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Dr. (Mrs.) Regina Obilie Amoako-Sakyi

Name: Mobility and Access in Sub-Saharan African Cities workshop, 17th – 19th September 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Start: 2019-09-01
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Senior Lecturer · Senior Member

🏛 Department of Geography and Regional Planning

★ Hall Warden

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About

Regina Obilie Amoako-Sakyi is a Transport Geographer with the University of Cape Coast. She has been working on child and youth mobility issues in Ghana for over a decade now. As a rising academic, she has considerable number of publications on a cross section of transport and mobilities issues focusing on women and children and the youth in both rural and urban contexts. Her work also covers child pedestrian safety, safe and secured walking environments and bus transit service quality. Currently, she is working on harnessing driver-child pedestrian relationships in improving child pedestrian safety in Ghana.

Focus & expertise

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Transport Geography

Recent activity

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Conference Sep 2019

Mobility and Access in Sub-Saharan African Cities workshop, 17th – 19th September 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Conference Apr 2019

American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting

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Conference May 2018

Early Career Researchers Workshop.

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Conference Jan 2018

i. Experts meeting on Transport and Mobilities: Pathways to transformation.

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Conference Oct 2017

Experts meeting on Transport and Mobilities: Meeting the Needs of Informal Settlements and Slum Dwellers in Nigeria.

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography and Regional Planning

University of Cape Coast

2017

Master of Philosophy in Geography

University of Cape Coast

2007

Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Geography and Economics)

University of Cape Coast

2003

★ Career & positions

Head of Department

Department of Geography and Regional Planning

Aug, 2020 to Jan, 2022

Hall Warden

Adehye Hall

Jan, 2022 to Jul, 2024

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2019 Mobility and Access in Sub-Saharan African Cities workshop, 17th – 19th September 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Presented a paper · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2019 American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting Presented a paper · Washington D.C, USA

2018 Early Career Researchers Workshop. Presented Paper on Exploring the relationship between child traffic safety perception and injury outcomes on routes to school. · Oxford University, U.K.

2017 INTALInC, Ghana workshop. Presented a paper on "The journey to school: An assessment of school route walkability in Cape Coast" · UCC, Cape Coast

2017 American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting in. 5-9 April, 2017 Presented a paper on "Correlates of distance to school: a case study of school pupils' journey to school in the cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana". · Boston, MA., USA

2017 INTALInC Experts’ meeting. Presented a paper on "Transport and Mobilities for vulnerable populations: Ghana Case study" · Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds. Weetwoods Hall, Leeds

2016 Workshop for Female Academic Senior Members organised by the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD). Presented a paper on "Plagiarism in Academic writing" · University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

2016 13th International conference on Urban Health (ICUH) Presented a paper on "Road crossing safety for vulnerable road users: school pupils’ assessment of their walking routes in the Cape Coast metropolis of Ghana". · San Francisco, California. USA

2016 Association of American Geographers (AAG) meeting. Presented a paper on "The other side of active transportation to school: basic school pupils’ assessment of security on their routes to school" · San Francisco, California. USA

2014 Geographical Society (GEOSOC) Seminar Presented a paper on ‘The role of women in Geography’ · University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.

2014 Division of Training and Development's In-service training for Drivers Presented a paper on ‘Road Safety: Driver contribution’. · University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

2014 Association of American Geographers meeting. Presented a paper on ‘Road safety in Ghana: an assessment of pedestrian action before impact’. · Tampa-Florida, USA.

2013 Association of American Geographers meeting. Presented a paper on ‘Running an efficient University shuttle: A reflection of challenges in the public transport system in Ghana?’ · Los Angeles-California, USA.

2013 6th Africa Transport Technology Transfer Conference. Presented a paper on ‘Safety of pedestrians in Ghana with emphasis on the Cape Coast Metropolis: An Urban transport Planning Agenda’. · Gaborone, Botswana.

2012 2nd Africa Community Access Programme (AFCAP)’ Rural Transport Practitioners Conference. Presented a paper on ‘Bicycles: An answer to mobility needs of rural children?’ · Maputo, Mozambique.

2011 Intellectbase Academic Conference. Presented a paper on ‘Riding for Fun? Bicycle use among children in Rural Ghana’. · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

2011 6th Union of African Population Studies (UAPS) Conference. Poster presentation on ‘Perceptions on female bicycle use and infertility among some Ghanaian communities’. · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

2011 10th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH). Paper presentation on ‘Risk of injury and bicycle use among Children: A comparative study of two Geo-ecological zones in urban Ghana’. · Belo Horizonte, M.G, Brazil.

2012 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Meeting. Chaired a session and Presented a paper on "Implications of improved technology on seaport operations: the case of containerisation and the stevedoring industry at the Tema port’. · New York City, NY, USA.

2017 Experts meeting on Transport and Mobilities: Meeting the Needs of Informal Settlements and Slum Dwellers in Nigeria. Expert participant · Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria.

2017 Experts meeting on Transport and Mobilities: Meeting the Needs of Working Women. Expert participant · University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2018 i. Experts meeting on Transport and Mobilities: Pathways to transformation. Expert participant · Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda