting and flood and drought risk assessments in river basins. Dr Amisigo is the Ghana lead on Work Package 5 on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

Dr Mumuni Abu<\/h1>\n

mabu@ug.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MumuniDr. Mumuni Abu is a lecturer at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, where he teaches and provides mentorship to students in the area of technical and social demography. His interest areas are population projections and estimations; climate change, migration and health. \u00a0Dr Abu is a research scientist \u00a0working on Work Package 3 on the DECCMA project.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Benjamin Kofi Nyarko<\/h1>\n

bnyarko@ucc.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BenjaminDr. Benjamin Kofi Nyarko is a Senior Lecturer and a Physical Geographer at the Department of Geography & Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast. His research interest is in fluvial geomorphology and application of spatial techniques in fluvial dynamics.\u00a0 Dr Nyarko will be working on Work Package 5 on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Dr Emmanuel Ekow Asmah<\/h1>\n

easmah@ucc.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EmmanuelBeyond working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, UCC for the past fifteen years, Dr. Emmanuel Ekow Asmah is a visiting lecturer and a network member of the Africa Economic Research Consortium and has in the past worked with the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings (US) as a Research Fellow and an Intern Macroeconomist with the World Bank Tanzania Office.

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His broad interests are in the Drivers of Development in Africa, mainly using household survey data and SAM-Based Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling Approaches. On the DECCMA project, Dr. Asmah supports the Work Package 4 team involved in the economic modelling of the impacts of climate change, with specific tasks ranging from the construction and calibration of delta level input-output (IO) to assistance in the prediction of prices of tradeable agricultural commodities and other key outputs under different climate scenarios for 2030, 2060 and 2100.

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Dr. Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei<\/h1>\n

poadjei.cass@knust.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Prince\"Dr. Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei holds a PhD in Geography and Rural Development. His research interest and experiences are on Local Governance and Rural Development, Livelihoods and Poverty Studies.\u00a0 He is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.\u00a0 Dr Adjei is the Ghana lead on Work Package 4 on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Joseph Kwadwo Asenso<\/h1>\n

joekas75@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JosephDr. Joseph Asenso is the Head of the Energy\/Oil and Gas Unit of the Real Sector Division, Ministry of Finance. He is responsible for the annual projection of the Government\u2019s petroleum revenue, reporting on petroleum revenues and general coordination of petroleum revenue-related activities. He also coordinates the national GDP projection exercise.\u00a0 Dr Asenso will be focusing on Work Package 4 on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Francisca Martey<\/h1>\n

f.martey@meteo.gov.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"FranciscaMrs. Francisca Martey is a Senior Meteorologist and Researcher in the Research Department of the Ghana Meteorological Agency and has expertise on issues of climate change, climate variabilities and climate scenarios in Ghana. She is also interested in Numerical Weather Prediction models for nowcasting and seasonal forecasting.\u00a0 Francisca is working on Work Package 2 on the DECCMA project.<\/p>\n

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Winfred Nelson<\/h1>\n

winfrednelson@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

\"WinfredMr. Winfred A. Nelson holds an MPhil Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and is a member of the Ghana Institute of Planners. He is currently a Deputy Director at the National Development Planning Commission, responsible for the mainstreaming of environment issues into the national development planning and budgeting processes. Winfred will be working on Work Package 1 on the DECCMA project.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Adelina Mensah<\/h1>\n

ammensah@staff.ug.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AdelinaDr. Adelina Mensah is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana. Her main areas of research include the varying complexities of inland and coastal aquatic systems, including inter-linkages with socio-economic drivers and sustainable management; and vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. \u00a0Dr Mensah is the Work Package 6 Lead for Ghana on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Ofori-Danson Patrick Kwabena<\/h1>\n

ofdan@ug.edu.gh<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OforiProf. Ofori-Danson is a fisheries resource scientist with an interest in fisheries assessment and management.\u00a0\u00a0 He was awarded the 2010 best teacher award for the sciences from the University of Ghana.\u00a0 As a member of the National Biodiversity Committee he has been involved in many policy decisions concerned with aquatic wildlife conservation issues to the Ghana government.\u00a0 Prof. Kwabena is working on Work Package 4 on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Philip-Neri Jayson Quashigah<\/h1>\n

pnjquashigah@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"PhilipPhilip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah is a PhD student in the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, with skills in coastal zone monitoring using remote sensing and GIS. He holds an MPhil in Environmental Science and is currently researching on delta morphodynamics on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Donatus Yaw Atiglo<\/h1>\n

yawatiglo@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Donatus Yaw Atiglo is a PhD student in Population Studies at the Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, with research experience on gendered dynamics and reproductive health. His current research interests include vulnerability to environmental change, trapped populations, migration and gendered population dynamics on the DECCMA Project.<\/p>\n

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Kirk Anderson<\/h1>\n

kandersongh@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"KirkKirk Anderson is a demographer with eight years experience, particularly in the area of fertility. He is a PhD candidate on the DECCMA Project with research interest in the climate change adaptation options available to individuals within the Volta Delta in the context of demographic, cultural and socio-economic change.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Ayamga<\/h1>\n

jennega@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Ayamga holds an MPhil in Environmental Science and is currently a PhD candidate in Environmental Science on the DECCMA project. Her research interest is in climate change and integrated assessment of sensitivity, exposures of communities and their adaptive capacity of socio-economic and biophysical systems to climate change in the Volta Delta.<\/p>\n

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Ruth Quaye<\/h1>\n

ruthquay@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RuthRuth M. Quaye holds an MPhil in Climate Change and Sustainable Development from the University of Ghana. \u00a0Her main areas of interest include climate change adaptation, institutions, gender and sustainable development. \u00a0Ruth is currently\u00a0working with\u00a0Work Package 1 of the DECCMA Ghana Project as a Research Assistant.<\/p>\n

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Gwendolene Asare-Konadu<\/h1>\n

gwen.asarekonadu@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"GwendoleneGwendolene Asare-Konadu is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG). She has worked on several donor-funded projects and has been responsible for multi-funded budgets ranging from $10,000 to $1,400,000. She is currently on the DECCMA team as Project Accountant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prof. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe scodjoe@ug.edu.gh Prof. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe is an Associate Professor of Population Studies and the Director of the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, Legon. His research areas include population-environment nexus, migration, fertility, climate change\/variability and its impact on urban and rural livelihoods.\u00a0 Prof. Codjoe is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":0,"parent":217,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-ghana","category-volta"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8jyTh-d2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":950,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/about\/work-package-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":808,"position":0},"title":"Work Package 3","author":"Carolin Bothe-Tews","date":"24th July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Migration as an outcome and determinant of vulnerability in deltaic populations Lead: University of Ghana (RIPS), Samuel Codjoe & University of Exeter, Neil Adger WP3 will assess migration as an adaptation in deltaic environments with a changing climate. 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