
Dr Kwaku Dankwah
Adjunct Fellow
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Dr Kwaku O. Dankwah, an Adjunct Fellow at the University completed his PhD program in early 2022 in the discipline of Political Science (International Relations). While doing his PhD, Kwaku tutored and evaluated the Comparative Politics and Public Policy courses at the undergraduate level. Prior to joining the University, Kwaku had educational and professional experiences across Africa, Europe and North America. He schooled at Ohio University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), MINES ParisTech, ENSTA ParisTech and the University of Ghana (UG). Professionally, he has consulted for the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, the Ministry of Finance and Presidency, all of the Republic of Ghana. He has also held research and teaching positions at NTNU's Department of Social Work and Ohio University's Department of Political Science. Beyond these, he has worked for Amnesty International (Norway) and UNHCR Australia. Kwaku was also an American African Universities Collaborative' official observer and participant in the 2013 African Presidential Roundtable held in South Africa. Overall, Dr Dankwah brings to the classroom and his research work, a wealth of intercontinental exposure having visited and experienced tertiary education across almost all continents. Scholarships and grants to his credit cut across Europe, the USA, Ghana, South Africa and Australia. He also trades on the Sydney, New York and Accra exchanges prioritising well established companies together with promising startups.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Fellow The University of Adelaide 2021 - ongoing Examiner (Public Policy) University of Adelaide 2019 - 2020 Research Associate (Communications) West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) 2019 - 2020 Research Associate University of Ghana 2019 - 2020 Tutor (Comparative Politics) University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Akan Can read, write, speak and understand spoken English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2018 - 2022 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2015 - 2017 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Norway MSc 2009 - 2014 University of Ghana Ghana BA -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2017 - 2017 MA (Political Science) University of Ohio United States 2017 - 2017 Diploma (Project Finance: Non-Recourse Finance) Mines ParisTech France 2016 - 2016 Diploma (Activities and Economy of Trade Ports) Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees (ENSTA ParisTech) France -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Chanimbe, T., & Dankwah, K. O. (2021). The ‘New’ Free Senior High School Policy in Ghana: Emergent Issues and Challenges of Implementation in Schools. Interchange, 52(4), 599-630.
Scopus22019 Dankwah, K. O., & Amoah, P. A. (2019). Gauging the dispositions between indigenes, Chinese and other immigrant traders in Ghana: towards a more inclusive society. Asian Ethnicity, 20(1), 67-84.
Scopus42019 Dankwah, K. O., & Valenta, M. (2019). Chinese entrepreneurial migrants in Ghana: socioeconomic impacts and Ghanaian trader attitudes. Journal of Modern African Studies, 57(1), 1-29.
Scopus5 WoS42018 Dankwah, K. O., & Valenta, M. (2018). Mixed fragmented migrations of Iraqis and challenges to Iraqi refugee integration: The Jordanian experience. Middle Eastern Studies, 54(2), 253-269.
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2022 - ongoing Member Australian Political Science Association Australia -
Community Engagement
Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Chinese Entrepreneurial Migrants in Ghana Public Community Engagement The ChinAfrica Project (University of Witswatersrand) -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2017 - 2019 Ministry of Finance Sustainable Development Goals Legislative and political Ghana -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Journal Articles' Review Peer Review Routledge; Springer; etc.
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