Cynthia Kwakyewah, a professor in the Department of Social Science, has written an article for The Conversation examining how the long history of resource exploitation in Ghana has caused extensive harm to the environment and the wellbeing of its citizens. She discusses her research into how oil, gas and mining companies have acted exploitatively, and how activists in Ghana, including non-profit organizations and local courts, are shifting the landscape to create more accountability. Kwakyewah highlights how this activism demonstrates that change and justice can happen within Africa, rather than relying solely on intervention from the global North. She outlines her research process, the social activism undertaken by Ghanian civil society organizations and the tangible outcomes of this activism.
Kwakyewah is a global sociologist with research interest in human rights and social justice, sustainable development, environmental and climate justice, spatial inequality and civil society activism. Her scholarly work has been published in top peer-reviewed academic journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Strategy and the Environment and Transnational Human Rights Review.聽Kwakyewah earned a PhD in sociology from Oxford University (UK) as a recipient of both the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship and the Klaus Murmann Doctoral Fellowship. In recognition of her outstanding academic achievements, she was awarded the Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal in 2018, an honour presented to the top-performing graduate student at 91亚色.聽
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