My name is Osman Alhassan and I am a Senior Research Fellow and Research Coordinator of the Section on Societies and Cultures. I currently teach courses on appropriate technologies research methods, water resources and rural development at the undergraduate and graduate levels. My research interests span themes in natural resource management, environmental degradation, disaster risks reduction, and water resource management in Ghana and Africa.

Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei is a Development Geographer, currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds PhD in Geography and Rural Development. His major research interests and expertise include Poverty and Livelihoods Studies, Decentralization and Local Governance, Gender transitions towards equality in Africa, Internal Migration and Rural Development.