Valentina Nyame
PhD Candidate
Research
Valentina Nyame’s research focuses on examining how the intersections between socio-political determinants produce differential vulnerability and shape adaptation strategies in low-income communities. Her research incorporates an intersectional lens and seeks to advance locally led adaptation. Valentina holds a BSc in Human Settlement Planning and an MPhil in Planning both from Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology (KNUST). Prior to joining the PhD program, her research projects focused on Ghana and covered the influence of pluralistic land governance structures on sustainable urban green space management, gendered land access and promoting gender transformative approach in meaningful youth participation.
Valentina Nyame
RG Schipper
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Geozentrum - Meckenheimer Allee 176
53115 Bonn
Research areas
- Social inequalities
- Gender
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Land governance
- Community-led Participation
- Climate Change
Curriculum Vitae
- October 2023 – to date: Junior Researcher | Center for Development Research (ZEF) – University of Bonn, Germany
- August 2021 – May 2023: Programs Manager | Youth Advocates Ghana
- August 2020 – July 2021: Research Assistant | Department of Planning – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
- March 2021 – June 2021: Technical Consultant | UN WOMEN, New York
- September 2016 – August 2017: Teaching and Research Assistant | Department of Planning – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Presentations
- Preparatory And Capacity-Development Workshop for Major Groups and Other Stakeholders in Africa, African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-9), ECA, Niamey, February 26, 2023
- Regional Workshop on Voluntary National Review (VNR) and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-9), ECA, Niamey, February 25, 2023
- Focus on Ghana: Civil Society and Youth Engagement in Ghana’s Investment case. CSCG Civil Society and Youth Annual Workshop, Ghana, November 6, 2022
- “Investing in Green Jobs for a Sustainable Future”, 10th Economic And Social Council Youth Forum (ECOSOC) Side Event, 2021, Zimbabwe
- “Using The Sustainability Lab’s Framework to Offer Useful Leverage Points for Community Change, Case of Lotan, Israel”, Global Sustainability Fellowship Seminar, 2018, Israel
Publications
- Cobbinah, P. B, Nyame, V. & Darkwah, R. M (2022) A city of contrasts: Binary position of residents’ knowledge and attitudes toward urban green infrastructure, Journal of Urban Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2022.2130073
- Kankam Kusi, N., Mintah, F., Nyame, V., … Dachaga, W. (2022). Discourse on women and land tenure in Ghana: Does a matrilineal land tenure system make a difference for women? Chapter 11 in book: Land Governance and Gender: the tenure-gender nexus in land management and land policy. CAB International: DOI: 10.1079/9781789247664.0011
- Cobbinah, P. B. & Nyame, V. (2021). A city on the edge: the political ecology of urban green space. Environment and Urbanisation, 33(2), pp. 413 – 435. Doi: 10.1177/09562478211019836