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Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng
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Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng

Research Fellow - ( Senior Member ) Department of Peace Studies
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Field(s) of Specialization
Conflict and Gendering Studies
Conflict and Health
Migration
Peace and Development
farmer-herder or farmer-pastoralists conflict
Field(s) of Academic Interest
Conflict and Gendering Studies
Conflict and Health
Peace and Development
About

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. 

Dedication to teaching

Commitment to students’ success

Support for students

Enthusiasm for quality and perfection

Peer learning

Professional conduct

Student counseling support

 

Degrees
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies

    University of Cape Coast 2020
  • Master of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies

    University of Cape Coast 2014
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology

    University of Cape Coast 2011
  • Moderator

    June, 2023

    Online-Teaching Experiences from the WAC-SRT. SDG Graduate Schools Alliance (SDG GS Alliance) - Midterm Conference Digitalisation in Higher Education and Research in International Cooperation for Sustainability Bonn, Germany.

  • Guest Speaker

    April, 2023

    Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding during the Advanced Training in Co-Creating Avenues for Culture and Sustainable Development Workshop II Zeppelin, Germany.

  • Participant

    April, 2023

    Advanced Training in Co-Creating Avenues for Culture and Sustainable Development Workshop I at the University of Hildesheim Hildesheim, Germany.

  • Coordinator

    March, 2023

    DAAD SDG-Graduate School, Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa. 12th Biannual workshops held at the School for Development Studies conference room, University of Cape Coast. Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Participant

    December, 2022

    Advanced Training in Co-Creating Avenues for Culture and Sustainable Development Workshop I Aburi, Ghana.

  • Participant

    July, 2022

    Conference on Social Conflicts : Collective Action in an Unequal World at the Center for Conflict Studies Marburg, Germany .

  • Coordinator

    March, 2022

    DAAD SDG-Graduate School, Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa. 11th Biannual workshops held at the School for Development Studies conference room, University of Cape Coast. Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Coordinator

    October, 2021

    for DAAD-SDG Graduate School, Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa. 10th Biannual workshops at the Institute of Education Seminar room, University of Cape Coast. Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Keynote Speaker

    June, 2021

    Joint SASA and CSIR Digital International Health Conference held online. Online .

  • Presenter

    October, 2020

    Mental Health and Conflicts in Ghana at the Mental Health Day organised by the Department of Mental Health Nursing – School of Nursing and Midwifery on the theme “Mental Health for All: Greater Investment for Greater Access for Everyone Everywhere” at the School of Medical Sciences Auditorium, University of Cape Coast Cape Coast.

  • Facilator

    September, 2020

    Navigating the Doctoral Journey at the 8th Biannual Workshop organised by DAAD-SDG Graduate - Performing Sustainability, Cultures, and Development in West Africa at the Department of Music and Dance Conference Room, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Organiser and Panelist

    August, 2020

    Round Table on Conflict and Mental Health Nexus: Implications for Sustainable Conflict Management in Ghana. Organised in collaboration with the Department of Peace Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Resource Person

    June, 2020

    Abstract Writing at the Department of Music and Dance University of Cape Coast. Lecture with postgraduate and teaching staff at the Department of Music and Dance conference room. Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    August, 2019

    Framing, Conflict, and Sustainable Development: The Case of Agogo Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana at the Sustainable Development Initiative Conference, organised by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan, USA .

  • Presenter

    July, 2019

    Exiting Ghana’s Land-Use Conflict through Cultures and Democratic Methodology at the Bi-Annual Gathering of the Brokering Intercultural Exchange Network (Democratizing the Art and the Art Sector) – Heilbronn University- Kunzelsau Campus, Germany. Heilbronn, Germany.

  • Discussant

    July, 2019

    Indigenous Knowledge towards Protecting the Ecosystem at the Protecting Habitats – Restoring Ecosystems: Challenges and Opportunities organized by STUBE Niedersachsen Veranstaltung. Goslar – Germany.

  • Guess Lecturer

    June, 2019

    Conflict and Music at the Center for World Music, University of Hildesheim, Germany, lectured course to BA and postgraduate Students in Music. Hildesheim, Germany.

  • Discussant

    June, 2019

    Time and History – What history do we want to talk about in the future? Hildesheim, Germany.

