Research & Innovation
Faculty and students at Ashesi are engaged in discipline-based research individually, or in teams or clusters. Our research work is largely defined on a current university-wide research theme – Future Cities – and on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Smart, sustainable, and resilient: advancing a vision of future cities through research
Our research approach allows faculty, researchers, and students to engage in knowledge creation across technology, sustainability, and economic and social innovation to create resilient and liveable cities.
Through partnerships with industry, government, and international institutions, Ashesi’s research is helping to shaping the cities of tomorrow—and identifying tools and resources to educate the students who will live in, work in, and lead them.
$11 million
in funding across active research projects and initiatives.
50,000
scholarly journals to support research
$1 million +
invested in research equipment and resources in 2023
Our faculty-led research projects are driven by a vision of future cities, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Our students engage in rigorous research as part of their learning at Ashesi, with guidance from faculty.
The Studio provides support and resources to enable research excellence at Ashesi, and drive the application of research in the world.
The Science, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Design (SEED) Journal SEED is a student-led Ashesi journal that aims to publish high quality peer-reviewed research across the fields of science and technology. It also seeks to promote research into the emerging entrepreneurship and design potential of tertiary institutions in Ghana.