16-17 November 2023
MJ Grand Hotel, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
Hybrid (both in-person and online)
The workshop aims to provide opportunities for early-career scholars to enhance their research development, dissemination, and visibility skills and promote exchange between junior and senior academics on career advancement and navigating career challenges. Also, the workshop would serve as a basis for a mentorship program, with the initial interactions between junior and senior researchers would be held.
The workshop seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Enhance the competencies of early career women scholars in research development, dissemination, and visibility.
- Equip with strategies for work-life balance and navigating career challenges.
- Offer mentoring opportunities.
17 November
From 9:00am (GMT / Ghana time)
Watch the livestream of the second day here
Programme:
🕐 | 09:00 – 10:00 Research opportunities outside the academia for young scholars
Claudia Prempeh, PhD, APRI – Africa Policy, Research Institute
🕐 | 10:00 – 11:00 Balancing Teaching and Research
Prof. Mansah Prah
🕐 | 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
🕐 | 11:15 – 13:00 Panel Discussion: Work-life balance/Career advancement and navigating career challenges
Proposed Panelists:
- Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana
- Prof. Mansah Prah
- Prof. Akosua Adomako
- Prof. Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah
- Facilitator: Dr. Nikkita Dede Adjirakor, University of Ghana
🕐 | 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
🕐 | 14:00 – 14:30 Opening Remarks on Mentoring Program
🕐 | 14:30 – 16:30 Group Coaching
Initial interactions between established career and early-career scholars on professional development. Discussion on what a mentor-mentee program could look like.
Mentors and Mentees
🕐 | 16:30-17:00 Plenary: Way Forward - Suggestions
16 November
From 9:00am (GMT / Ghana time)
Watch the recording of the first day here
Programme:
🕐 | 9:00 - 9:20 Opening remarks, introductions, agenda, and expectations
Dr. Fortune Agbele, Workshop convener
Mr. Felix Barnes, DAAD Ghana Office
🕐 | 9:20 - 9:30 Remarks by Dr. Deborah Atobrah
Director, CEGENSA, University of Ghana
🕐 | 9:30 – 10:30 Developing research agenda and project, exploring existing research funding opportunities
Prof Irene Kretchy, University of Ghana
🕐 | 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
🕐 | 11:00 – 12:00 Continuation: Developing research agenda and project, exploring existing research funding opportunities - Social Science Perspective
Dr. Elena Gadjanova, University of Exeter/University of Oxford
🕐 | 12:00 – 13:00 Addressing best practices in research collaboration
Claudia Prempeh, PhD, APRI – Africa Policy Research Institute
🕐 | 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
🕐 | 14:00 – 16:00 Research visibility and publication strategies, selecting journals, and international publication standards
Dr. Naalamle Amissah, University of Ghana
🕐 | 16:00 -17:00 What do international journal editors want in an article?
Prof Carl LeVan, American University
🕐 | 17:00- 17:15 Wrap-up of day one
Dr Abena, CEGENSA, University of Ghana
Organizers
The workshop is a collaboration between the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Center for Gender Studies and Advocacy, CEGENSA, at the University of Ghana.