Prof. Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed

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PROFILE

Abdulai holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Tasmania, Australia. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Agder, Norway and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Brunei, Brunei. His other qualifications are a Diploma of International Business from the University College of Oslo, Norway and a Diploma of Public Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. His first degree was obtained from the University of Ghana.

He has 12 years’ teaching experience at the University of Ghana where he teaches both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Examples of courses he teaches at the undergraduate level are Public Policy Making, Public Policy Process in Ghana, and Public Finance Administration. Examples of graduate level courses he teaches are Public Policy Analysis, Lobbying and Agenda Setting, and Ethics in Research & Public Policy. He has also worked as a Deputy District Coordinating Director (Public Administrator – second highest bureaucrat in the district) for six years.

His previous employment was a Deputy Coordinating Director from 1991 to 1997 at the Bosomtwe District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Here, he was involved in the day-to- day administration of the district; speech and report writing; minute taking; data management; HRM functions: training and development; performance appraisal, manpower planning, project management, just to mention a few

EDUCATION

• PhD in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Tasmania, Australia
• Master of Public Administration from the University of Agder, Norway
• Master of Public Policy from the University of Brunei, Brunei
• Diploma of International Business from the University College of Oslo, Norway
• Diploma of Public Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Ghana

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Public Policy Analysis
• Public Sector Management
• Public Administration
• Decentralization & Local Government Administration
• Public Finance

CURRENT RESEARCH/RESEARCH INTEREST

Current research

• E-Governance and Public Accountability in Ghana
• A Comparison of Human Resource Management in Public and Private Organizations in Ghana
• Urgency and Good Public Policy Making: The Case of the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020
• Does Voter Turnout Matter in Local Government Elections in Ghana?
• Policy Change and Policy Learning: The Case of Ghana Senior High School Policy

Research interests

• Public Policy Analysis
• Local Administration
• Interest Intermediation
• Comparative Public Administration
• Public Accountability

COURSES TAUGHT

• POLI 359: Public Policy Making
• POLI 364: Public Policy Process in Ghana
• POLI 459: Public Finance Administration
• POLI 604: Public Policy Analysis
• POLI 688: Lobbying and Agenda Setting
• POLI 689: Public Budgeting Management
• MRPP 604: Ethics in Research and Public Policy
• MRPP 605: Public Policy Development and Analysis

PUBLICATIONS/ RESEARCH OUTPUT

Journal articles

• Mohammed A.K. (2020), ‘Does the Policy Cycle Reflect the Policy Making Approach in Ghana?’ Journal of Public Affairs, 1-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2078
• Mohammed A.K. (2020), ‘Property Rate in Ghana: A Poor Local Revenue Source or Underexploited Potential?’ Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (22),  1-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi22.7447
• Mohammed, A. K. (2020), “Is Ghana’s law against Human Trafficking a Success?’ Criminal Justice Review, 1-24 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016820971029
• Mohammed, A. K. and Ahmed, B. K (2020), ‘An Evaluation of the Free Senior High School Policy in Ghana’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2020.1789066
• Ahmed Bawa, Kuyiini Abdulai Abukari, Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed, Hughlett Omris Powell, (2020), ‘Narratives of internal Migration Experiences, Health/Well-being Issues among Females Working as Head Porters (kayayei) in Ghana’, International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 16 (4): 511-525 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-07-2020-0068
• Mohammed, A. K. (2019), ‘Local Government Financial Accountability in Ghana: Prescription versus Practice’, International Journal of Policy Studies 10 (2): 241-28
• Mohammed, A. K. (2019),’Do Bureaucratic Organizations Lobby? The case of Ghana Immigration Service’, Halduskulture, Estonian Journal of Administrative Culture and Digital Governance 19 (2): 38-58 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32994/hk.v19i2.197
• Mohammed, A. K. (2017), ‘An assessment of Tourism’s Environmental impact on the Lake Bosomtwe Basin’, International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 1-30  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15256480.2017.1324338,
• Mohammed, A. K. (2016), Decentralization and participation: theory and Ghana’s evidence’, Japanese Journal of Political Science 17 (2): 232-255 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1468109916000050
• Abuukari, Z., Kuyini, A. B., and Mohammed, A. K (2015), ‘Education and health care policies in Ghana: examining the prospects and challenges of recent provisions’, SAGE Open 1-11 DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015611454
• Mohammed, A. K. (2015), ‘Ghana’s Policy Making: From Elitism and Exclusion to Participation and Inclusion? International Public Management Review 16 (1): 1-24
• Mohammed, A. K. (2015), ‘The Politics of Municipal Fragmentation in Ghana’, Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance 16/17: 168-189 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i0.4493
• Mohammed, A. K. (2014), ‘Ghana’s Family Planning Program: A Neglected Policy Initiative?’ Journal of Social Research and Policy 5 (1):1-15
• Mohammed, A. K. (2014), ‘An Assessment of the Impact of Local Government Fragmentation in Ghana’, Public Organization Review 14 (4) DOI: 10.1007/s11115-014-0299-2
• Mohammed, A. K. (2014), ‘Is Ghana’s Policy for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor a Success?’ International Journal of Policy Studies 5 (2): 1-29 DOI: http://www.papersearch.net/view/detail.asp?detail_key=30604126
• Debrah, E., Ayee, J. R. A., and Mohammed, A. K. (2014), ‘Financing Governance Institutions in Ghana: The Case of the National Commission on Civic Education’, Journal of Governance and Democracy 10 (1): 163-181
• Mohammed, A. K. (2014), ‘Tourism Development Policy versus Practice in Ghana: The Case of Lake Bosomtwe Basin’, European Scientific Journal 10 (7): 308-334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2014.v10n7p%25p
• Mohammed, A. K. (2013), ‘Civic Engagement in Public Policy Making in Ghana: Fad or Reality?’ Politics and Policy 41 (1): 117-152 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12003
• Mohammed, A. K. (2010), ‘Purchaser-Provider Split: Does Theory Match Evidence in Tasmania?’ Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 28: 958-977 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/c09115

