Adjunct Researcher

DR. LYDIA KWOYIGA

DR. LYDIA KWOYIGA

LECTURER

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND WASTE ENGINEERING

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

NYANKPALA Campus

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Background

Lydia Kwoyiga holds a PhD in Environmental Science. She has about 10 years of professional working experience. She works at University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Ghana since 2013. Her research areas straddle groundwater and local livelihoods, institutions and climate change adaptation, rural women and food provisioning, community-based ecotourism and sustainable development and higher education. Until her reposting to School of Engineering, she was the Faculty Coordinator for the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme, Faculty of Education.

Education

  • PhD Rerum Naturalium. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 2016-2019
  • MSc In International Environmetnal Studies. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway. 2010-2012
  • BA Integrated Development Studies. University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. 2003-2007
  • Teacher Certificate A. St John Boscos Teacher Training College, Navrongo, Ghana. 2000-2003
  • Senior Secondary School Certificate. Bolgatanga Girls Secondary School, Bolgatanga, Ghana. 1997-1999
  1. Kwoyiga, L. & Ebenezer Owusu Sekyere 2022. Disaster Governance in Ghana: Synthesis of existing Frameworks and the Missing Links. In Kimengsi N. J & Balgah, R. (Eds.), Policies and institutions for disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emerald Publishing.
  2. Kwoyiga, L. 2021. Groundwater, Informal abstraction and Peri-urban dwellers in Techiman Municipality of Ghana’ In Re V., Abiye, T., Mukerji, A., Manzione, R. & MacDonald A (Eds.), Groundwater contributions to sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth. CRC Press/Balkema-Taylor & Francis Group.
  3. Kwoyiga, L. 2021. Disaster Governance in Ghana: Synthesis of existing Frameworks and the Missing Links. In Kimengsi N. J & Balgah, R. (Eds.), Policies and institutions for disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emerald Publishing.
  4. Kwoyiga, L. & Apusigah, A. A. 2020. Rural Women, Household Food Provisioning and Dry Season Groundwater Irrigation in Northern Ghana. In McCutcheon, P., Best, L. & Rajack-Talley, T. (Eds.). Beyond the Kitchen Table. University of North Carolina Press, Capitol Hill.
  5. Kwoyiga, L. & Apusigah, A. A 2019. Internationalizing Higher Education through Service Learning: the case of the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme of the University for Development Studies. In Woldegiorgis, T. E & Scherer, C. (Eds), Partnership in Higher Education: trends between African and European Institutions. USA: Press-Brill Publishers USA: Press-Brill Publishers.
  6. Kwoyiga, L. & Apusigah, A. A. 2017. Community Based Ecotourism for Sustainable Development: the place of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. In Price, H. R (Ed.), Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism: Management, Opportunities and Challenges. New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  1. Kwoyiga, L. 2021. Gap fillers or pioneers: informal water suppliers in peri-urban areas of the Techiman Municipality of Ghana. University for Development Studies International Journal of Development, 8(1), 525-539
  2. Kwoyiga, L. 2019. Institutional Analysis of Groundwater Irrigation in Northeast Ghana. African Review of Economics and Finance, 11(2), 389-419
  3. Kwoyiga, L. & Stefan, C. 2019. Institutional Feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Northeast Ghana. Sustainability, MDPI, 11(2), 378.
  4. Kwoyiga, L. & Stefan, C. 2018. Groundwater Development for Dry Season Irrigation in North East Ghana: The Place of Local Knowledge. Water, 10(12), 1724.
  5. Kwoyiga, L. 2015. Sacred Groves, Spirituality and Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana. African Journal of Sustainable Development. 5(1).141-158
  6. Achanso, S. A. & Kwoyiga, L. 2015. In Search of Sustainable Economic Development in Ghana since independence: the role of the IMF and the World Bank. African Journal of Sustainable Development. 5(1).1-17
  1. Kwoyiga, L. & Abagale, K.F. 2021. Groundwater Resources, Dry Season Farming and the Sustainable Development Goals in North East Ghana, International Conference on Higher Education and Sustainable Development in Africa, Online 22-23 July, 2021
  2. Kwoyiga, L. & Apusigah, A. A. 2021. Water Education Programmes in Ghanaian Public Universities: Empowering people for Action. International Conference on Higher Education and Sustainable Development in Africa, Online 22-23 July, 2021
  3. Kwoyiga, L. 2019. Informal water suppliers in peri-urban areas of the Techiman municipality of Ghana. African Review of Economics and Finance Conference, University of Witswaterand, Johannesburg, South Africa 30-31 August, 2019
  4. Kwoyiga, L. 2018. The feasibility of implementing Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) to boost groundwater availability for Dry Season Farming in Northern Ghana. 2nd International Women in Science without Borders Conference, Indaba, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 21-23 March, 2018.
  5. Kwoyiga, L. 2018. Institutional Analysis of groundwater in northern Ghana. African Review of Economics and Finance Conference, University of Witswaterand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 22-23 August 2018
  6. Kwoyiga, L. 2018. Groundwater Development for Dry Season Irrigation in North East Ghana: the place of Local Knowledge. The African Review of Economics and Finance (AREF) Conference. The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 22-23 August, 2018
  7. Kwoyiga, L. & Apusigah, A. A. 2016. Internationalizing Higher Education through Service Learning: the case of the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme of the University for Development Studies, Ghana (2016). Higher Education Partnership Trends and Policy Issues between African and European Higher Education Institutions, Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, Germany 3-4 November, 2016
  8. Kwoyiga, L. 2014. Sacred Groves, Spirituality, and Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana. 5th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit (ISDS) University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 25-30 August, 2014
  9. Kwoyiga, L. & Kjosavik, D. 2014. The role of Environmental Education in National Environmental Governance. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 Scientific Conference Amasaman, Greater Accra Region, Ghana 15-18th November, 2014