Name: International Association for the Study of Forced Migration biannual conference
Start: 2021-07-01
Location: Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana (Virtual)

About

Samuel Agblorti holds PhD in geography from the University of Calgary, Canada, and is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Mixed Migration and Diaspora Studies (CeMMiDS), Department of Population and Health at the University of Cape Coast. Samuel has been involved in forced migration research for over a decade with broad interests in migration, refugees, gender and development, and environmental politics. He has published in reputable journals (e.g. Canadian Journal of African Studies, Refugee Survey Quarterly) with one research paper for the UNHCR. He has presented his works at international conferences globally (Law and Society Conference, Honolulu in 2012; German Development Institute, 2018 among others).

Focus & expertise

Specializations

Development Studies Migration and Refugees Studies Migration and Refugees Studies

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Development5 Migration5 Refugees

Recent activity

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Conference Feb 2022

Workshop on Forced Migration

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Project Sep 2021

Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR); A World Bank sponsored project

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Project Jul 2021

Hotspot of multiple stressors: A research-based management in the Gulf of Guinea (Hotspot 2) (Funded by Danish Foreign Affairs Ministry)

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Project Jul 2021

Rural-urban and cross-border MIGRAtion in West-Africa – an integrated assessment framework for drivers, processes and sustainable REsponses (MIGRAWARE) ( Funded by the German Government)

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Project Jul 2021

Towards a framework for mainstreaming refugee assistance into local development in host communities

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography

University of Calgary

2017

Master of Philosophy in Geography

University of Cape Coast

2007

Bachelor of Arts in Population and Family Life

University of Cape Coast

2002

★ Career & positions

Coordinator

Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation

Sep, 2020 to Sep, 2020

Coordinator (Advocacy)

Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation

Sep, 2020 to Jul, 2021

Teaching & projects

Projects

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Hotspot of multiple stressors: A research-based management in the Gulf of Guinea (Hotspot 2) (Funded by Danish Foreign Affairs Ministry)

Co-Investigator

January 2021 - Present

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Rural-urban and cross-border MIGRAtion in West-Africa – an integrated assessment framework for drivers, processes and sustainable REsponses (MIGRAWARE) ( Funded by the German Government)

Co-Investigator

January 2021 - Present

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Towards a framework for mainstreaming refugee assistance into local development in host communities

Principal Investigator

January 2019 - December 2020

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Equal opportunities in higher education: Partnership for Institutional change (EQUIP). A collaboration between CEGRAD, UCC and Free University Berlin (2019 – 2024)

Core Team Member:

January 2019 - Present

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Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR); A World Bank sponsored project

Theme Lead: Disaster Risk Management and Migration

January 2018 - August 2023

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UNHCR Small Grant Programme, Refugee integration in Ghana: the host community’s perspective, (Funded by UNHCR) 

Principal Investigator

January 2010 - Present

Publications ORCID 0000-0002-9579-1575 →

2024 Factors in Household Settings Linked to the Feeding and Nutritional Status of Children Aged 6-23 months in Rural Farming Districts, Ghana journal article

2024 Camp-Based Refugees’ Adherence to the COVID-19 Protocols at the Peak and Post-Peak of the Pandemic in Two Camps in Ghana journal article

2024 Context Matters: The Implications of the Mode of Service Provision for Structural and Relational Integration of Refugees in Ghana and Ethiopia journal article

2024 The contribution of estuarine ecosystems to fishers’ migration patterns and livelihood adaptation along Ghana’s coast journal article

2023 Assessment of the Integrated Coastal Vulnerability Index of Ghana Toward Future Investment Plans other

2023 Assessment of the integrated coastal vulnerability index of Ghana toward future coastal infrastructure investment plans journal article

2023 Contemporary Global Coastal Management Strategies and Coastal Infrastructure and Their Application in Ghana: A Systematic Literature Review journal article

2023 Mapping and assessment of coastal infrastructure for adaptation to coastal erosion along the coast of Ghana journal article

2023 Perspectives on factors that influence local communities’ vulnerability to coastal floods in Ketu South Municipality of Ghana journal article

2022 Migration and Estuarine Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Change along Ghana’s Coast journal article

2022 Association of maternal characteristics with child feeding indicators and nutritional status of children under-two years in Rural Ghana journal article

2022 Local Indicator-Based Flood Vulnerability Indices and Predictors of Relocation in the Ketu South Municipal Area of Ghana journal article

2021 Revisiting the host–refugee environmental conflict debate: perspectives from Ghana’s refugee camps journal article

2020 Mothers' and Grandmothers' misconceptions and socio-cultural factors as barriers to exclusive breastfeeding: A qualitative study involving Health Workers in two rural districts of Ghana journal article

2019 Conceptualising obstacles to local integration of refugees in Ghana journal article

2016 Refugees, environmental resource use and local integration in Ghana other

2015 Context matters: Fostering, orphanhood and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa journal article

2015 Influence of vulnerability context on access to assets in two fishing communities in the Ketu South District, Ghana journal article

2011 Refugee integration in Ghana: the host community's perspective working paper

2011 Child fostering and education in Ghana journal article

2011 Exploring the influence of household migration and parents’ main livelihood activities on children’s occupational aspiration in Ghana journal article

2011 Humanitarian assistance to refugees in rural Ghana: Implications for refugee-host relations journal article

2011 Mobility, education and livelihood trajectories for young people in rural Ghana: A Gender perspective journal article

2011 Refugee-host interaction in the Krisan Refugee Settlement in Ghana. journal article

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2021 International Association for the Study of Forced Migration biannual conference Panel Member · Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana (Virtual)

2021 A panel discussion organised by the Centre for Migration Studies of the University of Ghana on Refugee Integration in West and Central Africa to mark the 70th Anniversary of the UNHCR and supported by the UNHCR. Panel Moderator · University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

2020 Association of Commonwealth Universities Summer School, University of Cape Coast Speaker and Technical Lead · Cape Coast, Ghana

2019 Inception Workshop, EQUIP Project Team Member · Free University Berlin, Germany

2018 PhD and Postdoctoral Summer School, a collaboration between Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), UCC, and Friedensau Adventist University, Germany Facilitator · Cape Coast, Ghana

2017 PhD and Postdoctoral Summer School, a collaboration between Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), UCC, and Friedensau Adventist University, Germany Facilitator · Cape Coast, Ghana

2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, University of Calgary Presenter · Calgary, Canada

2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, University of Ottawa Presenter · Ottawa, Canada

2013 Global Environments Summer Academy, University of Bern Participant · Bern, Switzerland

2013 Summer Course on Forced Migration and Refugee Issues. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University Participant · Toronto, Canada

2012 International Conference of the Law and Society Association Presenter · Honolulu, USA

2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, Laval University Presenter · Quebec City, Canada

2022 Workshop on Forced Migration Speaker · German Development Institute