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Associate Professor Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2848
Email: k.adusei@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-8234

Kwadwo is an Associate Professor in Social Science at the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • CHS3114 – Service and Program Evaluation
  • CHS1111 – Community Development
  • CHS3116 – Case Management and Ethics

Background

Kwadwo is an Associate Professor of Communities and Development Studies. Within this broad field, Kwadwo researches and contributes an important voice to the theory and practice of program evaluation; ethnography, community engagement, international and community development; social developments in Africa; and issues pertaining to culture and racism.

Kwadwo has over 20 years work experience across Australia, Ghana, and the Netherlands. Prior to joining ECU, Kwadwo worked as the Principal Policy Officer with Western Australia’s Department of Premier and Cabinet (Public Sector Commission) and as a Senior Policy Officer with the WA Mental Health Commission.

Since joining ECU, Kwadwo has led and managed strategic multi-site projects for several not-for-profit organisations. These projects have largely informed adaptive strategic directions, operational and business area performance on matters relating to community development, community engagement, community-led solutions, program evaluation, social impact measurements, policy analysis and systems audits.

Kwadwo has received research and community project funding of above AU$1.6 million, including Category 1 and Australia’s first major ARC-funded research on the political, economic and cultural effects of road infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kwadwo has supervised 13 PhD completions with a further six current PhD students. Kwadwo is a sought-after columnist and keynote speaker and has contributed to several national debates including Western Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Kwadwo is a recognised expert on program evaluation and previously served as the Associate Editor of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia. In 2022-2025, Kwadwo represented several national evaluation groups across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific at the International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation.

Professional associations

  • International Association for Impact Assessment (Member)
  • International Australian Studies Association (Member)
  • Australian Evaluation Society (Member)
  • African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (Member)
  • Community-Driven Development Community of Practice Group (Member)
  • International Association for Community Development (Member)

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2025: Board Member, Australia Africa Universities Network
  • 2022-2025: Associate Editor, Evaluation Journal of Australasia
  • 2022-2025: Board Member, International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation
  • 2019 - 2020: Consultant & Research Fellow, Ngala Community Services
  • 2018: Social Change Award, Organization of African Communities, Western Australia
  • 2009 - 2012: Towards aid effectiveness: contested concepts and theories. A case study of the World Bank Community-Based Rural Development Programs. Edith Cowan University Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and International Stipends.
  • 2008 - 2009: Ghana’s national health insurance scheme in practice: motives for joining and modes of use in the Afram Plains, Ghana. Vrije University of Amsterdam Fellowship Program, The Netherlands.
  • 2007 - 2008: Schisms among Pentecostal Churches in the Bijlmer, Amsterdam. Vrije University of Amsterdam Faculty of Theology Grant, The Netherland

University and National teaching awards

  • 2021: Winner, School of Arts and Humanities Engagement in Research Award
  • 2018: Nomination for Vice Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
  • 2016: Nomination for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Research by Early Career Research Award
  • 2015: Social impact assessment of Australia’s Federal government’s proposed university deregulation policy on current and prospective country university students in Western Australia, Edith Cowan University Faculty Research Grant.

Community Research/Projects Awards

  • Mentor Development Program for African Australian Youth, 2025, $110,000.
  • African Australian Young Adults Engagement Program, II, 2025, $86,354.
  • Christmas for Northern Communities, Bendigo Bank, 2025, $5500.
  • Police engagement with African–Australian youth I, 2024, $36,000.
  • Wanneroo Community Christmas Day Lunch, City of Wanneroo. 2025, $13,000.
  • Wanneroo Community Christmas Day Lunch, City of Wanneroo. 2024, $11,000.
  • Roads to the Future: Infrastructure and the New Development in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. WA Associate Deans of Research Collaboration Fund. 2021 - 2022. $12,500
  • Philosophy in the Community Classroom. UWA Law Internal Research Grants Scheme. 2020 - 2021. $2,500

Research areas and interests

  • African studies
  • Community development
  • International development
  • Program evaluation

