GSA Research Grant
Supporting emerging scholars and graduate students conducting research on Ghana
The GSA Research Grant supports emerging scholars and graduate students conducting original research on Ghana.
Grantees
2019 Grantees
Lydia Amoah
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Queen Mothers and Conflict Resolution Among the Akan of Ghana: A Study of the Asantehemaa's Court in Kumasi
Anthony Senanu Agbeve
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast
Research: Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Among Rural Families in Ghana: A Study in Adaklu, Volta Region
2017 Grantees
Phidelia Doegah
Early Career Faculty
Institute of Health Research, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho
Research: Lifestyle behaviours and its implication for Body Mass Index
Abena Yeboah-Banin
Early Career Faculty
Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Advertising herbal medicines in Ghana: should we trust what the presenters say?
2016 Grantees
Joana Kwabena-Adade
PhD candidate
Department of Sociology, University of Ghana
Research: A home away from home'? The emerging forms of non-domiciliary care fro the aged in the urban centres of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Edward Wilson Ansah
PhD candidate
Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Cape Coast
Research: Psychosocial Safety Climate as a Predictor of Health and Safety of Fuel Station Attendants in Accra, Ghana
2015 Grantees
Patience Gyamenah
graduate student
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Culture and healthcare pluralism among Akan cancer patients in Ghana
Patricia Serwaa Afrifa
graduate student
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Formalised Childcare Arrangements in Ghana: A Study of Selected Day Care Centres in Accra
Samson Ninfaazu
graduate student
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Disambiguating the ambiguities: a socio-historical study of the Lobi of northwestern Ghana
2014 Grantees
Joseph Fosu-Ankrah
graduate student
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Cocoa, Community and the Politics of Belonging in the Aowin Sauman District in the Western Region of Ghana, 1955-2008
Ibrahim Baidoo
graduate student
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Research: Causes of Conflicts between Fulani Herdsmen and Farmers in the Agogo Traditional Area of the Ashanti Region
John Aggrey
graduate student
Department of Sociology, University of Ghana
Research: Defining Our Space: Land Grabs and Real Estate in the Western Region of Ghana
2013 Grantees
Joseph Darko
Research: The Influence of Urban Residential Structure on Cancer Mortality in Urban Accra
2012 Grantees
Daniel Yaw Fiavah
Research: Masculinities in Contemporary Africa: Understanding a Woman's Sexuality in an Urban Ghanaian Community