Prof. Kwadwo Afriyie

Associate Professor


Dept: Geography and Rural Development
Department of Geography and Rural Development
Faculty of Social Sciences
College Humanities and Social Sciences
KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

My current research interest lies in Microfinance, Artisanal and small scale mining, Land use land cover change, Peri-urbanism and Decentralisation...~more

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Positions Held & Hold

College Rep., Institute of Distance Leaning Board, KNUST  2017 to 2021.

Coordinator, Culture and Tourism Programme, August 2019 to 2020.

Coordinator, Graduate Programmes, Department of Geography and Rural Development, November 2015 – August 2017.

Chairman, Faculty of Social Sciences Alumni Committee, October, 2018 to Date.

Chairman, Committee on Quality Assurance, Department of Geography and Rural Development, August 2019 to Date.

Academic Mentor, First year Geography and Culture and Tourism students, August 2019 to Date.

Chairman, Departmental Welfare Committee, August 2019 – July 2020.

Member, Committee to develop MSc Geography and Rural Development Programme (now MSc Geography and Sustainable Development Programme) August 2018 – February 2019.

Member, Committee to review BA Culture and Tourism Programme, September – November 2019.

Member, Departmental Examination Committee, November 2015 to Date.

Member, Committee on Performance Ranking and Awards, Faculty of social Sciences, October 2018 – September 2019.

Member, College Alumni Chapter, April 2016 to Date.

Member, Committee on Projects and Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, August 2016 – July 2017.

Member, 50th Anniversary Planning Committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, April – July 2019.

Member, Committee to review MPhil/PhD Geography and Rural Development Programme, August 2019 – July 2020.

Member, Committee to prepare the BA Culture and Tourism Programme for Reaccreditation, August 2017 – February 2018.

 Member, GIS Training and Lab Project, Department of Geography and Rural Development, September – November 2019.

Member, Committee to review content of Mandatory Courses, FOSS, February 2017 – April 2017.

Member, Finance and Budget Committee, Department of geography and Rural Development, August 2019 – July 2020.

Member, Fundraising Committee of the 2019 GGA Conference, February 2019.

Member, Technical and Abstract Review Committee, International Conference on Geography and Development, INCOGAD, 2018.

Member, Consultancy team for a project sponsored by Association of African Universities in 2015. Microfinance for Poverty Reduction among Rural Women in Africa: Investigating Contextual Determinants of Success and failure in Ghana and Kenya.

Speaker/Facilitator, at the Africa Journalist for Economic Opportunity, organised by Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation (ILAPI), Koforidua, 12th – 15th July 2019.

Member: Editorial Board of KNUST Journal of Geography and Development

2016-Date.

Reviewer, World Development 

Reviewer, KNUST Journal of Geography and Development 

Reviewer, Natural Resources Forum 

Reviewer, International Journal of Environmental Health Research.

Member, Sponsorship Team, INCOGAD 2020 (February 2020) 

Member, consultancy team that won a grant of 47,500 USD from the Association of African Universities’ policy-relevant research programme.


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