Research reports

Qualifications

  • Diploma of Business Administration, Australia, 2015.
  • Diploma of Quality Auditing, Australia, 2014.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Diploma of Project Management, Australia, 2012.
  • Master of Science in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Netherlands, 2009.
  • Master in Theology, Netherlands, 2008.
  • Bachelor of Education, Ghana, 2001.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Kenin, A., Dandy, J., Atorkey, P., Pelden, S., Adusei-Asante, K., Zamboanga, BL. (2025). Cultural values and practices in alcohol and other drug use among immigrant youth: A systematic review. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2025(Article in press), 42 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2025.2478883.
  • Amankwa, M., Amponsah, C., Adusei-Asante, K., Banham, V., Brempong, P. (2025). ‘Rhetorics or business as usual?’ A systematic review of the realities of Australian aid localisation efforts in the Pacific region. International Politics: a journal of transnational issues and global problems, 2025(Article in press), 24 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-025-00712-x.
  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2025). I Am Still Concerned About Them’: Grandmother Kinship Caregivers and the Challenge of Abuse by Children in Their Care. Child & Family Social Work, 2025(Article in press), 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13295.
  • Amankwa, M., Adusei-Asante, K., Novak, A. (2025). Handling Socio-institutional Traps–Inertia Towards Australia’s Resilient International Development Aid Programs in the Solomon Islands. Journal of Developing Societies, 41(2), 216-241. https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X251322256.
  • Amankwa, M., Murruka, GN., Adusei-Asante, K., Banham, V., Amponsah, C., Enyinful, E. (2025). Culture, Community, and Development: Unpacking the ‘Socio-Cultural Milieu Dynamics’ of Solomon Islands and Their Influence on Australia’s Aid Localisation.. Public Administration and Development: the international journal of management research and practice, 2025(November), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.70043.
  • Bentum, H., Abdullah, A., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2025). Violence Begets Violence: How Grandmother Kinship Caregivers Mitigate Abuse by their Grandchildren. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, December(2025), 1–24.. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2025.2601974..
  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2025). Well-being of grandparent kinship caregivers: An umbrella review. Family Relations, 74(1), 544-564. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13116.
  • Amankwa, M., Adusei-Asante, K., Banham, V. (2025). Personal reflection on my fieldwork experience in a small island developing state. Development in Practice, 35(5), 862-870. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2452406.
  • Ndasi, DM., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Ha, AV., Grobbelaar, M., Nunfam, VF. (2025). Evaluation of the Sources of Sexual Knowledge and Information among Men in Kenya. Sexuality and Culture, 29(1), 210-231. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-024-10279-z.

2024

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adama, E., Graf, A., Adusei-Asante, K. (2024). Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 24(3), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v24i3.35672.
  • Klutsey, J., Adusei-Asante, K., Nunfam, V. (2024). Cultural capital and underdevelopment in less developed countries: The case of northern Ghana. Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1096-1108. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2724.
  • Ayaaba, E., Adusei-Asante, K., Nunfam, VF., Rumchev, K., Amponsah, SK. (2024). Mining Through a Pandemic Crisis: A Systematic Review of the Impacts of COVID-19 Management Strategies on Mining Industries in West Africa and Western Australia. Critical Public Health, 34(1), Article number 2438654. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2024.2438654.
  • Ndasi, D., Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Grobbelaar, M., Ha, A. (2024). Sources of Sexual Knowledge and Information, and Sexual Attitudes of Men: A Narrative Synthesis of the Literature. Sexuality and Culture, 28(5), 42 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-024-10265-5.
  • Bentum, H., Banham, V., Adusei-Asante, K. (2024). Violence and Abuse Towards Grandparent Kinship Carers in Informal Kinship Care Context. Ageing International: information bulletin of the International Federation on Ageing, 49(3), 568-592. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-024-09574-9.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Bland, K., Kirkham, N., Nelson, D., Tarrant, S. (2023). Philosophical inquiry in a culturally diverse, faith-based community. Journal of Philosophy in Schools, 10(1), 46-66. https://doi.org/10.46707/jps.v10i1.182.
  • Graf, A., Adama, E., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adusei-Asante, K. (2023). Perceived Nexus Between Non‑Invigilated Summative Assessment and Mental Health Difficulties: A Cross Sectional Studies. Journal of Academic Ethics, 21(4), 609-623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09472-w.
  • Adama, E., Graf, A., Adusei-Asante, K., Afrifa-Yamoah, E. (2023). COVID-19 and alternative assessments in higher education: implications for academic integrity among nursing and social science students. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 19(1), Article number 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00129-0.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Ndasi, D., Adusei-Asante, K., Grobbelaar, M., Ha, A., Nunfam, V. (2022). Assessing sexual attitudes among adult men: A descriptive survey in Kenya. Sexologies, 31(3), 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2022.04.003.
  • Ndasi, D., Adusei-Asante, K., Grobbelaar, M., Nunfam, V. (2022). Female Sex research with men in Kenya: Fieldwork challenges and reflections. Sexologies, 31(1), e16-e23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sexol.2021.10.002.

