Joana Akua Serwaa Ameyaw
The researcher's work integrates education, policy-making, environmental management, and interdisciplinary collaboration across various domains to address global environmental and social challenges. Their focus is on developing effective educational strategies that inform sustainable practices and policies, balancing ecological needs with community values in Ghana.
Faculty Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi – Ghana. I have a PhD from Wageningen University, based on transdisciplinary research at the interphase of forest policy and education sciences.I am passionate about promoting responsible forested landscape governance in Ghana and beyond through research in three main focal areas:My strong believe in research for impact drives my action research and engagement with several government agencies, non-governmental organisations and local communities. Through a Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) funded assignment, I have created a mechanism for gender-transformative curriculum development for Agricultural Technical and Vocational Training and Education (ATVET). Currently, I am developing and implementing a fire management concept for two landscapes in Ghana with Forestry Research Institute of Ghana in collaboration with AROCHA and Tropenbos Ghana under the GIZ funded Forest landscape restoration through a sustainable wood energy value chain project.
Adult and Continuing Education Topics
African cultural and philosophical studies
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Corruption and Economic Development
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Energy and Environment Impacts
Fire effects on ecosystems
Forest Management and Policy
Higher Education Learning Practices
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
Mining and Resource Management
Financial autonomy and income for emergencies drive women at the Sekyere Afram Plains District of Ghana to produce charcoal
Open AccessEnvironmentality and the making of compliant subjects: Insights from collaborative forest management innovations in Southwestern Ghana
Open AccessWho Benefits from Informal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Asm) in Ghana? Evidence from the Amansie West District
Open AccessAccess or exclusion to land: An overview of evolving trends in cocoa landscapes in Ghana
Vandalism on city trees: a case study from KNUST campus, Ghana
Local communities’ willingness to pay for increasing the status of a Forest Reserve in Ghana to a National Park
Open AccessLearning to govern Ghana’s forests responsibly : Responsive curriculum design and enactment
Open AccessDoes a transdisciplinary approach to forestry education meet students' career aspirations? Lessons from a curriculum innovation in Ghana
Creating a responsive curriculum for postgraduates: lessons from a case in Ghana
Open AccessLearning to Solve Africa's Problems by Africans: Innovations for Learning to Solve Africa's Problems by Africans
Challenges to responsible forest governance in Ghana and its implications for professional education
Learning to Solve Africa's Problems by Africans: Innovations for Addressing the Canker of Corruption
The Role of Higher Education in Building a Sustainable African Society
Multifaceted learning and competence development for sustainable natural resources governance: Bridging university education and society
Department of Silviculture and Forest Management
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology