Professor Folson is one of the twelve Lifetime Achievement Award winners of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Government of Lower Saxony/Germany 2003, for academic excellence and contribution to African, European and North American civil societies.

Her research, publications and teaching are focused in five areas: Global Economics(Restructuring), International Migration; Sociology of Education and Development in West Africa; Critical Sex Education as HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy; The Impact of Race Purity Ideologies of the German Nazi and South African Apartheid Governments on National Policies; Human/Women’s Rights.

From 1992-2007 she was Professor at the following universities: Toronto, Bayreuth, Oldenburg, Frankfurt am Main, Zurich, Bremen and Innsbruck.

She was the director of the West African project funded by the Federal Ministry of International Development and Economic Co-operation, Germany (BMZ) and the Heinrich Boell Foundation(HBS), entitled:

            Socio-Economic Advancement of Women and Girls in Sarakunde, Gambia (1994)

She was the director of the West African project, entitled,

Global Economic Restructuring, Translocal Relations, Migration, Development Policies;

Critical Sex Education as HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy (2002-2003)

{In collaboration with the University College of Education Winneba/Ghana and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)}

She has a strong track record for acquisition of research funds from major international institutions in Europe and North America.

She has presented her work at major international conferences and has published extensively.

She has excellent knowledge of English, German and Twi/Fanti and has a working knowledge of French.

She set up RBF CONSULTING and RESEARCH institute in Accra-Ghana in 2007.

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