2021

Book Chapters

  • Ndasi, D., Adusei-Asante, K. (2021). Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Professionals Working with Migrant Women Living with Female Genital Cutting in Western Australia. Psycho-Social Aspects of Human Sexuality and Ethics (275-327). IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93353.

Journal Articles

  • Nunfam, V., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K., Adjei-Mensah, I., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Construct validity and invariance assessment of the social impacts of occupational heat stress scale (SIOHSS) among Ghanaian mining workers. Science of the Total Environment, 771(1 June 2021), Article number 144911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144911.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Estimating the magnitude and risk associated with heat exposure among Ghanaian mining workers. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 65(12), 2059-2075. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02164-3.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Frimpong, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J. (2020). Barriers to occupational heat stress risk adaptation of mining workers in Ghana. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 64(7), 1085–1101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01882-4.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Bennett, E., Simpson, W., Hindmarsh, S., Harvey, B., McMeekin, C. (2020). Evaluating our evaluability: Lessons from Ngala, Western Australia. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 20(4), 212-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X20971854.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Pelden, S., Boyd, E., Grobbelaar, M., Adusei-Asante, K., Hopkins, L. (2019). Ladies, Gentlemen and Guys: The Gender Politics of Politeness. Social Sciences, 8(2), Article number 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020056.
  • Nunfam, V., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Adusei-Asante, K., Frimpong, K. (2019). Climate change and occupational heat stress risks and adaptation strategies of mining workers: Perspectives of supervisors and other stakeholders in Ghana. Environmental Research, 169(February 2019), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.004.
  • Nunfam, V., Oosthuizen, J., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K. (2019). Perceptions of climate change and occupational heat stress risks and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 657(March 2019), 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.480.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Adams, S., Frimpong, K. (2019). The nexus between social impacts and adaptation strategies of workers to occupational heat stress: a conceptual framework. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 63(12), 1693-1706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01775-1.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2018). The impact of targeted educational programs on academic outcomes for African students in Western Australia. Coolabah, 24 & 25(2018), 274-291. https://doi.org/10.1344/co201824&25274-291.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Frimpong, K. (2018). Social impacts of occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of workers: a narrative synthesis of the literature. Science of the Total Environment, 643(1 December 2018), 1542-1552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.255.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Adibi, H. (2018). The ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse’ (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar. Australasian Review of African Studies, 39(2), 74-94. https://doi.org/10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2018-39-2/74-94.

Conference Publications

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Doh, D., Awidi, I. (2018). Educational partnership in action: Insights from Western Australia. STARS Conference Proceedings (pp5). Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention & Success. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4975.
  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2018). Peer-Mentoring Approaches to Violence Prevention Among African Youth In Western Australia: Preliminary Impact Assessment of the ‘Stop the Violence’ Programme. IAIA 18 Conference Proceedings (pp6). IAIA. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4979.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Pelden, S. (2018). Gender Impact Assessment: Theoretical Challenges. IAIA18 Conference Proceedings (pp7). International Association for Impact Assessment. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4978.
  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2018). Do same-demography mentoring programmes make any difference to mentees’ learning outcomes? Reflections on the Top Up programme. STARS Conference Proceedings (5p.). Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention & Success. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4968.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2017). Beyond minimisation of personal healthcare financing risks: an ethnographic study of motivations for joining Ghana’s health insurance scheme in Daakye District. Australasian Review of African Studies, 38(1), 46-64. https://doi.org/10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2017-38-1/46-64.

