Mon 22 Jun 2026
Presenter: Gendered Immobility and Climate Risk Thresholds in Ghana’s Volta Delta
Environment and Climate Mobilities Network Conference, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
Past events
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Participant, 64th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
World Conference Center Bonn, Germany
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Participant, COP 30 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Belém, Brazil
Bonn, Germany
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Panelist: Session on “Building Resilience for Climate Related Migration”
Africa Climate Resilience Summit: Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, and Societal Transformation (MAST). The Pontifical Academies of Sciences (PAS) and of Social Sciences (PASS), The Vatican with CIFOR-ICRAF, NASAC, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Participant, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting
Marriot Marquis Hotel, Washington DC, USA
Sun 27 Oct 2024
Paper Presentation: Extreme heat and health
Research Summit on Resilience and adaptability for climate changes: Lessons from Sub-Sahara Africa, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Paper Presentation: Impact of extreme weather events on health in urban Ghana
Gustav-Stresemann Institute, Bonn, Germany
Tue 9 Jul 2024
Chair: Session 1: Policy and Governance: National Responses
Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network Conference, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Mon 20 May 2024
Poster presentation: Are Non-Communicable Diseases the Leading Causes of Death in Low-Income Settings in Ghana?
9th African Population Conference, Bingu Wa Mutharika International Convention Centre, Lilongwe, Malawi
Mon 20 May 2024
Paper presentation: Migration Dynamics and Youth Not in Education, Employment and Training in Ghana: A Gendered Analysis
Session 14 – Gendered Migration and Policies. 9th African Population Conference, Bingu Wa Mutharika International Convention Centre, Lilongwe, Malawi
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Chair: Session 2: Environmental Change as Driver of Mobility: Reviewing the Evidence – Literature Review and Meta-Analyses
Environment and Climate Mobilities Network Conference, University of Vienna, Austria
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Participant, Dissemination workshop for Reducing the Impact of Extreme Heat to Improve Well-being in Cities
Royal Geographical Society, London, UK
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Presenter: Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Healthcare Provision in Urban Ghana
WHO-Urban Health Initiative Tracking Workshop on Air Pollution, Hybrid Workshop
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Keynote Speaker: Session on – Growing Food Demand, Climate Change and the Greening of the Agriculture Sector
UN Dialogue on Food Security and Nutrition for Demographic Dividend(s), Via Zoom
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Keynote Speaker: Building Resilience to Extreme Weather Conditions: The Case of Healthcare Provision in Urban Ghana
3rd International Conference on Regional Integration. Africa, the Mediterranean and Europe in the Era of Global Integration, Via Zoom
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Chair and Organiser, 8th African Population Conference on theme Harnessing Africa’s Population Dynamics for Sustainable Development: 25 years after Cairo and Beyond
Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Paper presentation: Family caregiving to the elderly: Positive experiences of caregivers in two urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Session 142. Long term care and wellbeing in later life: The role of self-agency, and formal and informal systems. 8th African Population Conference, Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Paper presentation: Gender-differentiated household vulnerability to environmental stressors in the Volta Delta, Ghana
Session 124 – Gender Dimensions of Vulnerability to Climate Change as well as Gender Dimensions of Natural Resources. 8th African Population Conference, Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Chair: Session 106. Population Dynamics, Environmental Change and Food Security in Africa
8th African Population Conference, Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
Thu 7 Nov 2019
Presenter: Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana
Geography Research Seminar Series, Amory C417, Geography Department, University of Exeter, UK
Mon 26 Aug 2019
Presenter: Improving climate resilience through investments in SRHR, including family planning in coastal urban communities: An Example from Accra, Ghana
ICPD25 Symposium: SRHR, Gender and Climate Change Resilience, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Wed 10 Apr 2019
Poster presentation: Family caregiving to the Elderly: Positive experiences of caregivers in two urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, J.W. Marriot Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas, USA
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Participant, World Social Science Forum
Fukuoka International Convention Centre, Fukuoka, Japan
Mon 23 Jul 2018
Co-Chair and Organiser, 6th Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme The Future We Do Not Want
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Participant, Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Presenter: Emerging Urban System Demographic Trends in Ghana
Alumni House, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
Tue 20 Feb 2018
Presenter: Living in Displacement
BIG CITIES – SMALL CHANGES: Thinking Creatively Through Urban Infrastructure Conference, British Academy, London
Sun 29 Oct 2017
Paper presentation: A critical link between vulnerability to environmental change and (im)mobility in the Volta Delta of Ghana
Session on Climate Change Vulnerability and Migration. 28th International Population Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Sun 29 Oct 2017
Paper presentation: Migration patterns in major deltas of the world: Evidence from census data
Session on Climatic Variability and Dynamics of Internal Migration. 28th International Population Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Paper presentation: Well-being and social capital of people living with chronic condition: Results from the WHO study on Global Ageing and adult health (SAGE)
Session 54: Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hilton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Participant, Migration in the Volta Delta of Ghana. Conference organized by the International Organization on Migration
Alisa Hotel, Accra
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Co-Chair and Organiser, 5th Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme Building Bridges and Research-Into-Use
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Tue 7 Jun 2016
Presenter: The benefits of Migration in Ghana
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Public Forum, Academy Auditorium, CSIR
Fri 1 Apr 2016
Member: Ghana’s delegation, 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in New York, USA
UN Headquarters
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Paper presentation: The local food environment and body mass index among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
Session 220: Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Marriot Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Chair: International Organising Committee, 7th African Population Conference. Demographic Dividend in Africa. Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges
St. Georges Hotel, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Paper presentation: Meeting ‘actual demand’ for contraception in Ghana: Does women’s autonomy matter?
