Research projects and grants

• Climate and Health Science and Policy Consortium for West Africa

  Principal investigator · 2026–2031 · Ongoing · Funded by Wellcome

  With Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; University of Oxford, UK; Climate and Development Knowledge Network; and Abantu for Development.

• University of Ghana Africa Climate Collaborative

  Co-investigator · 2024–2032 · Ongoing · Funded by Mastercard Foundation

  With Makerere University, Uganda; University of Cape Town, South Africa; and University of Cambridge, UK.

• Immobility in a Changing Climate (ITHACA)

  Principal investigator · 2023–2026 · Ongoing · Funded by Belmont Forum

  With Lund University Centre for Sustainability Science (LUCSUS); Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM), Brazil; Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CPGD), Mozambique; and Climate Analytics, USA.

• Evaluating Health Impacts of Climate Adaptation Strategies

  Principal investigator · 2019–2022 · Completed · Funded by Wellcome Trust

  With University of Exeter, UK; and Maynooth University, Ireland.

• Reducing the Impact of Extreme Heat to Improve Well-being in Cities (REFIT)

  Principal investigator · 2019–2021 · Completed · Funded by British Academy

  With Loughborough University, UK; and University for Development Studies, Ghana.

• Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana

  Principal investigator · 2019–2020 · Completed · Funded by Climate Development Knowledge Network

• Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration

  Principal investigator · 2019–2024 · Completed · Funded by European Union

  With University of Liege, Belgium; University of Vienna, Austria; University of Exeter, UK; Lund University, Sweden; University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; Institute of Research Development, France; and 4 other partners.

• Transition to Sustainability: Migration, Transformation and Sustainability

  Principal investigator · 2018–2021 · Completed · Funded by Swedish International Development Agency – International Social Science Council – Belmont Forum-NORFACE

  With University of Exeter, UK; Lund University, Sweden; Clark University, USA; University of Liege, Belgium; Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique; and University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.

• Building Research Capacity for Sustainable Water and Food Security in Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)

  Principal investigator · 2017–2021 · Completed · Funded by Global Challenges Research Fund

  With Southampton University, UK; International Institute of Environment and Development, UK; Water Net Trust; Technical University of Kenya, Kenya; Kenyatta University, Kenya; University of Malawi, Malawi; and University of Nairobi, Kenya.

• Vulnerability to Extreme Weather Events in Cities: Implications for Infrastructure and Livelihoods (VEWEC)

  Principal investigator · 2017–2019 · Completed · Funded by British Academy

  With Loughborough University, UK; and University for Development Studies, Ghana.

• Climate Change Integrated Flood Management: Using ICT to deploy flood early warning systems to mitigate disaster

  Co-investigator · 2016–2017 · Completed · Funded by Making All Voices Count (MAVC) Program

• Integrated Climate Smart Flood Management for Accra-Ghana

  Principal investigator · 2016–2019 · Completed · Funded by International Development Research Centre

• Statistical Capacity Building Project

  Co-investigator · 2016–2017 · Completed · Funded by African Development Bank

• Green Economy Learning Assessment in Ghana

  Co-investigator · 2015–2015 · Completed · Funded by The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

• Women, Climate Change and Food Security in Ghana

  Principal investigator · 2015–2017 · Completed · Funded by University of Ghana Research Fund: Large Multi-disciplinary Grant Category

• Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)

  Principal investigator · 2014–2018 · Completed · Funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC): Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Program

  With University of Southampton, UK; Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh; and Jadavpur University, India.

• Climate Change Risk Communication Framework for Coastal Urban Development Policy

  Principal investigator · 2012–2013 · Completed · Funded by Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Department for International Development (DFID), UK

  With University of Calabar, Nigeria; and Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana.

• African Adaptation Research Centers (AARC) Initiative, Climate Change Adaptation Research and Training Capacity for Development. Climate Change and Water Project

  Principal investigator · 2011–2014 · Completed · Funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

  With University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

• Climate Change and Human Health in Accra, Ghana. Urban Vulnerabilities Project

  Principal investigator · 2009–2012 · Completed · Funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC): Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)

• Population Training and Research Capacity for Development (PopTRCD)

  Co-investigator · 2008–2011 · Completed · Funded by EDULINK Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

  With University of Southampton.

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Implications of Street Vending in Ghana

  Principal investigator · 2008–2010 · Completed · Funded by AIRES-SUD, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Cooperation

• Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA). Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Afram Plains of Ghana (ACCCA)

  Principal investigator · 2007–2008 · Completed · Funded by United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and START International

  With Crops Research Institute, Ghana; and Environmental Protection Agency.

• Climate Change Collective Learning and Observatory Network in Ghana (CC LONG Project)

  Principal investigator · 2006–2009 · Completed · Funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

  With Penn State University, USA; and Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana.

• Sustaining Agricultural and Forest land uses in the Afram Plains of Ghana

  Principal investigator · 2005–2007 · Completed · Funded by Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Grant for National Working Groups