Prof. Joseph Teye
He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Leeds and a Master of Philosophy Degree in Social Change from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Biography
Professor Joseph Kofi Teye is the Director of the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the University of Ghana. He is also one of the three co-directors of the UKRI South-South Migration, Inequalities and development hub.
He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Leeds and a Master of Philosophy Degree in Social Change from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include migration and development,
migration policy development, environmental change and migration, and natural resource governance.
Joseph Teye has also consulted widely for a number of governments and international organisations, including IOM, ILO, ICMPD, EU, UNHCR and DFID. He was a
lead migration expert for the development of National Migration and National Labour Migration Policies in a number of countries in Africa. Prof Teye is a member of various migration management, technical and advisory boards, including the International Advisory Board of the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, and Migration Research and Publishing High-Level Advisory group of the International Organisation for Migration.