Governing and Managing Ghana's Universities for Sustainability
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Publication date
2026-08-05
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330 pages
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9783032268839
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English
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Joseph R.A. Ayee is an independent scholar in Accra, Ghana. He obtained a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992. He is the immediate past Vice President (Arts Section) of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a retired Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana. He spent 16 years in university administration and held the following positions: Rector, MountCrest University College; Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana; and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2005 and served as Honorary Treasurer from 2016 to 2017. He was the occupant of the UNESCO/United Nations University Leadership Academy (UNULA) Chair in Leadership Studies, University of Jordan, in 2001, and the Emeka Anyaoku Visiting Chair of Commonwealth Studies, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, in 2013.

He taught at the University of Swaziland, University of Ghana and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and supervised 25 PhD and 40 M.Phil. students. He won the 2006 University of Ghana Best Teacher Award in the Humanities.

Prof. Ayee has over 200 publications in several areas of Political Science, Public Policy, and Administration, many of which have appeared in high-impact journals. His latest publications include three co-edited books: (1) Think Tanks, Governance and Development in Africa (Edward Elgar, 2024); (2) Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana: Three Decades of the Fourth Republic (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024); and (3) Public Sector Management and Economic Governance in Ghana: Three Decades of the Fourth Republic (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). His forthcoming co-edited books for 2026 are Peaceful Political Transition in Ghana: Elections, Institutions and Impact, 1992-2024. London: Bloomsbury Academic; and Public Service Reforms and Democracy in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: 1999-2023. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.

He was a rated researcher by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and a member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Modern African Studies, 2011-2016, and Board of Editors, State and Local Government Review, January 2015 - December 2017. 

He undertook consultancy work for over 75 organisations and presented papers at over 160 conferences. He is also an external examiner and assessor for PhD theses and faculty promotions, respectively.

He served as a member of a team of experts that drafted Ghana’s National Decentralisation Policy Framework and Action Plan, 2015 - 2019, and 2020 – 2024 and as a Jury Member of the President’s Excellence Awards for the Public Service of the Ministry of Public Sector Reform in 2006 and 2007.

He contributed to civil society work as a Senior Research Fellow for two of the leading think tanks in Ghana, namely the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) in 2017 and 2018-2019, respectively. 

He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Christian Council of Ghana from 2018 to 2023 and the Council of Trinity Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2017. Currently, he serves as a member of the Executive Cabinet of the A.M.E. Zion Church, Western West Africa Episcopal District, Ghana Region and one of its Trustees.

His current research interests include emerging trends and phenomena in development politics, public policy and administration and doctoral education.

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