Inaugural Lectures
Inaugural Lectures
2023Significance of Terrestrial Impact Structures: A Case Study of the Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater, GhanaSylvester Kojo Danuor
| Year | Topic | Presenter |
| 2004 | The Impact of Cocoa Research Innovations on Poverty Alleviation in Ghana | Dr. M. R. Appiah |
| 2005 | Scholarly Authority and the Quest for A New World Academic Order | Prof. Kwesi Yankah |
| 2005 | The Ethnic Factor in National Development: Uses and Abuses | Prof. D.K. Agyeman |
| 2005 | Physics for Wealth Creation | Prof. Aba Bentil Andam |
| 2005 | Chemistry – The Neglected Element in the Industrialization Equation | Prof. V.P.Y. Gadzekpo |
| 2006 | Religion and National Identity: Assessing the Discussion from Cicero to Danquah | Prof. Kwame Bediako |
| 2006 | Private Investment and Law in a Developing Economy: Some Reflections | Prof. S. K. Date-Bah |
| 2006 | The Role of the Judiciary in the Establishment of Democracy in Ghana | Dr. S. Y. Bimpong-Buta |
| 2006 | Theology and Culture: An African Perspective | Dr. P. K. Sarpong |
| 2006 | Health Medicine and Society | Prof. S. K. Owusu |
| 2006 | The Future of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Ghana | Prof. K. Frimpong-Boateng |
| 2006 | Voyage from Birth to Death: Health Hazards for Ghanaians | Prof. J. O. M. Pobee |
| 2006 | Horticultural Research in Ghana: An Overview | Prof. J. C. Norman |
| 2006 | Ghana’s Animal Agriculture | Prof. W. S. Alhassan |
| 2006 | Implementing the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): Challenges and the Path to Progress | Prof. S. K. B. Asante |
| 2006 | Bricks Blocks and the Future Administrative Capital of Ghana | Prof. K. A. Andam |
| 2007 | Improving Human Livelihood: A Development Challenge of the 21st Century | Prof. K. Asenso-Okyere |
| 2008 | Libraries and National Development: Implications for Ghana | Prof. A. A. Alemna |
| 2008 | The Marriage of Mathematics and Biology | Prof. K. S. Nokoe |
| 2008 | Where There is No Silence: Articulations of Resistance to Enslavement | Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang |
| 2008 | Challenges of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Some Reflections | Dr. Eugenia Date-Bah |
| 2008 | Ghana’s Juvenile Justice System on Probation: Making Progress with Painful Steps and Slow | Prof. Henrietta J. A. N. Mensa-Bonsu |
| 2008 | Race Political identity and Citizenship in Ghana: The Example of the Lebanese | Prof. E. K. Akyeampong |
| 2008 | An 11th Region of Ghana? Ghanaians Abroad | Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh |
| 2008 | Some Thoughts on Ministerial Reshuffles in Ghana | Prof. J.R.A. Ayee |
| 2008 | Nuclear Power for Generating Electricity in Ghana: Issues and Challenges | Prof. E.H.K. Akaho |
| 2008 | Urban Housing and Sanitation – Our Habitat Our Health | Prof. R. Mills-Tettey |
| 2008 | African Boundaries and Regional integration: Ghana OAU and ECOWAS | Prof. R. B. Bening |
| 2009 | The Public Law of Ghana – A Tale of Two Legal Systems | Prof. A.K. Fiadjoe |
| 2009 | Modernizing Ghana’s Agribusiness: Science Technology Engineering and Indigenous Bioprocess Systems | S.K. Sefa-Dedeh |
| 2010 | From Everyday Risks to Disaster Risks: Confronting ‘Brown’ and ‘Green’ Issues in Ghana’s Human Settlements | J. Songsore |
| 2011 | To Mine or Not to Mine: The Economic Controversy and its Resolution | D. Mireku-Gyimah |
| 2011 | Culture and the Health of the Nation | K. Anyidoho |
| 2011 | Treating Ghana’s Sick Health Service | A.B. Akosa |
| 2011 | The Political Economy of Poverty Equity and Growth | K. Ewusi |
| 2012 | Poverty and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are we winning or losing the Game? | Dr. G.K.S. Aflakpui [9964-950-75-6] |
| 2013 | Politics in the African Development Banks: A Study on the Role and Limits of Politics in an Intergovernmental Institution. | Kantinka Sir Dr. K. Fordwor [9964-950-76-4] |
| 2013 | The Dangers that Obsolete Chemicals Pose to Us | J.H. Ephraim [9964-950-77-2] |
| 2013 | Harnessing Science for Development of Medicines: Challenges for Ghana in the Global Matrix | Prof. Arthur C. Sackeyfio [9964-950-78-0] |
| 2013 | The Role of Veterinary Medicine in National Development | Prof. Paa Kobina Turkson [9964-950-79-9] |
| 2014 | The Law and Practice of Contempt of Court in Ghana | Justice Stephen A. Brobbey. |