Session 64: Strategies to Improve Contraceptive Use. 7th African Population Conference, Saint George Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Paper presentation: Well-being, social cohesion and dietary intake of people living with Non-Communicable Diseases: Results from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, Ghana
Session 118: Trends, Patterns and Consequences of NCDs in Africa. 7th African Population Conference, Saint George Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Chair: Session 154: Climate Change and Food Security
7th African Population Conference, Saint George Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Wed 29 Jul 2015
Co-Chair and Organiser, 4th Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme Climate Change, Sustainable Innovation and Partnerships
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Thu 30 Apr 2015
Chair: Session 123: Capitalizing on the demographic dividend in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, California, USA
Tue 22 Jul 2014
Co-Chair and Organiser, 3rd Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme Climate Change, Migration and Security in Africa
ISSER Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Fri 20 Jun 2014
Co-convener, International Colloquium on Climate Change with H.E. John A. Kufour (UN Special Envoy on Climate Change) on the theme “Political Commitment towards 2015 Global Climate Change Agreement”
ISSER Conference Facility
Mon 19 May 2014
Presenter: Population growth and economic growth dimensions of the current challenges
National Conference on Bridging the Gap between Education/Training and Industry. Organized by the Ministry of Education, National Conference Centre, Accra
Thu 1 May 2014
Paper presentation: The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra Ghana
Session on Youth and Non-Communicable Disease Risk Behavior at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Presenter: Climate Change and Health in Africa: A Case Study of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Northern Ghana
Carolina Population Centre 2013-2014 Seminar Series, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Tue 1 Oct 2013
Member of the Republic of Ghana’s Delegation, African Regional Conference on Population and Development. Organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mon 26 Aug 2013
Chair: Session 081 – Meeting the MDGs in Africa: Progress and prospects for post 2015
Organized by the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS). 27th International Population Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, BEXCO International Conference Centre, Busan, Korea
Mon 26 Aug 2013
Presenter: Is migration an adaptation strategy to climate-related environmental events in the forest-savanna transition zone of Ghana
Session 306. 27th International Population Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, BEXCO International Conference Centre, Busan, Korea
Tue 16 Jul 2013
Keynote Speaker: Climate change and internal migration intentions in the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana
Hamburg Conference on Actions for Climate Induced Migration. Organized by the Climate Service Centre, University of Hamburg and Klima Campus, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Co-Chair and Organiser, 2nd Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme Climate Change Risks and Development at Crossroads: Sharing Lessons
ISSER Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Thu 11 Apr 2013
Paper presentation: Sea level rise and migration intentions in the Dangbe East district of Ghana
Session on Demographic Dimensions of Climate Change, at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Mon 26 Nov 2012
Presenter: Emerging Urban System and Demographic Trends in Ghana: Policy Implications for Ghana and Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa
First International Conference on Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Tue 20 Nov 2012
Speaker: Ghana’s Urbanization Challenge: Demographic Dimensions
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012 Founder’s Week Celebrations, British Council Hall, Accra
Sun 1 Jul 2012
Co-Chair and Organiser, 1st Climate Change and Population Conference in Africa on the theme At the Crossroads: Climate Change, Population and Africa’s Development
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Thu 3 May 2012
Paper presentation: Internal Migration Intentions Associated with Climate-Related Environmental Events: Evidence from the Forest-Savanna Transition Zone of Ghana
Session 657: Climate-Related Environmental Events and Population Displacement at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA
Thu 3 May 2012
Paper presentation: Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Afram Plains of Ghana: A Gender and Occupational Perspectives
Session 804: Population, Health and the Environment at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA
Thu 3 May 2012
Discussant: Session on Population Dynamics and Weather Changes: Experiences, Practices, and Implications
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA
Thu 9 Feb 2012
Convener, Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Sector Planning: Post-Durban Analysis
Conference Room, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Mon 5 Dec 2011
Discussant: Session 105 – Land use Systems in the Context of Climate Change
6th African Population Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Mon 5 Dec 2011
Paper presentation: Adaptation to floods and droughts in the Afram Plains, Ghana
Session 110: Gender and Labour Force Participation. 6th African Population Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Mon 5 Dec 2011
