Name: workshop on the topic Managing workplace conflicts organized by Staff and workers of the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipal Assembly Elimina Central Region
Start: 2024-02-14
Location: Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipal Assembly (KEEA), Town Hall Elimina

About

Dr. Razak Jaha Imoro is currently a full time senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast. He holds a Ph.D. in (Development Studies) from the Institute of Development Studies University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Dr. Razak Jaha Imoro also completed his BA Degree in Sociology from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast from 200-2004 and a Master of Philosophy Degree in Sociology from the University of Ghana Legon in 2008. He is a Harvard Law School—Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) alumni 2014-2015 and Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium, (CUSAC) scholar 2012. His main research interests include migration, conflict, development, social policy, social protection, peace studies and alternative dispute resolution. Dr. Razak Jaha Imoro has also carried out some consultancies for both local and international organizations including the National Peace Council of Ghana and The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). He has a number of publications to his credit in renowned and peer reviewed journals including International Journal of Peace and Development Studies, Studies in Gender and Development in Africa, Ghana Journal of Development Studies, and Legon Journal of Sociology.

Focus & expertise

Specializations

Conflict and Conflict Resolution Development Studies Migration

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Conflict Management3 Conflict Management3 Development5 Environment and Development2 Migration5 Migration Studies3

Recent activity

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Project Mar 2024

Power, Rights, and Conflicts in Community Mining: A Rebranding of Galamsey?

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Conference Feb 2024

workshop on the topic Managing workplace conflicts organized by Staff and workers of the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipal Assembly Elimina Central Region

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Conference Sep 2023

7th Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association Conference

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Conference Sep 2022

Conference on the topic Structural Determinants of Migration Intentions of Nursing Students from the University of Cape Coast organized by the Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association

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Conference Sep 2022

Workshop on the topic Violent Extremism, Radicalization and Terrorism: A West African Perspective by National Peace Council

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies

University of Cape Coast

2017

Master of Philosophy in Sociology

University of Cape Coast

2008

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

University of Cape Coast

2004

★ Career & positions

Hall Tutor

Casely Hayford Hall

Sep, 2023 to Nov, 2023

Teaching & projects

A dynamic and motivated Lecturer with over 12 years of teaching experience. Known for interesting lectures with helpful supporting materials and detail-oriented classroom management. Dedicated to impacting the individual student success and society at large. Adopts a problem based learning approach to teaching hence creating total involvement of students.

Teaching philosophy

Projects

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Power, Rights, and Conflicts in Community Mining: A Rebranding of Galamsey?

Researcher

June 2023 - Present

Publications ORCID 0000-0002-5646-407X →

2026 ‘Driving nurses out’: analysis of out-migration intentions of student nurses in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana journal article

2023 Actors and Networks Embedded in Political Vigilante Groups in Ghana journal article

2021 Migration process and adaptation strategies of conflict-induced migrants in Agbogbloshie, Accra. manual

2020 Factors Influencing Return Migration to Rural Origin Communities in The Wa West District of Ghana journal article

2019 Economic motivations of return migration to origin communities in the Wa West District, Ghana journal article

2017 Challenges facing the National Health Insurance Scheme: Implication on quality healthcare delivery in Ghana. journal article

2017 North-South migration and the problems of migrant traders at Agbogbloshie journal article

2015 Challenges of the livelihood empowerment against poverty programme in the Upper West Region of Ghana: The institutional perspective. journal article

2015 Climate change, fish catch and premix fuel supply to fishermen for sustainable livelihoods of coastal people in the Central Region of Ghana. journal article

2012 An evaluation of the academic performance of students on exchange programmes in the University of Cape Coast. journal article

2012 Social determinants of internal migration in Ghana: A case of teachers from the Upper West Region journal article

2011 Assessing the effectiveness of the alternative dispute resolution mechanism in the Alavanyo-Nkonya conflict in the Volta Region journal article

2011 The migration of teachers from the Upper West Region to the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. journal article

2010 The prevalence of domestic violence in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana (2004-2009). journal article

2009 Teacher migration and the quality of basic education in the Upper West Region of Ghana. journal article

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2024 workshop on the topic Managing workplace conflicts organized by Staff and workers of the Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipal Assembly Elimina Central Region Facilitator · Komenda, Edina, Eguafo Abrem Municipal Assembly (KEEA), Town Hall Elimina

2023 7th Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association Conference organiser · Sasakawa Conference Centre, University of Cape Coast

2022 Workshop on the topic Violent Extremism, Radicalization and Terrorism: A West African Perspective by National Peace Council Facilitator · Pempamsie Hotel, Cape Coast

2022 Conference on the topic Structural Determinants of Migration Intentions of Nursing Students from the University of Cape Coast organized by the Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association Presenter · Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon

Honors & affiliations

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Doha Santander Collaborative Research Grant Award through Institute of Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, United States of America.

Harvard University, United States of America · 2015

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Travel Grant awarded by Institute of Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, United States of America to attend Workshop on the Study of Innovative Ideas and Alternative Approaches to Issues of Global Law, Economic Policy and Socia

Harvard University, United States of America · 2014

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Travel Grant awarded by the Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium

Commonwealth Universities Study, UK · 2012

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Member, Local executive Committee

University Teachers Association of Ghana · 2023

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Coordinator University of Cape Coast

Ghana Sociological and anthropological Association · 2017