ACU Summer School 2020 | The Migration generation? Climate, youth and refugees

This week-long programme of lectures, field trips, and group project work, will focus on the theme of 'The Migration generation? Climate, youth and refugees'.

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Date
02 - 10 Aug 2020
Location
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
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Join us in Ghana in August 2020 for a week of expert lectures by local and international speakers, social events, engaging and challenging group project work and networking opportunities.

By participating in the Summer School you will have the chance to immerse yourself in Ghanaian culture and history, and explore key locations with field trips related to the theme.

The Summer School programme has been developed by senior University of Cape Coast subject specialists. It's a small and friendly event which is capped at 40 participants.

Students often tell us they find participating in the Summer School to be a life-changing event. You can watch the video from Summer School 2019 below.

Applications are now closed. 

Contact us

If you have a query which is not answered on this page, please email summer.school@acu.ac.uk

ACU Summer School 2019 in Mauritius was my first summer school experience and the interactions with other participants, the knowledge gained and the beautiful venue will stay with me forever.

Tanmay – Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India

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Speakers

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Dr Samuel Agblorti

Dr Samuel Agblorti
University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Dr Agblorti’s research focuses on the nexus between refugees’ use of environmental resources and the resultant environmental conflicts with host populations. He also specialises in the feasibility of local integration of refugees, using political ecology as an analytical framework. He is the team lead for Disaster Risk Management and Migration at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Coastal Resilience (ACECoR), University of Cape Coast.

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Professor Heaven Crawley FAcSS

Professor Heaven Crawley FAcSS
Coventry University, UK

Professor Crawley joined the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University in September 2014 from where she leads the UKRI GCRF South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub (MIDEQ). Professor Crawley’s research is underpinned by concerns about the inequalities with which international migration is often (but not always) associated: global, local and social inequalities that limit human potential and shape decisions to migrate. She has more than 25 years' experience of undertaking research on international migration in a wide range of institutional settings.

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Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey

Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey
University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Dr Fynn Bruey is an award-winning scholar with an extensive interdisciplinary educational background. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Internal Displacement, and the Founder of the Law and Society's Collaborative Research Network “Displaced Peoples”, and the co-Founder and Executive Director of Tuki-Tumarankeh.  She lectures in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Dr Fynn Bruey is a born and bred Liberian war survivor.

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Professor Tasneem Siddiqui

Professor Tasneem Siddiqui
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor Siddiqui is the Chair of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), at University of Dhaka and leading social scientist on migration of Bangladesh. Her works on drivers and impact of labour migration, female labour migration, diaspora, remittances, climate change adaptation and migration have been published nationally and internationally. She led preparation of the National Strategy for Climate Induced Internally Displaced Persons in Bangladesh for the Ministry of Disaster and Relief and UNDP.

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Professor Jo Vearey

Professor Jo Vearey
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Professor Vearey is the Director of the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand, and of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Migration and Mobility. Supported by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, she established the Migration and Health Project Southern Africa (maHp). As a public health researcher with a commitment to social justice, Professor Vearey’s research explores ways to generate and communicate knowledge to improve responses to migration, health and wellbeing in the southern African region.

Monday 3 August
Morning

Welcome session 

Introduction to theme - Tetteh Padi, Ghana Refugee Board

Lecture - Demographics of African Migrants: Professor Mariama Awumbila, University of Ghana

Afternoon

Introduction to group projects

Campus tour

Evening

Welcome dinner

Tuesday 4 August
Morning

Climate-Induced Migration: Professor Tasneema Siddiqui, University of Dhaka

Socio-psychological Perspectives of Youth Migration: Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey, University of Cape Coast

Communicating your research session

Afternoon

Field trip – Elmina Castle 

Evening

Culture sharing evening

Wednesday 5 August
Morning

Migration and Health: Professor Jo Vearey, University of the Witwatersrand

Labour Market Experiences of Migrants: Dr Leander Kandilige, University of Ghana

Afternoon

Group project work

Field trip

Thursday 6 August
Morning

Local Integration of Refugees: Dr Samuel Agblorti, University of Cape Coast

Understanding Why Young People Move: The Roles of Policy, Place and Perception: Professor Heaven Crawley, Coventry University

Afternoon

Group project work

Field trip - Assin Manso Slave River Site

Friday 7 August
Morning

Partnerships for Management of Migration, Speaker TBC

Group project work

Afternoon

Field trip

Evening

Music and cultural performance evening

Saturday 8 August
Morning

Completion of group projects

Afternoon

Group project presentations

Closing reflective session

Evening

Closing dinner and awards night

Sunday 9 August

Excursion to Kakum National Park 

Monday 10 August

Departures

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