Behind the research: Joseph Teye

Over the course of the last 10 years, the Migrating out of Poverty consortium has drawn on the enthusiasm and expertise of many people across the globe. This blog series focuses on the people behind the research, who have kindly shared personal reflections and learning from their experience of working with the consortium.

Joseph has worked with the Migrating out of Poverty programme as a member of the Ghana research team for all three phases. He was the Ghanaian-based lead investigator of the ‘Migration into Cities’ and the ‘Income and Remittances’ research projects. He also participated, as a researcher, in all the other consortium research projects in Ghana.

I have learned that in order to enhance the impact of any research project, there is a need to design a comprehensive research uptake plan at the inception phase of the project. I also found the appointment and training of research uptake officers to engage stakeholders very useful in enhancing the project impacts. 

Working with the programme has enhanced my capacity to work with researchers from various academic backgrounds. Involvement in the programme has also increased the visibility and research management capacity of the Centre for Migration Studies. 

I am proud of the fact that the Migrating out of Poverty research outputs are being used to develop migration and development policies in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa.

The Migrating out of Poverty programme has been a true team effort, and we appreciate the role each individual has played in producing and disseminating the research.

Thank you for all your hard work with the Migrating out of Poverty programme, Joseph!