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Prof. Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah

Prof. Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
Associate Professor and Coordinator for Academic Engagements
eyeboah-assiamah@ug.edu.gh

 

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PROFILE

Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah is an Associate Professor of Political Science (Specialization in Public Administration and Governance) at the Department of Political Science in the University of Ghana. He is currently Coordinator for Academic Engagements as well as Coordinator for the MA Public Affairs Programmes at the Department. He previously served as a Research Fellow at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) based in the University of Ghana. Prior to joining the Department, he served as adjunct faculty in at least three reputable Universities locally and internationally as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDeG), a policy think tank in Accra. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Public Administration from the University of Ghana. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public & Development Management from the School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He has served as a TRECCAFRICA Fellow in Sustainability Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa sponsored by the European Union Intra-ACP programme. This Fellowship explains why Prof Yeboah-Assiamah has expertise, interests and outputs in environmental governance and politics as well as complex sustainability issues. His association with the School of Public Leadership also demonstrates why he has research interests and output in leadership and governance issues. Prof Yeboah-Assiamah possesses a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute for Commercial Management (ICM-UK). He has also had a Post-Doctoral Training at the Global Development Institute (GDI) in the University of Manchester, UK as a GCRF Fellow where among other things, he understudied courses in Human Resource Practice, Human Resource Management as well as Learning, Training and Development (LTD) with the latter being an online pedagogical training. These also demonstrate why he has research interests and outputs in public sector human resource management and organizational studies. Prof Yeboah-Assiamah is a member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and serves as a verified reviewer for many reputable journals including, inter alia, the Journal of Public Affairs (published by Wiley & Sons); Journal of Asian and African Studies (published by Sage); International Journal of Public Leadership (published by Emerald); Forest Policy & Economics (Elsevier); Society & Natural Resources; Administrative Theory & Praxis; Third World Quarterly (all published by Taylor and Francis).

EDUCATION

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship                               - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • PhD in Public & Development Management    -     University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • MPhil in Public Administration      -                     University of Ghana, Ghana
  • PG Diploma in Human Resource Management -   ICM-UK
  • BA in Political Science         -                               University of Ghana, Ghana

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Public Policy and Development Administration
  • Public Administration & Governance
  • Ethics, Governance and Leadership
  • Comparative Politics
  • Public Sector Human Resources Management
  • Natural Resource Governance and Sustainability

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Governance and leadership focusing on theory building and practical applications
  • Public administration and governance
  • Environmental governance and sustainability discourse deploying new public governance techniques and models.
  • Urban politics and governance focusing on public-private partnership
  • Understanding emerging policy issues and challenges in Africa: Comparative approach
  • Understanding policy implementation outcomes in Africa: Comparative approach

COURSES TAUGHT

  • POLI 213: Introduction to Public Administration (DE-Undergraduate)
  • POLI 214: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLI 352: Issues in Comparative Politics
  • POLI 357: Organization Theory
  • POLI 457: Human Resource Development and Management
  • POLI 682: Organizational Development  (MA Public Affairs)
  • POLI 686: Strategic Planning  (MA Public Affairs)
  • POLI 654: Governance and Democracy in Africa  (MPhil)
  • POLI 707 Foundations of Public Administration    (PhD Political Science)

PUBLICATIONS / RESEARCH OUTPUT

  1. Asamoah, K & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2025). ‘Public Participation and Social Accountability in Local Governance in Ghana’, in G. Onyango and I. Jamil (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Public-Policy-in-the-Global-South/Onyango-Jamil/p/book/9781032901480?srsltid=AfmBOoqYfG8RFSTbmsVJUX20J-ZLqUpoCKsvp6GlVFLtloAxfnaVOrdZ

  2. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Kundi, S. B. N. (2025). Administrative Pitfalls in Localizing Youth Empowerment Policies among ECOWAS Countries: A Case Study of Ghana’s MASLOC Scheme.  African and Asian Studies, 24(1-2), 98-125

  3. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Oduro, B. K. (2025). Media and Election Monitoring in Africa: Evolving Mechanisms for the 2016 and 2020 Elections in Ghana.   African Journalism Studies, 1-17. (online first) https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2025.2475747