| 2014 | Truth and Nation-State Building: A Theologian’s Perspective | Rev. Prof. Emeritus John Samuel Pobee |
| 2014 | “‘Tailor Light to Task’ for Sustainable Development in Ghana” | Prof. P.K. Buah-Bassuah . [9964-950-81-0] |
| 2015 | Building Biomedical Research Capacity for Malaria Vaccine and Public Health from Grassroots to Policy: Challenges, Achievements, and Future Perspectives | Prof. Isabella A. Quakyi [9964-950-82-9] |
| 2015 | Architecture for Autism: A Technical Response with Mind and Heart to Human Need. | Prof. Dr. Ing. Nii-Adziri Wellington [9964-950-83-7] |
| 2015 | Will Our Food Animals Live Beyond Tomorrow? | Prof. B. K. Ahunu |
| 2015 | Distressed Fish in Dying Waters? | Dr. Rose Emma Mamaa Entsua-Mensah . |
| 2015 | An Audit of Our Contemporary Art Heritage: Rationale for The Preservation of The Legacy and The Restoration of The Culture | Prof. Ablade Glover. |
| 2016 | Channels of Prayer, Prophecy, and Power: Contemporary Religion, New Media and Transformation of the Public Sphere in Africa | Very Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu |
| 2016 | Medicines and Healthcare in Ghana; | Prof. David Ofori – Adjei |
| 2016 | Peak Phosphorus: What It Means for Ghana’s Agricultural Productivity and Food Security; | Prof. E. Owusu-Bennoah |
| 2017 | The Philosophy of Man; | Justice Prof. V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe |
| 2017 | Space Technology Unleashing a Wave of Disruptive New Technologies – To Post-scarcity Economy; | Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, FGA |
| 2017 | Plant Diseases, Crop Production and Food Security in Ghana; | Prof. G. T. Odamtten |
| 2017 | Who are we and Whose are We? | Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo |
| 2017 | The Government of Ghana and International Arbitration; | Dr. Richard Frimpong |
| 2017 | Access to Sustainable and Affordable Energy for All: The Role of Nuclear Energy; | Prof. B.J.B. Nyarkoh |
| 2017 | The Tyranny of Foreign Expertise: Epistemic Injustice in the Global Arena with Impacts for Ghanaians’ Public Health Care; | Prof Helen Lauer |
| 2017 | Achieving Food and Nutrition Security Through Plant Breeding | Prof. Hans Adu-Dapaah |
| 2018 | Addressing the Crisis of Work in Ghana: What Role for Transformative Social Policy? | Prof Dzodzi Tsikata |
| 2019 | Understanding Biodiversity as an Infrastructure of Life for Development | Prof. Alfred A. Oteng-Yeboah |
| 2019 | Defecit of Critical Citizenship in Ghana: A critique of Political (il)literacy, civic (ir)responsibility and (un)critical followership | Prof Wisdom J. Tettey |
| 2021 | The Origins and Consequences of The Irregular Migration from West Africa To Libya And Europe: A West African Perspective | Steve Tonah |
| 2021 | The Changing Trends in Land Law, Policy, Governance, and Management Under the Land Act 2020 (Act 1036) | Dennis Dominic Adjei |
| 2021 | Laughing, Singing, Dancing for Health: Creative Arts and The Science of Health Communication in Ghana. | Ama De-Graft Aikins |
| 2021 | Ghanaian Humour in a Time of Crisis: Reflections on the Making of Cultural Meaning | Helen Atawube Yitah |
| 2021 | The Meat Industry and National Development | Gabriel Ayum Teye |
| 2021 | Linguistic Pan-Africanism as a Global Future | Prof. Adams Bodomo |
| 2022 | Establishment of Academic Medical Centers in Ghana | Prof. Aaron Lawson |
| 2022 | Upgrade of Gold Recovery from Refractory Carbonaceous Gold Ores using Phanerochaete chrysosporium | Prof. Grace Ofori-Sarpong |
| 2022 | Kasahuam and Kasafi, “Polite and impolite language’ in the Ghanaian Media and Political Landscape | Prof. Kofi Agyekum |
| 2022 | Fidelity to Constitutional Values: Key to National Survival | Prof Kofi Quashigah |
| 2023 | Contribution of African Popular Music Studies to Universities | Prof. John Collins |
| 2023 | Significance of Terrestrial Impact Structures: A Case Study of the Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana | Sylvester Kojo Danuor |
| 2023 | Blood Sugar – A Social and Scientific Discourse on Its Impact on Our Health | Prof. (Mrs.) Sarah Darkwa (nee Opai-Tetteh) |
| 2024 | Flavours of Spatial Diversity in Drinking Water Access in Ghana | Prof. Samuel Agyei-Mensah |
| 2024 | Gold Beneficiation in Ghana: Promoting Sustainable Practices | Prof. (Mrs.) Grace Ofori-Sarpong Akuffo |