About
Within the Department of Population and Health,
University of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciences
The Centre for Mixed Migration and Diaspora Studies (CeMMiDS) is a product of many years of migration and refugee research in the Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast. The idea of having a centre of this kind was also fuelled by the lack of a focal institution/centre with a mandate to coordinate research on forced migration issues within the West Africa subregion.
Within the broader scheme of things, the restructuring of the Faculty of Social Sciences offered us the opportunity, coupled with the desire of the current Vice Chancellor of the University (Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong) for a specialised research centre to focus on the topical issues of human mobility.
To engage in both academic and policy-relevant research in mixed migration and diaspora issues within Ghana and beyond.
To become an international centre for teaching (short Courses), research and outreach on mixed migration and diaspora studies.
The Centre’s activities focus mainly on research and advocacy covering both voluntary and involuntary migration (e.g. economic migrants, irregular migration, refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), human trafficking, climate migrants and the African diaspora population. The Centre will also organise short courses targeted at institutions such as the Ghana Refugee Board, local d traditional authorities, UNHCR Ghana Office, Ghana Immigration Service, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and both international and local NGOs who render various services to migrants. The Centre seeks to achieve its objectives through an effective collaboration with various stakeholders and funding agencies.
Research and advocacy covering
voluntary and involuntary migration
Research and advocacy
covering human trafficking
Research and advocacy
covering climate migrants
Research and advocacy
covering the African diaspora population.
The main objective of the proposed Centre is to advance teaching, research and outreach in mixed migration and diasporas issues.
The specific objectives are to:
Undertake both academic and policy-relevant research on migration, irregular migration, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and the diaspora population;
Provide a platform for discourse and advocacy on mixed migration and diaspora issues;
Engage in capacity building activities for applicants and stakeholders in the protection and management of migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and Africans in the diaspora;
Serve as a data hub for the country on issues in migration, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and Africans in the diaspora through its research activities; and
Collaborate with both local and international organizations and academic research centres on issues on mixed migration and diaspora issues.
Within the Department of Population and Health,
University of Cape Coast Faculty of Social Sciences