  4. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Baidoo A.P. & Asamoah, K (2025). Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration: The Experience of Ghana. Policy Studies, 1-24 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2024.2449362.
  5. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Kundi, S. B. N., & Asamoah, K (2024). “Where you stand depends on where you sit”: The politics of petroleum pricing in Ghana's election cycle. Politics & Policy, 52 (6), 1353-1376. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12643
  6. Asamoah, K & Yeboah-Assiamah, E.  (2024). Throwing the baby away with the bathwater: Dynamics of intra-party wrangling and ‘primary penalty’ in Ghanaian politics. SN Social Science, 4 (117) https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00917-6
  7. Hossain, F., Ibrahim, M. & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2024). In Search of Ubuntu in an African SME: A Case of a Transitional Entrepreneur. African Journal of Management, 10 (2), 150–175. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2024.2349482
  8. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2023). Lessons from the Past: A Forest Policy Reform in Ghana through the Feedback Loop. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04021-2
  9. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Hossain, F., Mamman, A., & Rees, C. J. (2023). On the question of entrepreneurial breakthrough or failure in Africa: a framework for analysis. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 14 (2) 289-312  https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-05-2022-0184
  10. Hossain, F., Mamman, A., Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Rees, C. J. (2023). State-business relations for entrepreneurial take off in Africa: Institutional analysis. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 15 (2), 331-347   https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-10-2022-0402
  11. Yeboah-Assiamah, E. & Mamman, A. (2023). Start Small, Dream Big: Socio-Technical Resources and Digitalization as Drivers of Firm Growth and Agility in Africa. In   Combrink et al (Eds.) Africa Development Yearbook (Vol 23) “Business Opportunities, Start-ups and Digital Transformation in Africa”. http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/files/dateien/1880_adpy_contents___volume_23.pdf
  12. Ayisi, E. K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Bawole, J. N. (2023). Politics of public policy implementation: case of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (pp. 9816-9822). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3395
  13. Lartey, E., Ahenkan, A., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Adjei-Bamfo, P. (2023). Urban Sanitation: Optimizing Private Sector Involvement.  In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (pp. 13161-13174). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3552
  14. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A. A., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2022). Henceforth, We Will Never Walk Alone: Empirical Study on the Benefits of Participatory Governance and Leadership. Systemic Practice and Action Research (Springer).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-021-09572-x
  15. Boakye, B. A. P., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A.  (2022). For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ‘Widow Politics’ in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Becoming a Reliable Pathway for Women?  Journal of Asian & African Studies, 58 (7), 1189-1206 https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221079321
  16. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Damoah, C. M., & Bawole, J. N. (2022). Open innovation systems and public policy in Africa: Setting new boundaries against wicked problems. In Onyango Gedion (Ed.) Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa (pp. 599-611). Routledge https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Public-Policy-in-Africa/Onyango/p/book/9780367699208?srsltid=AfmBOooHu7nRfNYoIZmitVnU7LBN1XYM8pvH9RKwNV4fS326_lntXEmW
  17. Asamoah, K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Damoah, C. M., & Adu, E. P.  (2022). Sounds good on paper but problematic in practice: PPP in Ghana's transport sector. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 43    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100682
  18. Owusu-Mensah, I., Felitse, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2021). How did your Government Perform? Assessing Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana. Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 6 (1), 1-17 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-japed_v6_n1_a1
  19. Akosa, F., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asare, B. E., Asamoah, K., Essah-Koli, A. P., & Ahmad, P. (2020). Operationalization of Ghana’s civil service code of conduct. Public Money & Management, 40 (6), 475-482.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1598198
  20. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A., Asamoah, K., & Damoah, C. M.  (2020). Popular Support for Public Policies to Curb Political Vigilantism: Reflections from Ghanaian Electorate. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. New Delhi: Springer https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4022-1
  21. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2019). Two Sides of the Same Coin: Formal and Informal Institutional Synergy in a Case Study of Wildlife Governance in Ghana. Society & Natural Resources, 32, (12), 1364-1382. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1647320
  22. Asamoah, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2019). “Ubuntu philosophy” for public leadership and governance praxis: Revisiting the ethos of Africa’s collectivism. Journal of Global Responsibility, 10 (4), 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-01-2019-0008
  23. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2019). Transdisciplinary public leadership theory: Between the extremes of “traditional public administration” and “new public management”. Journal of Public Affairs, 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1887
