Dr. Gerhard Roux (Senior Lecturer, Music, Stellenbosch University) His research project was titled “Artificial Intelligence Audio: Enhancing Choir Music Production with Deep Learning.” His project centered on understanding how artificial intelligence might enhance skills of recording technicians with real-time analytics in a way that might enhance audio quality for music recordings. During his stay at AUC, he worked on a journal article on the same topic that he intended to submit to the Journal of Audio Engineering Society. 

Dr. Araba Ayiaba Ziekpor Osei-Tutu (Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, UG) During her residency at WashU, she completed revisions on two manuscripts on literacy, which are set to be published in 2025. The first manuscript, "African Orality and Storytelling as Theoretical Framework and Approach in Literacy Research and Education," will be included in the eighth edition of "Theories, Models, and Practices of Literacy" by Taylor & Francis. The second manuscript, co-authored with A. Kayser, is titled "Sankofa: Recentering Joyful African Literacy Practices in Literacy Development" and will be published in Language Arts. Additionally, she completed a manuscript currently under review with the journal Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice.

Dr. Eyram Eric Kwasi Fiabgedzi (Lecturer, Department of Music, UG) Dr. Fiagbedzi started his fellowship in August 2024 at the Africa Open Institute (AOI) for Music, Research, and Innovation, Stellenbosch University. His fellowship objectives included presenting a departmental seminar, organizing a research-focused workshop, attending relevant local presentations and conferences, participating in grant writing and research publication workshops, and writing an article for a peer-reviewed journal. He finalized an article titled "Inventing The Ghanaian Political Subject: Nkrumah And The Use Of Bɔbɔɔbɔ Music" for submission to the 

African Music Journal. He also completed a paper on Jama performance among university students in Ghana, which he presented at the ICTMD World Conference and is preparing for journal submission. Additionally, he drafted a paper on reinventing Ghanaian Highlife music and transcribed archival recordings for a co-authored article with Prof. Florian Carl. 

Prof. Enoch Teye-Kwadjo (Associate Professor of Psychology, UG) Dr Teye-Kwadjo, who had his residency at AUC, worked on a project looking at Breast Cancer Screening Belief and Practices among Ghanaian Women. The object of the research project was to understand how and why despite early detection of cancer, treatment often was delayed, to the detriment of ultimate treatment and recovery, due to prevalent traditional beliefs and practices. Towards the end of his stay, he presented his findings at a workshop organized by the Psychology Department at AUC 

Dr. Kofi Takyi Asante (Senior Research Fellow, ISSER, UG) During his stay at AUC, his research project aimed to make sense of the African anomaly’ with respect to the impact of  the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) pandemic on the continent. The anomaly here refers to the fact that despite the limited capacity of their health systems, African countries weathered the first year of the pandemic much better than wealthier countries. To unravel this puzzle, this study revisited the concept of state capacity and sought to advance the argument that in order for the concept to adequately explain why countries with weak capacity could outperformed their better resourced counterparts in other regions, we need to surmount the concept’s inherent methodological nationalism. 

Dr. Euan Karl Metz (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, American University in Cairo, AUC). Dr. Euan Metz had his fellowship at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, from August to December 2024. As an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Dr. Metz utilized the fellowship to advance his research in moral philosophy, focusing on the metaphysical underpinnings of moral theory and theories of moral disagreement. During his fellowship, he aimed to write three research articles stemming from his project proposal. The first paper, "Deontic Buck-Passing and the Wrong Kind of Reasons Problem," was completed in his first month at Stellenbosch and has been accepted for publication in the journal Acta Analytica. The second paper is titled, "Assessing Normative Neutrality," and the third paper is, "Value Bearers and Consequentialism’s Compelling Idea."  

Dr. Olivier Schouteden (Assistant Professor of History, American University in Cairo) During his fellowship, Dr. Schouteden focused on two major writing projects aimed at bolstering his academic career. The first project was a book-length manuscript that explored the intricate relationship between exploration and state-making by the French in Indochina during the colonial period from 1862 to 1914. This manuscript, which challenges the conventional notion of colonial stability, was based on his dissertation work and had been under consideration by Oxford University Press (OUP) since September 2023. The second project was an article examining the recruitment of French explorers by the Ministry of the Colonies between 1862 and 1914. The article argued that the administration struggled to filter out problematic agents effectively. 

Dr Esther Viola Kurtz (Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Washington University in St. Louis, WashU) who was in University of Ghana for her residency, looked at the racial politics of Capoeira Angola in Backland Bahia and video Media. She is based at the Washington University in St Louis. 

Dr Robyn Berghoff (Senior Lecturer in General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University) spent her fellowship at the Washington University in St Louis. During her stay, she concentrated on using spelling cues to learn morphological agreement. 

Dr Elias Kossi Kaiza (Senior Lecturer, Department of French, University of Ghana) concentrated on his research on analyzing the practices of learning French among masters’ students of LECIAD at the University of Ghana. He was in Stellenbosch University for his fellowship. 

Dr Thembani Dube, (Senior Lecturer, History, Stellenbosch University) who had her fellowship at the American University in Cairo focused on her project; Belonging, identity and history: a social history of the Kalanga communities of Zimbabwe c. 1850-2022. 

Dr Susan Langmagne, (Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana) was in Stellenbosch University where she had her fellowship. She focused on two projects; health seeking behaviour of Homosexuals and Lesbians living with HIV in Ghana and Sexual life of older adults living with HIV in the Eastern Region of Ghana. 

Dr Lauren van der Rede (Lecturer, English Department Stellenbosch University) spent her residency at the University of Ghana. She focused on doing immersive research necessary for developing her monograph 

Dr De-Graft Johnson Dei, (Senior Lecturer in Information Studies, University of Ghana) focused on the management and preservation of indigenous knowledge during his stay in American University in Cairo. 

Dr Adam Talib, (Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Studies American University in Cairo (AUC)), examined manuscripts of Arabic poetry in Ghana and also worked on his book project during his stay in Ghana. 

Dr Kingsley Mintah, (Lecturer, Department of English, University of Ghana), was in the American University in Cairo during the fall 2023. He worked on two projects; Linguistic classification of state and private newspapers: a systemic functional approach and Paper bans- unveiling the language of defiance in Ghanaian news media. 

Dr. Uhuru Phalafala (Senior Lecturer in English, Stellenbosch University) from Stellenbosch University was at the American University in Cairo for her residency. She aimed at investigating Cultural imaginaries of extractive violence and registers of repair during her stay there. 

Prof. Joana Salifu Yendork, (Associate Professor, Department of Psychology) from the University of Ghana also spent her fellowship at the Stellenbosch University. During her residency, her focus was on the influence of intrinsic psychological resources on vulnerable children’s wellbeing. 

Dr Richmond Kwesi, (Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Classics) from the University of Ghana also had his fellowship at Stellenbosch University. His research focused on traditional Akan conceptions of consensual democracy. 

Dr. Dorothy Agyepong, (Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics) also from the University of Ghana was in Washington University in St Louis for her fellowship. She focused on finishing two journal articles for publications during her period there with the titles: ‘When BREAK means CUT: The Semantics and Combinatorics of bú “to break” and pàè “to split” in Asante-Twi’ and ‘He tore/ripped my heart apart: expressing Tearing in Asante-Twi’. 

Dr Martin Moraw (Assistant Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature) from American University in Cairo spent his fellowship at Stellenbosch University. His work was focused on completing the last chapter of his book project titled Drama of Forms: Genre and Politics in the time of Shakespeare. 

Dr Akua Campbell, (Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics) from the University of Ghana spent her fellowship at Stellenbosch University. She focused on the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of a novel use of the perfect marker in Ga language. 

Dr Mariama Zaami, (Lecturer, Department of Geography and Resource Development) from the University of Ghana, was in the Washington University in St Louis for her residency. During her stay she worked on two projects namely: “You don’t sound Black; you don’t speak like a Black person”: African Immigrant Youth Experiences of Discrimination in the Labour Market in Calgary and Challenges of integration in the educational system: experiences of Sudanese youth immigrants in Calgary.  

Dr Zameka Sijadu (Lecturer, African Languages, Stellenbosch University) during her fellowship term at the Washington University in St Louis worked on her project; Code switching and translanguaging as effective communicative strategy during the pandemic in South African Political government. She is based at Stellenbosch University. 

Dr. Gerda Heck (Assistant Professor of Sociology)from the American University in Cairo had her fellowship at the University of Ghana. During her fellowship, she conducted ethnographic field research on Congolese migrants living in Accra for her book manuscript on “Religion as an Infrastructure: The Globally Derived Diasporic Network of Congolese Migrants” (working title) and revised the analytical frameworks on Congolese Christians in Berlin, Istanbul, Guangzhou, and Rio de Janeiro, and further developed her theoretical approach to the idea of “Religion as infrastructure.”  

Prof. Austin Ablo (Associate Professor of Geography, UG). During his fellowship term at the Washington University in St Loui, He worked on his project; Enclaving: Patterns of global futures in African cities. He is based at the University of Ghana. 

Dr. Andre Fischer, (Assistant Professor of German) from the Washington University in St. Louis. He fellowship at the University of Ghana from September 2022 to February 2023.  

His main focus during the residency was the ethnographic work of Hubert Fichte on West African religious culture and its aesthetics.  

Dr. Samuel Amponsah, (HOD, Department of Distance Education) from University of Ghana. He took up his residency at the American University in Cairo (AUC). His work was largely based on his project titled a Framework for promoting inclusive , equal and equitable online learning for visually impaired students in Ghanaian Higher Education Institutions.  

Dr. Adu Sarkodie (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, UG). He focused on how to enhance the capability of persons living with disability to access healthcare services in Ghana, within the theoretical framework of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. He is based at the University of Ghana and had his fellowship at the American University in Cairo.