Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng is a Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Cape Coast. She has a background in Psychology and holds cotutelle PhD qualifications in Development Studies from the University of Hildesheim, Germany and University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Her areas of interest in research include conflict and mental health, gender studies, migration, and peace and development. She is a promising young scholar who has researched on a variety of topics, including conflict and framing, anxiety, depression, catastrophising thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder, coping in conflict areas, conflict management, mothering experiences in conflict areas, women and conflict, women and commercial surrogacy, Ghana’s peace architecture, women’s experiences and violent extremism, migration among others. Dr. Appiah-Boateng teaches on varieties of Peace and Development courses such as ethnicity, inequalities, and conflicts gender and conflict, chieftaincy and land resource management, sociology and economics of conflict, peace research methods among others. She has received awards and grants from the German Academic exchange Services (DAAD), USAID, Next Generation of Social Sciences in Africa (SSRC), African Humanities Program (AHP), and University of Cape Coast’s Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Consultancy.
Dr. Appiah-Boateng is the Ghanaian Coordinator of the SDG Graduate School, “Performing Sustainability. Cultures and Development in West Africa. The interdisciplinary Graduate School ‘Performing Sustainability’ is a collaborative training network for graduate students run by the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), University of Hildesheim (Germany), and University of Maiduguri (Nigeria). The initiative focuses on innovative research that brings together approaches from performance, arts, and culture to bear on sustainable development as defined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A specific focus lies on issues of peace and conflict resolution.
Dr. Appiah-Boateng is a determined, open-minded, goal-oriented, and ambitious person. She is a resourceful problem-solver, proactive, team player and results oriented with a nice demeanour which makes it easier to interact, collaborate and communicate well with colleagues and superiors. She possesses unique personality in her constant engagements with her students in and outside the classroom. Her skills include dedication to teaching, teamwork, commitment to students’ success, support for students, enthusiasm for quality and perfection, and strong work ethics.
