Enhancing Food Security and Climate Adaptation Through Gender-Inclusive Migrant Remittances
(FY 2024-2027). CAD$ $2,401,993. Project partners include Wilfrid Laurier University, Queen Mary University of London, University of Ghana, University of the Western Cape, University of Namibia, University of Malawi. Role: Co-Investigator. Open Project on Migration and Climate Adaptation
Re-Energize Governance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Sustainable Development
(FY2020-2023). Project partners include University of Ghana, University College London (UK), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Computing Research Institute (Qatar), Waseda University (Japan), University of Salerno (Italy), University of Mauritius (Mauritius). PIs. Spataru, Catalina (University College London), Funded by Belmont Forum [Total funds £1,810,000; University of Ghana Component (£121,000). Role: Co-Investigator. Project website: Visit GovDisasters
Coastal Community Resilience to Climate Change and Diarrhoea (C2R-C2D)
(FY 2020-2025: Funded by Danish Development Agency (DANIDA). Project partners include the University of Ghana, University of Aarhus, Denmark), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ghana, People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements (PD) Total Funds. USD 1.8million. Role: Co-Investigator (Workpackage 3)
Food Security Impacts of Industrial Crop Expansion in Sub-Sahara Africa (FICESSA) (FY 2015-2017).
Funded by Belmont Forum, FICESSA was an interdisciplinary project which aimed to provide clear empirical evidence of how industrial crops compete for land with food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the mechanisms through which this competition can affect food security, whether positively or negatively. We undertook studies at multiple spatial scales using various analytical tools to study past dynamics and explore future scenarios. FICESSA includes case studies in Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Guinea and Swaziland. Role: Co-Investigator (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Africa (SEPLS in Africa) (2015-2017).
Implemented under the Satoyama Initiative and funded supported by the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan. Role: Principal Investigator
Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: An Integrated Approach (CECAR-Africa) (FY 2011-2017).
CECAR Africa is one of the elements of the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), a collaborative programme of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project explored an integrated strategy to enhance the resilience of rural communities against climate and ecosystem changes (viz flood and drought vulnerable communities and households) in northern Ghana. Collaborating institutions included The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, United Nations University (UNU), University of Ghana (UG), University for Development Studies, Ghana (UDS), Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet). Role: PhD Research Fellow
Anticipatory Learning on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (ALCCAR) (2009-2011).
Project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States of America. Executed by researchers from Penn State University, University of Ghana, University of Dar es Salam (Tanzania), Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre (Tanzania) and Afram Plains Development Organisation (Ghana). The Project was undertaken in selected rural communities in the Afram Plains (Eastern Region), Biakoye District (Volta region) in Ghana and Bagamoyo (Tanzania). Role: Field Investigator
