SGRC-WA conducts interdisciplinary research across four strategic thematic areas.

1. Education, Policy & Socio-Economic Transformation (EPSET)

Focus Areas:

· Education reform and curriculum innovation

· Governance and public policy

· Socio-economic development

· Comparative Africa–China development studies

· Skills development and youth empowerment

2. Language, Communication & Digital Humanities (LCDH)

Focus Areas:

· Translation (English—Chinese—Ghanaian Languages)

· Cross-cultural communication

· AI and machine translation

· Digital humanities: corpora, archives, cultural datasets

· Ghana–China cultural studies

3. Environment, Energy & Sustainable Futures (EESF)

Focus Areas:

· Renewable energy systems

· Climate change and environmental management

· Energy policy and tariff research

· Sustainable industrial development

· EV integration into national energy systems

4. Automotive, Materials & Industrial Innovation (AMII)

Focus Areas:

· Electric vehicles (EVs) and mobility systems

· Automotive engineering & intelligent transport

· Materials science: ceramics, composites, energy materials

· Manufacturing innovation and industrial technologies

· Ghana–China mobility and automotive collaboration