  • Speaker

    June, 2018

    Peace Message Delivered on behalf of National Peace Council” on Multiparty Local Election Campaign organised by Institute for Democratic Governance [IDEG]. Accra, Ghana.

  • Presenter

    June, 2018

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Conflict: A Study of the Tuobodom Chieftaincy Conflict in Ghana. Paper presented at 22nd Annual Conference of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF), titled: “Toward the Building of a New Africa: Weaving the Past, the Present, and the Future” convened at the University of West Georgia Georgia, USA .

  • Facilitator

    September, 2024

    Contemporary Issues in Fisheries Management. Fisheries Leadership Short course for Practitioners funded by USAID/Fisheries Recovery Activity Ghana.

  • Presenter

    October, 2024

    International and Regional Fisheries Institutional Frameworks and Bodies. Workshop on Destabilising Impacts of Distant Water Fishing Vessels (DWFV) in the Gulf of Guinea Yaounde, Cameroon.

  • Guest Speaker

    October, 2024

    “Promoting Research Excellence for Impact on Marine Conservation in Africa”, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries Online Seminar Series University of British Columbia, Canada.

  • Co-Facilitator

    October, 2021

    “Grants Proposal Writing Workshop” University for Development Studies.

  • Presenter

    November, 2024

    “Performance of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience”, Country Round Table Workshop Association of African Universities (AAU), Online.

  • Facilitator

    November, 2024

    “Regional Political Parties Dialogue on Fisheries: Protecting Our Fish, Securing Our Future, Live Engagement on JoyNews TV Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    November, 2023

    Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic “Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future through Transformative Research” Medical School Auditorium, University of Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    March, 2024

    Africa’s Plastic Revolution: Advancing Global Solutions for Healthy Oceans, T.D. Walter Bean Professorship Public Lecture University of Waterloo, Canada.

  • Presenter

    June, 2024

    Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy. National Consultative Workshop for the Formulation of a National Blue Economy Strategy for Angola Luanda, Angola.

  • Panelist

    June, 2024

    Regional Steering Committee Workshop for the World Bank West African Coastal Resilience Investment Projects (WACA ReSiP and ReiP2) Banjul, Gambia.

  • Facilitator

    July-August, 2012

    Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change. Short-term Training Course funded by USAID Ghana.

  • Co-Discussant

    July, 2023

    “Expanding the Impact of Blue Economy in Africa” (with Professor Rashid Sumaila) World Bank Headquarters, Washington.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2022

    Workshop on “Winning Research and Development Grants in a Competitive World” Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2019

    Workshop on “Proposal and Grants writing” University of Ghana, Ghana.

  • Speaker

    August, 2024

    Study Tour on Sustainable Fisheries Management & Leadership University of Rhode Island, United States.

  • Presenter

    August, 2023

    Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Ghana Case Study. Bootcamp on moving fisheries from Vulnerability to Viability Puri, Delhi, India.

  • Guest Speaker

    April, 2024

    Workshop Presentation on “Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy in Africa Hohai University, China.

  • Participant

    2021

    6th ACE Impact Regional Workshop of the World Bank and the Association of African Universities Accra (Online).

  • Panelist

    2014

    Seaweed (Sargassum) Invasion on the Ghanaian Coasts, Implications for the National Economy and Management Live TV Broadcast, GTV.

  • Guest Speaker

    2010

    “West African Fisheries”, Workshop by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.

  • Motherhood delor: “Narratives of pregnant and nursing women in a space of protracted conflict.

    Online.

    1. 2022

      Research Support Grant (Group-Led Category): Tourism induced natural resource conflict at the Kakum National Park of Ghana.

      Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), University of Cape Coast

    2. 2022

      Research Grant for Social Network Dynamics of Fulbe Communities in Northern Ghana Project

      United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through OTI/ Littorals Regional Initiative (LRI) – Project Funders

    3. 2020

      Research Grant

      Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (on Peace, Security, and Development for

    4. 2020

      Dean's Excellence Award for Best Graduating Post-Graduate Student in the School for Development Studies

      University of Cape Coast

    5. 2017

      Ph.D Scholarship

      German Academic Exchange Service [DAAD] through SDG-Graduate School, Performing Sustainability”: Cultures and Development in West Africa

    1. 2021

      Research Grant on Motherhood dolor: Narratives of pregnant and nursing women in a space of protracted conflict

      ii. African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Society

    1. 2023

      Alumni Coordinator

      School for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast

    2. 2021

      Member

      African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies

    3. 2020

      Awardee

      Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (on Peace, Security, and Development), United States of America.

