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IAS Director speaks at GETSPA annual conference

Prof. Ntewusu addresses participants at the opening session

The Director of the Institute of African Studies, Prof. Samuel Ntewusu, addressed the opening session of the maiden annual conference of the Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-COVID-19 Africa (GETSPA) project. GETSPA is a multi-country research, policy engagement, capacity, and network-building project with a focus on social policy in Africa. The project is hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana.

Architecture and Politics in Africa: Book Launch in Accra, 20 September 2022

Architecture and Politics in Africa: Book Launch in Accra, 20 September 2022

Please join us for our book launch at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Some of the book’s editors and authors will talk about their contributions, followed by reflections from Prof Nnamdi Elleh (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Prof Lloyd Amoah (Department of Political Science, University of Ghana).

 

Professor Takyiwaa Manuh Joins CDD-Ghana as a Senior Fellow

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has appointed Professor Takyiwaa Manuh as a Senior Fellow, effective August 1, 2022.

Prof. Manuh is an Emerita Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She previously served as Director at the Social Development Policy Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she was also Director of the Institute of African Studies between 2002 and 2009.

Two scholarships for thesis research available for 2023 within Certifications of Citizenship in Africa (CERTIZENS) Research Project

MA/MPhil students in African Studies, Political Science and Sociology

University of Ghana, Legon

Two scholarships for thesis research available for 2023 within Certifications of Citizenship in Africa (CERTIZENS) Research Project

 

Call for papers for conference on Natural Resource Management and Conflict in Africa

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR CONFERENCE ON

Natural Resource Management and Conflict in Africa

Organized by the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana, and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark.

Date: 26th to 28th June 2023.

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen.