Dr Joyceline Alla-Mensah

  • Lecturer in Education (School of Education)

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Education at the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in June 2024, I was a Lecturer in Education at the University of Lincoln. Before that, I was a researcher at the Open University and the co-lead of the Youth and Transitions hub of the Centre for the Study of Global Development.

I obtained a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Ghana. 

Publications

Prior publications

Book Section

Powell, Lesley, Cooper, Adam, Brown, Trent, McGrath, Simon, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Eric Addae-Kyeremeh (2024) The potential role of ICT in facilitating learning for livelihoods among informal apprentices in the automotive trade in Ghana The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online). ISBN 9781032626475 (doi: 10.4324/9781032650944-9)

(2019) Migrants in the Labor Market: Implications for TVET Joyceline Alla-Mensah. ISBN 9783319497891 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49789-1_114-1)

Other

Margaret Ebubedike, Saraswati Dawadi, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Kwaibwe, Henry N., Kamunvi, Eric-Robert, Cingtho, Diana, Mwesi Habagaya, Yosia, Kyaidhi, Lilian, Ngobi, Prossy (2024) Report on stakeholders' consultative engagement on trafficking in persons in Uganda The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online).

Rebecca Jones, Bbaale, Leilah, Koula Charitonos, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Hewitt, Jenny, Matova, Quraish, Daira Marylyn, Fanta, Ireen, Munyandinda, Blessing, Miskat Mariata, Pross, Ninsiima (2023) Knowledge, resources and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights: The views and experiences of young refugees living in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Western Uganda The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online).

Article

Joyceline Alla-Mensah (2021) [Book review] Open(ing) Education: Theory and Practice The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online). (doi: 10.14426/cristal.v9i2.508)

(2019) Academic Conferences as Learning Sites: A Multinational Comparison of Doctoral Students’ Perspectives and Institutional Policy Joyceline Alla-Mensah. ISSN 1556-8873 (doi: 10.28945/4383)

working-paper

(2019) Human migration and TVET Joyceline Alla-Mensah.

(2018) Skills for decent work, life and sustainable development Vocational Education and the Sustainable Development Goals Joyceline Alla-Mensah.

Conference Proceedings

(2018) An Exploration of the Potential Role of Vocational Education in Facilitating the Integration of Forced Migrants into Society Joyceline Alla-Mensah. (doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.1319718)

Grants

  • 2024 - date - Co-Investigator. Mentoring, Writing and Networking (MEWANE) Programme for Early Career Researchers in West and Central Africa. Funder: British Academy

 

  • 2021-2022 - Principal Investigator.  Theorising learning in informal apprenticeship: the role of dialogue (£2500). Funder: Education Futures Research Group, Open University

 

  • 2021-2022 - Co-Investigator. Developing contextually sensitive Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for out-of-school adolescents in refugee settings in Uganda (£10,000). Funder: Open University Impact Accelerator Grant

 

  • 2018 - A capability approach to the wellbeing of informal apprentices in Ghana (£1,500). Principal Investigator. Funder: British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) student fieldwork grant. 

 

  • 2017-2018 - Co-Investigator.  Graduate collaborative multinational (Australia, England, Scotland & the United States) study of doctoral researchers’ motivation for, engagement with and perceptions of international networking for personal and professional development ($5000). Funder: Universitas 21

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: Keynote Speaker at National Vocational Education and Training conference (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • 2022: Guest speaker at Belt and Road International Conference on TVET (Beijing, China)