    4. 2020

      Member

      Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa, Canada.

    5. 2020

      Member

      African Studies Association, United States of America

    6. 2020

      Coordinator

      vi. DAAD-SDG Graduate School Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa

    7. 2019

      Member/ Chair Electoral Commission and Project Committee

      African Studies and Research Forum, United States of America

    8. 2017

      Scholarship Holder

      vi. DAAD-SDG Graduate School Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa

    1. Investigator

      May 2022 - June 2022

      Social Network Dynamics of Fulbe Communities in Northern Ghana

    2. Principal Investigator

      May 2021 - June 2022

      Motherhood delor: “Narratives of pregnant and nursing women in a space of protracted conflict.

    3. Investigator

      June 2022 - Present

      Tourism induced natural resource conflict at the Kakum National Park of Ghana.

    4. Coordinator

      June 2016 - Present

      SDG Graduate School, Performing Sustainability

    5. Researcher

      June 2013 - June 2014

      Conflict Mapping in Ghana

    1. 2024-2025

      Team member, Contract for services to deliver a short course on Marine Litter under the OCPP

      Cefas/UKAID

    2. 2024

      Panel Chair, Reviewed Environmental Impact Statement of PECAN Energies for Offshore Exploration of Oil & Gas

      Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, Secondi/Takoradi

    3. 2023-2024

      Team member, Contract for development of a short course on Marine Litter for the West Africa Region

      Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

    4. 2023-2024

      Team member, Contract services to conduct data collection surveys on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Ghana

      Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

    5. 2023

      Lead Consultant, Contract for the Development of Fishery Courses Syllabi for Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS), University of Liberia

      IDA-V3100

    6. 2023

      Panel Chair, Evaluation of Applications for recruitment of Environmental, Social Safeguards Officers for Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)

      World Bank funded West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme

    7. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Consultancy to review and align national fisheries and aquaculture polices and laws with the PFRS, regional instruments and global best practices for 15 AU Member States

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    8. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives (2022)

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    9. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Identification of Issues for SIDS, Development of Draft Strategic Positions for SIDS

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    10. 2022

      Team member, Environmental Systems Analysis of the Avu Lagoon Protected area

      Calgary Zoo Foundation

    11. 2021

      Trainer, Conduct Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in Ghana

      University of Liverpool

    12. 2021

      Team member, Pre-feasibility study for nature-based intervention for Anlo Beach community in Ghana

      Valued at US$32,365.00

    13. 2021

      Team member, Marine Plastic Pollution Study in Liberia

      Conservation International

    14. 2021

      Team member, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate - WACA -VAR Workshop

      World Bank

    15. 2020-2021

      Consultant, Support Development of Multi-sector Resilience Investment Programme for the West Africa Coastal Area Management Program

      World Bank

    16. 2020-2021

      Consultant, Issues and Opportunities in the Ghanaian Fishery Sector: Addressing the context, prospects and challenges

      Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom

    17. 2020

      Consultant, Estimations on renewable energy investments in Ghana

      Highland Star Group (HSG) of Companies, Geneva, Switzerland

    18. 2019-2020

      Team Member, Regional Mapping of Experts and Institutions in Coastal management

      World Bank

    19. 2017

      Lead Consultant, Review of the Fisheries Act 2002 (act 625) and the Development of Draft Regulations for the conduct of Fisheries Impact Assessments

      Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) and GOGIG funded by DFID/UK

    20. 2013

      Team member, Environmental baseline survey of water bodies in the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) mining concession

      AERC Ltd.

    21. 2012

      Team member, Scoping Study on the Dredging of the Whin Estuary in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis

      UCC Consultancy Unit/Consolidated Energy Ltd.

    22. 2011

      Team member, Social Ecology of Anlo Beach Wetland of Ghana

      Friends of the Nation/IUCN/French Global Environment Facility (GEF)

    23. 2010

      Principal Investigator, Biodiversity Assessment of Urban Wetlands in the Western Region, Ghana with focus on Essei and Butuah Lagoons and the Whin River Estuary

      USAID through Friends of the Nation

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