29. January 2026

"Ghana has built a foundation for holistic health governance" Ana Maria Perez Arredondo graduates on "Holistic Health Approaches in Ghana" on January 29, 2026

Ana Maria Perez Arredondo (ZEF ECOL) successfully defends her doctoral thesis

Ana Maria Perez Arredondo, ZEF researcher with ZEF’s Division on Ecology and Natural Resources Management (ECOL) defended her doctoral thesis titled “Holistic Health Approaches in Ghana. Essays on the evolution and institutionalization of the One Health concept, the social and environmental determinants of health, and the determinants of technological change” successfully on January 29, 2026. 

Ana Maria Perez after her graduation
Ana Maria Perez after her graduation © Joshua Ntajal
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Ana Maria Perez Arredondo, ZEF researcher with ZEF’s Division on Ecology and Natural Resources Management (ECOL) defended her doctoral thesis titled “Holistic Health Approaches in Ghana. Essays on the evolution and institutionalization of the One Health concept, the social and environmental determinants of health, and the determinants of technological change” successfully on January 29, 2026. 

Ana's doctoral degree was granted by the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences, University of Bonn. Her research was supervised by Prof. Katja Bender (IZNE-HBRS at Hochschule Rhein-Sieg) and ZEF ECOL director Prof. Christian Borgemeister. Her tutor was Dr. Timo Falkenberg of Bonn University (IHPH-UoB). 

Ana's thoughts about her research: 

"This work wouldn't exist without many contributors, all committed to holistic health approaches. Here's what matters most: Ghana has built a foundation for holistic health governance. The challenge now? Moving from foundation to sustained, everyday practice to improve health for all".

Graduate School One Health and Urban Transformation through Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen (MKW-NRW)

EnerSHelF through Client II-BMBF ( EnerSHelF)

Agbaam, C., Perez Arredondo, A.M., Alatinga, K., & Bender, K. (2025). Determinants of institutional change towards a sustainable energy transition in Ghana: A political economy analysis of solar photovoltaics. Energy Research & Social Science, 127, 104165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104165

Yasobant, S., Perez Arredondo, A.M., Felappi, J.F., Ntajal, J., Paris, J.M.G., Patel, K., et al. (2023). One Health as an Integrated Approach: Perspectives from Public Services for Mitigation of Future Epidemics. In Integrated Science of Global Epidemics (pp. 47-72). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17778-1_3

Perez Arredondo, A.M. (2022). Research-Practice-Collaborations Addressing One Health and Urban Transformation. A Case Study: Commentary on "Research-Practice-Collaborations in International Sustainable Development and Knowledge Production—Reflections from a Political-Economic Perspective". The European Journal of Development Research, 34(4), 1745-1756. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-022-00553-x

Falkenberg, T., Paris, J.M.G., Patel, K., Perez Arredondo, A.M., Schmiege, D., & Yasobant, S. (2022). Operationalizing the One Health Approach in a Context of Urban Transformations. In Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme: Policy Briefs, Volume 3 (pp. 95-102). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2523-8_14

Perez Arredondo, A.M., Yasobant, S., Bruchhausen, W., Bender, K., & Falkenberg, T. (2021). Intersectoral collaboration shaping One Health in the policy agenda: A comparative analysis of Ghana and India. One Health, 13, 100272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100272

See Ana's linkedin profile here.