S.A. (Stephen) Adaawen, Dr

Professional Experience

2019-today:  Assistant Professor -  Department of Demography, Populatopn Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen.

2019 - 2024: Associate Researcher - German Development Institute (DIE, Bonn).

2019: Consultant - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD Secretariat, Bonn, Germany).

2017 - 2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg- Essen, Duisburg, Germany.

2017: Postdoctoral Associate - ‘Development Geography Working Group’, Geography Institute, University of Bonn, Germany.

2016: Lecturer - Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany.

2015: Postdoctoral Researcher - Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), University of Bremen & Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

2011 - 2015: Juinior Researcher - Center for Development Research (ZEF, Bonn-Germany)

2007 - 2009: Research/Adminstrative Assistant - Center for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.

Education

2015: Dr. Rer Nat. (Human Geography) (Magna Cum Laude) - University of Bonn, Germany.

2011: MPhil Development Studies (Specialising in Geography) - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

2009: MA Population Studies - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.

2006: Bachelor of Arts - Geography and Resource Development, and Sociology: University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.