The Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) invites you to a timely and thought-provoking webinar titled “Navigating Peer Violence in Boarding Schools: A Social Work Lens on Protection and Advocacy in Ghana.” This virtual event will be led by Prof. Prospera Tedam, a distinguished Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. With extensive experience in culturally sensitive and anti-oppressive social work, Prof.

We are accepting applications for our MA and PhD in Social Policy Studies.

Apply through the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website.

Note: We will not admit a new cohort of MRPP students for the 2025/2026 academic year (applications are not open for the 2025/2026 academic year). There will be new admissions for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Application Deadline Extended - 15 August 2025

About 40% of the global population lacks access to safe and nutritious food, while 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually, often due to inadequate cold storage. This paper provides the first causal evidence on how refrigerator functionality affects household food insecurity. Using rich appliance data from Ghana, the study compares households with functioning refrigerators with others owning broken refrigerators.

This presentation on democracy and development focuses on elections in Africa. I begin the discussion with a synopsis of democratic rule in Africa and Ghana’s experience from independence to military rule and eventually to democratic rule in 1992, and the aftermath. Elections in Ghana are premised on messages of social and economic development aimed at improving the lives of citizens. The resultant economic development outcomes, therefore, speak more to manifesto promises than to strategic objectives.

This academic year, CSPS’s MA in Social Policy Studies has brought together 8 unique individuals from various professional backgrounds, passionate about driving meaningful change in society. Each student expresses in their own words the unique reason behind their decision to pursue the MA in Social Policy Studies at the Centre for Social Policy Studies.