Prof. (Mrs.) Lydia Apori Nkansah

Associate Professor


Dept: Commercial Law
Faculty of Law, KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

Primary Interest: Constitutional Law, International Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building, Democracy and Electoral L...~more

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Awards and Recognition

HONOURS AND AWARDS

 

  1. Recipient of KNUST conference grant for the forthcoming workshop on Gender and Judging in the Middle East and Africa: Emerging Scholarship and Debates to be held on 5 & 6 July, 2018 in Onati, Spain, organised by the Institute of Sociology of Law, Spain.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from the United States National Science Foundation for the Annual Institute for the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research held from June 15-26, 2015 in Syracuse University, USA.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) for the 14th CODESRIA Council held from 8-12 June, 2015 in Senegal.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from the Ford Foundation and Anonymous Vermont donor for Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation, & Complex Problems Conference, held from July 15-18, 2014 at University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA, organised by University of Vermont and partners.

 

  1. Recipient of the Royal Bank-CASS Awards for being the best researcher in the College of Humanity and Social Sciences at KNUST for the 2014/2015 Academic Year.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from the Government of Rwanda and partners for the 2nd International Conference on Democratic Governance in Africa, Asia and Middle East, held from 30th June to 3rd July, 2014, in Kigali, Rwanda.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from the African Foundation of International Law and KNUST for the Conference on International Law in Africa on “The Quest for Human Security, Peace and Development: Challenges and Responses”, held from 5th-6th October, 2012 in Mozambique.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from KNUST for Conference on Preparing Students for the Practice of Law, Organized by Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL) and University of Zululand, from December 7-9, 2011 in Mtunzini, South Africa.

 

  1. Recipient of grant from KNUST and American Political Science Association (APSA) for the 2011 APSA annual conference in Seattle, USA.

 10. Recipient of grant from European Conference on Africa Studies (ECAS 4 Conference) and KNUST for the Fourth European Conference on African Studies, on ‘Africa’s Engagement: On Whose Terms’, organized by The Nordic Africa Institute from June 14 -18, 2011 in Uppsala, Sweden.

 11. Fellowship awarded by the Mellon Foundation and facilitated by the American Political Science Association (APSA) for the African Workshop on Global Perspectives on Politics and Gender, organised by APSA from July 19 to August 6, 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

 12. Recipient of the 2008 Harold L. Hodgkinson Award for outstanding Dissertation; Walden University’s outstanding dissertation honour bestowed annually upon a Walden graduate whose dissertation is judged as meeting the highest university standards of academic excellence, 2008.

 13. Recipient of Pi Alpha Alpha National Honour Society membership, United States of America. Admission based on outstanding performance in doctoral studies, 2006 to date

 14. Recipient: Association of African Universities Commission Small Grants Scheme, 2005.

 15. Recipient, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration PHD Grant, 2003.

 16. Recipient: Half GETFUND (Government Ghana Scholarship) award by the Scholarship Secretariat, Ghana, 2005-2007.

 17. Recipient, French Government award for training in “Protection of Human Rights” at the Institut International Administration Publique, France, 2001.

 18. Recipient; Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) best worker’s award for the Protection and Enforcement Unit of CHRAJ, 2000.

 19. Co-Winner, Paul Ehizokhale Foundation Award for the best student in Commercial law, 1988, Bendel State University.     


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