  24. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2018). Transdisciplinary approach to natural resource governance research: a conceptual paper. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 29 (1), 15-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-04-2016-0034
  25. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Otchere-Ankrah, B., & Alesu-Dordzi, S. (2018). Administrative Discretion and Development Administration: Pet Turned into a Monster?. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Cham: Springer, 1-11.
  26. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K.,  Buabeng, T.  Bawole, J.N. (2018). ‘Corruption in Public Administration: Stabbing the African State in the Back’. In A. Farazmand (Ed.). Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer, New Delhi  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3396-1 
  27. Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2017). ‘Strong Personalities’ and ‘Strong Institutions’ Mediated by a ‘Strong Third Force’: Thinking ‘Systems’ in Corruption Control. Public Organization Review, 17, 545-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-016-0351-5
  28. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2017). Institutional assessment in natural resource governance: A conceptual overview. Forest Policy and Economics, 74, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.10.006
  29. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2017). ‘Complex Crisis’ and the rise of collaborative natural resource governance: Institutional assessment of wildlife governance experience in Ghana. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20, 2205-2224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-9985-x
  30. Justice, I. M. S., Ahenkan, A., Bawole, J. N., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2017). Rural Poverty and Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Perspective through Environment–Poverty Paradox. International Journal of Rural Management, 13(2), 162-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973005217730274
  31. Yeboah-Assiamah, E (2016). Power to the people! How far has the power gone to the people? A qualitative assessment of decentralization practice in Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 51(6), 683-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909614555349
  32. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2016). Therefore, is bureaucracy dead? Making a case for complementarity of paradigms in public administrative thinking and discourse. International Journal of Public Administration, 39(5), 382-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2015.1015558
  33. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., & Alesu‐Dordzi, S. (2016). The calculus of corruption: a paradox of ‘strong’ corruption amidst ‘strong’ systems and institutions in developing administrative systems, Journal of Public Affairs, 16(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1576
  34. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2016). Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management: A literature analysis of key lessons drawn from Ghana and India. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 28(1), 78-93    https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-05-2015-0098
  35. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Muller, K., & Domfeh, K. A. (2016). Rising to the challenge: A framework for optimising value in collaborative natural resource governance. Forest Policy and Economics, 67, 20-29  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.01.008 
  36. Osei-Kojo, A., Asamoah, K., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2016). Implementating Small Scale Mining Laws in Ghana. Administratio publica, 24(3), 235-257 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-adminpub-v24-n3-a13
  37. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., Bawole, J. N., & Musah‐Surugu, I. J. (2016). A socio‐cultural approach to public sector corruption in Africa: key pointers for reflection.  Journal of Public Affairs, 16(3), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1587
  38. Yeboah‐Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., Bawole, J. N., & Buabeng, T. (2016). Public sector leadership‐subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum: perspectives from developing African countries. Journal of Public Affairs, 16(4), 320-330  https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1589
  39. Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2015). Involvement of private actors in the provision of urban sanitation services; potential challenges and precautions: A conceptual paper. Management of  Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 26(2), 270-287. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-08-2014-0130
  40. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Musah-Surugu, I. J., Bawole, J. N., & Nurudeen, S. (2015). The ‘third  sector’ and poverty reduction in developing societies: The experience of hunger project in selected rural communities of Ghana. International Journal of Rural Management, 11(2), 85-110  https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-08-2014-0130
  41. Musah-Surugu, I. J., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2015). The 'silent pistol 'in Ghana's local government system: Presiding members vs. chief executives. Commonwealth Journal of Local    Governance, (18), 161-180 https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.897623201152462
  42. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Osei-kojo, A. (2014). Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere: a framework for understanding and addressing public sector corruption in developing African democracies. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 4(3), 186-204. Doi:10.5296/ jpag.v4i3.6406