Book Chapter

• Mohammed, A. K. (2019), ‘Executive Dominance of Public Policy Making since Independence in Ghana, In Ayee J. R. A. (ed) Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana, pp.191-122, Lexington Books, Maryland
• Mohammed, A. K. (2019), The proposed Fiscal Council for Ghana: An ex-ante evaluation, In A. Farazmand (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, pp. 1 17  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3715-1
• Mohammed, A.K. (2019), Public Administration Theory versus Practice, In A. Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, (pp. 1-20) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3702-1
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), Bureaucracy and  Partisan Issues, In In A. Farazmand (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance , 1-13 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3493-1
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), Developing World Policy Process: The Case of Ghana, In A. Farazmand (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, pp. 1-16 DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3520-1 
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), Politician Bureaucrat Relation, ,  In A. Farazmand (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, pp. 1-10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3518-1
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), The Role of the Bureaucracy in Public Policy Making in in Ghana,  In A. Farazmand (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, (pp.1 18)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3519-1
• CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
• Mohammed, A. K. (2019), The decentralization program in Ghana: Past, present and the future. Delivered at the Training Workshop for Capacity Building for Elected and Appointed Members of La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly. Held at Forest Hotel, Aburi from 3rd – 6th May
• Mohammed, A. K. (2019), An assessment of satisfaction of students with modes of delivery of facilitators on the Master of Research and Public Policy Program. Delivered at the Workshop of Re-enforcing the Activities Captured under the Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL), Partnership for Africa's Social and Governance Research, held  at ISSER on January 22
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), Personal teaching philosophy for effective teaching and learning outcomes. Paper delivered at Partnership for Pedagogical Leadership in Africa: Central Training. Held in Nairobi, Kenya from 7 - 14, August
• Mohammed, A. K. (2018), Strategies to improve on modes of delivery of facilitators on the Master of Research and Public Policy Program. Delivered at the Lunch Meeting of the Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL), Partnership for Africa's Social and Governance Research, held at legon on April 12, 2018
• Mohammed, A. K. (2017), Halting the haphazard sprawl of Bimbilla and instituting town planning as a perquisite for accelerated development. Delivered at the Workshop on Enhancing Service Delivery in Rural District Assemblies. Held at the Nanumba North District Assembly, Bimbilla on July 10,
• Mohammed, A. K. (2016), The Public sector in a state of flux after the managerial revolution – new public management. Contribution at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Seminar, held at the GIMPA on April 4
• Mohammed, A. K. (2015), Local government financing in Ghana: Is borrowing the answer? Paper delivered at the Department of Political Science Weekly seminar on March  11
• Mohammed, A. K. (2015), An evaluation of the socio-economic impacts of tourism development in the Lake Bosomtwe Basin. Delivered at the Roundtable on Sustainable Tourism Development in Ghana. Held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration on November 8
• Mohammed, A. K. (2015), Is the Scientific Management Theory still relevant in the twenty first century? Paper delivered at a Seminar of the Master of Business Administration Program of the School of Research and Graduate Studies, Wisconsin International University College, Legon on held on December 9
• Mohammed, A. K. (2013), Civic Engagement in Public Policy Making in Ghana: Fad or reality? Delivered at the Fourth Annual Colloquium of the Faculty of Social Studies, held from University of Ghana, Legon from 21st -23rd March
• Mohammed, A. K. (2011), Handling uncommitted and academically weak students writing graduate theses. Delivered at the  Learning and Sharing Workshop: “Enhancing Graduate Thesis Research Supervision” held at  the Center for African Wetlands, University of Ghana, Legon
• Mohammed, A. K. (2011), Presentation of findings of Financing Key Constitutional Bodies in Ghana: The Case of the National Commission on Civic Education and National Media Commission. Delivered at Dissemination Workshop on Financing Key Constitutional Bodies in Ghana: The Case of the National Commission on Civic Education and National Media Commission, held at the Kofi Drah Conference Center on February 11. Joint research conducted by Prof. Atsu Ayee, Prof. Emmanual Debrah and Dr. Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed. Sponsored by Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
• Mohammed, A K. (2011), Fighting for Improved Conditions of Service in Non-Unionized Workplaces in Ghana. Delivered at the Weekly Human Resource Management Option of the MBA Program Seminar Series at the Wisconsin International University College held on  May 14
• Mohammed, A. K. (2009), Donor Proliferation and state capacity in Ghana. A paper delivered at the Proposal Writing Workshop on the theme: An Assessment of Donor Proliferation and State Capacity: A Comparative Study of Ghana, Kenya and Malawi., held at Nairobi, Kenya from 13th-18th June
• Mohammed, A. K (2009), Ghana’s Journey from authoritarianism to democratic transition and then to democratic consolidation. Paper delivered at Afrobarometer Summer School held at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

OTHERS

A. SERVICE TO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL/COMMUNITY

B.MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS

C.    GRANT SUPPORT

1.      I collaborated with Professor Atsu Ayee and Professor Emmanuel Debrah both of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana to win a Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) research grant of €40,000 to undertake a research on the following topic:

An Evaluation of Financing of Key Constitutional Bodies for Democratic Consolidation in Ghana: National Media Commission and National Commission on Civic Education.

2.      I also collaborated with Professor Atsu Ayee and Professor Emmanuel Debrah both of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana to undertake a research with colleagues in Kenya and Malawi on the topic:

An Assessment of Donor Proliferation and State Capacity: A Comparative Study of Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.