Forskningsprojekt SWASH Sustainable Wastewater Systems for Ghana
The 3 year project undertakes extensive fieldwork in the rapidly growing coastal city of Tema, east of Ghana’s capital Accra. Water governance comprises a highly complex social and political field of diverse public, private, state, and non-state actors and institutions. These often pursue competing interests and are organized according to different logics and rationales.
SWASH contributes to achieving viable solutions by investigating the role of informality in government’s efforts to achieve sustainable urban water systems and undertaking a holistic and interdisciplinary analysis of different sites and institutions and approaches water system development as an inherently non-linear and political process, as well as necessarily technical, natural, and economic.
Together with original research, SWASH contributes to DANIDA ongoing Strategic Sector Cooperation on urban water by building partnerships and strengthening capacity. The research is undertaken by Roskilde University, University of Ghana, and University of Miami, and the project partners with Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana Water Company Ltd, and the City of Aarhus.

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Kontakt
Paul Stacey, lektor, projektleder, pas@ruc.dk
Forskere
Paul Stacey, lektor, Roskilde Universitet
Jacob Rasmussen, lektor, Roskilde Universitet
Nina Torm, post doc, Roskilde Universitet
Martin Oteng-Ababio, professor, University of Ghana, Legon
Richard Grant, professor, University of Miami, USA
Iris Fynn, lecturer, University of Ghana [https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/staff/iris-mensimah-fynn]
Issahaka Fuseini, lecturer, University of Ghana [https://www.ug.edu.gh/aehrs/staff/dr-issahaka-fuseini]
Publikationer
What Is a “Development” Research Project? Transforming Ideas of Development through Development Research
Olwig, M. F., Rasmussen, J., Riisgaard, L., Noe, C., Khanduja, G., Taylor, P., Hambati, H., Richey, L. A., Büscher, C. & Minoia, P., 13 sep. 2023, Bonn : The EADI Blog.Publikation: Andet › Udgivelser på nettet - Net-publikation › Formidling
Aktiviteter
DIIS Development Brown Bag Seminar
Jacob Rasmussen (Oplægsholder) & Paul Austin Stacey (Oplægsholder)
6 nov. 2023Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
Wicked Problems and climate Change
Jacob Rasmussen (Oplægsholder)
8 aug. 2023Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
EADI (European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes) CEsA General Conference 2023
Mette Fog Olwig (Arrangør) & Jacob Rasmussen (Arrangør)
10 jul. 2023 → 13 jul. 2023Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangering af en begivenhed › Organisation og deltagelse i konference
Bevilling
SWASH er finansieret af Udenrigsministeriet, Danida med en bevilling på 5 mio. kr.

Base på Roskilde Universitet
Projektet er placeret på Institut for Samfundsvidenskab og Erhverv
Deltagende forskningsenheder: International Development Research Group // Socio-Economic Research Center
Ph.d.-skole: Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Business - International studies
Relevante uddannelser: Global and Development Studies // International Studies // International Bachelor in Social Sciences
Forskning fra Roskilde University

Mere Information
Find mere information om projektet: SWASH Sustainable Wastewater Systems for Ghana:
Projektets webside på Roskilde Universitets Forskningsportal

Kontakt
Paul Stacey
Lektor
Tlf +45 4674 3694
pas@ruc.dk