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Joseph Teye

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Migration StudiesForest ManagementClimate Change
Publications

154

Citations

3,136

H-index

31

i10-index

70

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
20.4
Most cited paper
278
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:53
Publications

154 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Can rural-urban migration into slums reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana
M Awumbila, G Owusu, JK Teye
2014 Migrating Out of Poverty Working Paper 13, 1-41, 2014 Social Sciences 278
Benefits, challenges, and dynamism of positionalities associated with mixed methods research in developing countries: Evidence from Ghana
JK Teye
2012 Journal of mixed methods research 6 (4), 379-391, 2012 Social Sciences 174
Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana
JA Yaro, J Teye, S Bawakyillenuo
2015 Climate and Development 7 (3), 235-245, 2015 Natural Sciences 166
Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural northern savannah zone of Ghana
S Bawakyillenuo, JA Yaro, J Teye
2016 Local Environment 21 (3), 361-382, 2016 Natural Sciences 155
Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana
JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey
2017 The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (3), 538-554, 2017 Agriculture 148
Social networks, migration trajectories and livelihood strategies of migrant domestic and construction workers in Accra, Ghana
M Awumbila, JK Teye, JA Yaro
2017 Journal of Asian and African Studies 52 (7), 982-996, 2017 Social Sciences 123
Please, thank you and sorry–brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana
M Awumbila, P Deshingkar, L Kandilige, JK Teye, M Setrana
2019 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45 (14), 2655-2671, 2019 Social Sciences 112
Across artificial borders: An assessment of labour migration in the ECOWAS region
M Awumbila, Y Benneh, JK Teye, G Atiim
2014 Brussels: ACP Observatory on Migration, 2014 Social Sciences 95
Historical context of agricultural commercialisation in Ghana: changes in land and labour relations
JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey
2018 Journal of Asian and African Studies 53 (1), 49-63, 2018 Humanities 70
Local farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change in the Northern Savannah zone of Ghana
JK Teye, JA Yaro, S Bawakyillenuo
2015 International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 7 (3), 327-347, 2015 Natural Sciences 63
Climate-induced migration in West Africa
JK Teye, EGA Nikoi
2022 Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE regional reader, 79-105, 2022 Social Sciences 61
Modern contraceptive use among women in the Asuogyaman district of Ghana: is reliability more important than health concerns?
JK Teye
2013 African journal of reproductive health 17 (2), 58-71, 2013 Health Sciences 58
Migration in West Africa: an introduction
JK Teye
2022 Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader, 3-17, 2022 Social Sciences 51
Are migrant households better off than non-migrant households? Evidence from Ghana
M Awumbila, JK Teye, J Litchfield, L Boakye-Yiadom, P Deshingkar, ...
2015 Migrating Out of Poverty Working Paper 28, 2015 Social Sciences 51
Financing housing in Ghana: challenges to the development of formal mortgage system
JK Teye, I Teye, MO Asiedu
2015 Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 30 (1), 1-16, 2015 Social Sciences 50
The Palgrave handbook of South–South migration and inequality
H Crawley, JK Teye
2024 Springer Nature, 2024 Social Sciences 47
Victims of trafficking and modern slavery or agents of change? Migrants, brokers, and the state in Ghana and Myanmar
P Deshingkar, M Awumbila, JK Teye
2019 University of Sussex, 2019 Social Sciences 47
Analysing forest resource governance in Africa: Proposition for an integrated policy network model
JK Teye
2013 Forest policy and economics 26, 63-70, 2013 Social Sciences 46
The ECOWAS free movement protocol and diversity of experiences of different categories of migrants: A qualitative study
T Yeboah, L Kandilige, A Bisong, F Garba, J Kofi Teye
2021 International Migration 59 (3), 228-244, 2021 Social Sciences 43
Intra-regional migration in the ECOWAS region: Trends and emerging challenges
JK Teye, M Awumbila, Y Benneh
2015 Migration and civil society as development drivers–A regional perspective …, 2015 Social Sciences 42
Supplementing urban water supply with rainwater harvesting in Accra, Ghana
K Owusu, J Kofi Teye
2015 International Journal of Water Resources Development 31 (4), 630-639, 2015 Social Sciences 42
Forest resource management in Ghana: an analysis of policy and institutions
JK Teye
2008 University of Leeds, 2008 Social Sciences 40
Living without economic assets: Livelihoods of Liberian refugees in the Buduburam Camp, Ghana
JK Teye, MK Yebleh
2015 Journal of International Migration and Integration 16 (3), 557-574, 2015 Social Sciences 38
Migration in West Africa
JK Teye
2022 Wiesbaden, 2022 Social Sciences 37
Of silent maids, skilled gardeners and careful madams: Gendered dynamics and strategies of migrant domestic workers in Accra, Ghana
M Awumbila, JK Teye, JA Yaro
2017 GeoJournal 82 (5), 957-970, 2017 Social Sciences 35