Centre for Migration Studies - UG

23/08/2026

Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of the International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations

The IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement are pleased to announce the official launch of the Declaration on the Foundations and Renewal of International Protection for Forcibly Displaced Populations. The Declaration was adopted during the Policy Dialogue on Forced Displacement, held in Rabat,....

23/07/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Peter Quartey and Prof. Lilian Akorfa Ohene on your appointments as Provost of the College of Education and Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, respectively.

The Centre wishes you every success as you take up these important leadership roles at the University of Ghana and looks forward to your continued contributions to academic excellence and institutional development.

23/07/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Leander Kandilige on your promotion to the rank of Full Professor of Migration and Development. This well-deserved recognition celebrates your outstanding contributions to migration scholarship, policy and practice in Ghana and beyond, as well as your commitment to research, teaching and mentorship.

The Centre celebrates this remarkable achievement and wishes you continued success as you continue to advance knowledge and shape the future of migration and development.

Read more: https://cms.ug.edu.gh/prof-leander-kandilige-promoted-full-professor-migration-and-development-university-ghana

21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day!!!

18/06/2026

The Centre for Migration Studies invites you to join the College-level celebration of the 2026 Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa (DSRA).

The event will feature an Exhibition of Scholarly Works and a High-level Panel Discussion on the theme:

“Reimagining Equitable Development in the Humanities: Research, Innovation and Collaboration.”

📅 Date: Friday, 19 June 2026
📍 Venue: Cedi Conference Centre, Department of Economics
🕘 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Join us as we celebrate research excellence, innovation, and collaboration in advancing equitable development through the humanities.

08/06/2026

To contribute your perspectives and gain insights into how the externalization of migration governance is reshaping the right to asylum, international cooperation, and refugee protection, join the Metropolis International Webinar in commemoration of World Refugee Day 2026.

The webinar will bring together leading voices from academia, policy, and practice to examine one of the most pressing issues in contemporary migration governance and its implications for the protection of displaced populations.

Register by visiting: https://torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4bSx-mhTQ4S4RAHf2kIBMw

07/06/2026

The African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (APDD) Programme of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has featured Prof. Mary Boatemaa Setrana, Director of the Centre and IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Anglophone West Africa, in its latest alumni spotlight.

Reflecting on her journey as a 2017 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Grant Fellow, Prof. Setrana shares how the fellowship became a defining moment in her academic and professional trajectory, laying the foundation for a decade of impactful research, scholarship, partnerships, mentorship and policy engagement across Africa.

Her story underscores the transformative power of investing in African scholars and strengthening African-led knowledge production to address the continent’s development and peacebuilding challenges.

Read the full story:
https://cms.ug.edu.gh/index.php/prof-mary-boatemaa-setrana-featured-ssrc-fellowship-spotlight-interview

03/06/2026

Director of the Centre and IDRC Research Chair West Africa (Chair on Forced Displacement in Anglophone West Africa), Prof. Mary Boatemaa Setrana, reflects on her scholarly journey, highlighting how her research has, over the years, focused on migration, forced displacement, gender and migration governance and their relationship to social change and transformation, while advancing the need to centre African perspectives in global debates on mobility.

As the Centre prepares to host the 2026 Metropolis International Migration Network Conference as part of the culminating activities marking the Centre's 20th Anniversary, she envisions critical conversations that place African scholarship, data and lived experiences at the centre of global migration debates and contribute to rethinking African mobility and migration governance.

Read more: https://cms.ug.edu.gh/migration-has-always-had-positive-impact-conversation-professor-mary-boatemaa-setrana.

Story by Jen Mabray, PhD Candidate, Brandeis University and Schusterman Fellow.

27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak!!!

16/05/2026

The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) and the IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Anglophone West Africa, in partnership with the African Union’s African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration (ACSRM) and the Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Migration & Health at Uppsala University, Sweden, are hosting over 20 PhD students and early-career researchers for a two-day training workshop on migration theories, methodologies, academic writing and mentorship.

The workshop seeks to strengthen African migration scholarship, deepen understanding of migration governance, and mentor emerging researchers working on migration, forced displacement, migration and health and the psychology of migration.