Chair: Session 26 – Population, Food Production and Water Resources
6th African Population Conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Wed 9 Nov 2011
Convener, Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change Vulnerability and Ghana’s Food Security
Conference Room, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Fri 16 Sep 2011
Presenter: Climate and Food Systems in the Afram Plains of Ghana
Carolina Population Centre 2011-2012 Seminar Series, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Presenter: Population, agricultural extensification and intensification in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Session 802: Population and Land Use, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington DC, USA
Mon 13 Sep 2010
Presenter: Sexual and Reproductive Health Implications of Street Vending in Ghana
Society and Health Conference, Dar es Salaam International Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Thu 15 Apr 2010
Presenter: Population and other determinants of food crop production in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Hyatt Regency at Reunion Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA
Wed 14 Apr 2010
Paper presentation: Changing Fortunes of Ghanaian Towns: 1960-2000
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual General Meeting, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel & Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC, USA
Wed 3 Feb 2010
Presenter: Climate Change - Fundamentals, Impacts and Mitigation Measures: A Case Study of Ghana
National Workshop for Protected Area Managers on Emerging Conservation Opportunities on the theme “Sustaining and Securing Capacity in Biodiversity Conservation in the Upper Guinea Forest Area, Swiss Hall, Ghana Wildlife Society, Accra
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Speaker: Ghana’s Response
Launch of the 2009 State of the World Population by the UNFPA. Theme: Facing a changing world: women, population and climate, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
Tue 20 Oct 2009
Presenter: The Impact of Population Displacement on Ghana as a result of the Crisis in Liberia
Conference on “International Migrations, Territorial Recompositions and Development” organized by the Institut de recherché pour le developpement (IRD), Paris, France
Thu 1 Oct 2009
Panelist: Climate Change in Africa? Are the continent’s own scientists prepared enough?
Capacity Development for the Developing World – Brain gain and brain drain conference. Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Fri 15 May 2009
Presenter: Concepts, procedures, and data for understanding food security and adaptive response to climate change in West Africa
Climate Change and Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa Workshop. Centre for African Studies, the Mershon Centre for International Security Studies and the John Glenn School of Public Policy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Tue 31 Mar 2009
Presenter: Understanding Climate Change through the Lenses of Rural Farming Communities
Ghana Youth Forum for Tertiary Institutions, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast; University of Ghana, Legon
Fri 13 Feb 2009
Presenter: The Impact of the presence of Liberian Refugees on host communities in Ghana
2nd Migration and Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa Workshop. Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Deutsche Welle, Bonn, Germany
Wed 7 May 2008
Presenter: Climate Change and Food Security in Ghana
4th Congress of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP), Cape Town Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Mon 10 Dec 2007
Presenter: Integrating Remote Sensing, GIS, Census and Socio-economic data in studying the Population-Land use/cover nexus in Ghana
Fifth African Population Conference, Arusha International Conference Centre, Arusha, Tanzania
Mon 10 Dec 2007
Presenter: Population and other determinants of food crop production in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana
Fifth African Population Conference, Arusha International Conference Centre, Arusha, Tanzania
Wed 7 Nov 2007
Participant, Conference on “Will Climate Change Development”
Lisbon, Portugal
Tue 2 Oct 2007
Participant, Conference on “Global Change on Human Development: Research and Action”
Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Mon 10 Sep 2007
Presenter: Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in Ghana
Symposium for the Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS), Kilaeua Military Camp, Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Wed 28 Mar 2007
Presenter: Population growth and agricultural land use in two agro-ecological zones of Ghana
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual General Meeting, Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, USA
Thu 2 Nov 2006
Participant, Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, USA
Mon 30 Oct 2006
Participant, Seminar on “Space and Time in Historical Demographic Studies – New Methods and Models” International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Tue 30 Mar 2004
Presenter: Impact of population growth on forest resources in the Volta River Basin of Ghana
US Chapter of International Association of Landscape Ecology Workshop, Las Vegas, USA
Wed 8 Oct 2003
Presenter: Effect of technological improvement in farming and household conditions on agricultural land use in two agro-ecological zones of Ghana
Deutscher Tropentag, University of Gottingen
Mon 7 Jul 2003
Presenter: Effect of Population Growth on Agricultural Land Use in the White Volta sub-basin of Ghana, 1992-2010
International Association of Landscape Ecology Congress, Darwin, Australia