  43. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Kyeremeh, T. A. (2014). A critical assessment of public administration and civil disobedience in developing African democracies: An institutional analysis of mob justice in Ghana.  Journal of Law,  Policy & Globalization, 28, 1-19 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JLPG/article/view/14972
  44. Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Asamoah, K., & Osei-Kojo, A. (2014). The concept of administrative responsibility: An alternate explanation for poor voter turnout in local government elections using empirical evidence from Techiman Municipality, Ghana.  International Journal of Politics and Good Governance, 5(3), 1-20. https://onlineresearchjournals.com/ijopagg/art/157.pdf
  45. Asamoah, K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., & Osei-Kojo, A. (2014). Demons of transitional democracies: Politics of insults and acrimony in Ghana.  Journal of Social Science Studies, 1(1), 44-56.  https://doi.org/10.5296/jsss.v1i1.4725
  46. Asamoah, K., Osei-Kojo, A., & Yeboah-Assiamah, E. (2013). Enhancing public sector productivity in Ghana: A qualitative study.  Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 3(3), 22-34. DOI: 10.5296/jpag.v3i3.4378       
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • ASSADPAM [Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management], Annual Conference: 19-20 November 2015; on the theme “Shaping African sustainability: A Pan-African perspective in pursuit of future-fit Public Leadership, Public Administration, Public Management and Public Governance”, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper delivered “Gaps in Natural Resources Governance Research: A Primer for a Transdisciplinary Approach”
  • Delegate at 6th World Sustainability Forum (WSF 2017), hosted by University of Cape Town held at the Cape Sun Hotel, 27th – 28th January, 2017. Paper discussed “Institutional adaptation” towards natural resource resilience and sustainability: Lessons from a Monkey Sanctuary Governance in Ghana”
  • Transdisciplinary Winter School held at the Sustainability Institute, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa on 6-10th July, 2015. Modules on sustainability and TD
  • ESID [effective states and inclusive development] Conference on the theme ‘’From Politics to Power? Rethinking the Politics of Development’’ held from 9-11 September, 2019 hosted at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK
  • MANAGLOBAL Online pre-conference. Hosted in Paris via Zoom, 15th December, 2020. Paper presented ‘’Start small, dream big: An empirical assessment of the drivers of a business conglomerate in Ghana, Africa’’
  • Managlobal Summer School in Dakar, Senegal. Held in Senegal via Zoom, 7-11 June, 2021 paper presented ‘’Start small, dream big: An empirical assessment of the drivers of a business conglomerate in Ghana, Africa’’
  • Seminar Presentation; Department of Political Science Monthly Seminar presentation, speaker on the topic ‘’ Do Africans really not need strong (wo) men in the fight against corruption? Reflections on public value governance in Ghana. Septmber 30, 2021 held at the Kofi Drah Conference Room, Department of Political Science.
  • Seminar Presentation; Department of Political Science Monthly Seminar presentation, speaker on the topic ‘’ Affirmative action policy in Ghana: Is widow politics a reliable pathway? April 27, 2022 held at the Kofi Drah Conference Room, Department of Political Science. (Via Zoom also). Expert participant and discussant: Corruption, Justice, Legitimacy (CJL) Program virtual gathering on “Civil Servants, Social Norms, and Corruption: What do we know and what do we do?” on May 4, 2022, at 10:00 am –11:30 am (GMT-4). Hosted by colleagues from Tufts University, via online.
  • Guest Speaker on the topic “your franchise, our development” organized by the Political Science Students’ Association, UG. 12th July, 2023 at Kofi Drah Conference Room 18th July, 2023.
  • Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic “Agenda 2063: The Africa we want” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG 19th July, 2023.
  • Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic ‘’Mechanisms for Dissemination” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG 24th July, 2023. Resource person to lecture visiting Cornell University Students on the topic ‘’Continental Report on Agenda 2063” Organized by the International Programmes Office, UG 7th November, 2023.
  • Presenter at the MIASA Public Lecture Series. Topic “African cities and the SDGs: Political Settlement Analysis of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly” Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana MIASA Public Lecture Series. Keynote speaker. Paper presented “African cities and the SDGs: Political Settlement Analysis of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly” at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana.
  • 7th November, 2023 MIASA Mid-term Conference on “Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global Flux: Issues, Concepts and Future Directions” held at ISSER, UG from Tuesday 19th September to Thursday, 21st September, 2023 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec-Canada, Sept 15-18, 2022 paper delivered‘’ Trust in Government and Social Capital for Collaborative Efforts: Assessing Citizens’ Trust in COVID-19 related scientific communication and interventions in Ghana’’
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 OTHERS

Fellowships, Honors and Recognition

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Research Fellow, Merian Institute for Advanced Study in Africa (MIASA)

Member, American Political Science Association, APSA

Member, Development Students Association, UK

Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability

Verified and Ad hoc Reviewer for these Journals

  • Administrative Theory & Praxis – Taylor & Francis
  • Journal of Asian and African Studies- Sage
  • Journal of Public Affairs – Wiley and Sons
  • International Journal of Public Leadership - Emerald
  • Society and Natural Resources- Taylor and Francis
  • Third World Quarterly – Taylor and Francis
  • Forest Policy and Economics- Elsevier
  • Management of Environmental Quality- Emerald