Conference Publications

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Doh, D. (2017). The Impact of motivated volunteerism on peer-mentoring educational programs: evidence from Western Australia. 2017 Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference Proceedings (1-6). STARS.
  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2017). Towards Developing Policy Impact Assessment Framework: An Introduction. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (6p.). IAIA.
  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2017). On the Brink of Politicisation: Reflections on Ethical Dilemma’s in Impact Assessment Practice. International Association for Impact Assessment Conference Proceedings (1-5). IAIA.
  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2017). Contextual Dynamics of Health Insurance Use: Case Study of Faith Healing and Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme. Proceedings of the 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Annual Conference (289-296). AFSAAP.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Doh, D., Klutsey, J. (2017). Pitfalls of Universal Health Coverage Systems: Evidence from West Africa. Proceedings of the 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Annual Conference (297-306).
  • Doh, D., Adusei-Asante, K. (2017). Active Ageing with the African in Mind: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Proceedings of the 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Annual Conference (281-288). AFSAAP.

Reports

  • Hancock, P., Adusei-Asante, K., Georgiou, J. (2017). Habitat, water quality and macroinvertebrate assessment of Lake Chittering, Western Australia. Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade & Australian Aid. Research Report. Canberra, Australia..
  • Hancock, P., Adusei-Asante, K., Georgiou, J. (2017). The Other Side of Formal Employment: Working Women Who Have Returned to their Communities and Villages in Sri Lanka. Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade & Australian Aid. Research Report. Canberra, Australia..

2016

Book Chapters

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Hancock, P. (2016). Impact Assessment and Official Development Assistance: Ethnographic Research of the World Bank’s Community-Based Rural Development Projects in Ghana. Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid: Value for Money and Aid for Trade (169-182). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803660-0.00012-X.

Conference Publications

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Doh, D. (2016). Students’ attrition and retention in higher education: A conceptual discussion. STARS Conference Proceedings (10p.). STARS.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Awidi, I., Doh, D. (2016). Improving Retention and Academic Achievements of African Students in Higher Education through Community Development. STARS Conference Proceedings (5p.). STARS.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Hancock, P. (2016). Addressing Aid Externalities: A Study of the World Bank’s Community-Based Projects in Ghana. 21st Century Tensions and Transformations in Africa: The 2015 AFSAAP Annual Conference Proceedings (1-12). AFSAAP.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Hancock, P. (2016). Measuring Policies with the Social Impact Assessment Framework: Opportunities and Challenges. IAIA16 Conference Proceedings: Resilience and Sustainability (1-7). International Association for Impact Assessment.
  • Adusei-Asante, K., Awidi, I., Hancock, P. (2016). Impact Assessment of University Fees Deregulation on Prospective Regional University Students in Western Australia. IAIA16 Conference Proceedings: Resilience and Sustainability (1-7). International Association for Impact Assessment.

2015

Book Chapters

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Hancock, P., Soares Oliveira, MW. (2015). Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Roles in Development Projects: A Research Case Study from Ghana. Advances in Gender Research (177-198). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-212620150000020019.

Journal Articles

  • Adusei-Asante, K. (2015). A community-based program in a non-existent community. African Studies Quarterly, 15(2), 69-84.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Adusei-Asante, K., Hancock, P. (2013). When Empowerment disempowers: A case study of Ghana's community based rural development projects. Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 9(2), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.4314/gjds.v9i2.3.

Research Projects

  • Roads to the Future: Infrastructure and the New Development in Africa, Australian Research Council, Discovery Projects (DP23), 2023 ‑ 2028, $225,626.
  • RISE UP – Transforming Criminality to Contribution, Department of Justice WA, Criminal Property Confiscation Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $20,000.
  • A Randomised Control Trial of the City After Dark Evening Safety Educational Program, Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Inc, Constable Care - Grant, 2020 ‑ 2024, $26,564.
  • Peer Mentoring Approaches to Violence Prevention Among African-Australian Youth: Impact Assessment of the “Stop the Violence” Program: Phase II., Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Engagement Grant, 2019 ‑ 2022, $60,000.
  • Building a Future-Ready Organisation: Evaluability Assessment of Tenacious House , Tenacious House, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2022, $31,742.
  • Ngala Service Model and Outcomes Measurement Project, Ngala Community Services, Grant, 2020 ‑ 2021, $25,000.
  • An Evaluation of the Ethical Leadership Program: A Constable Care and Primary Ethics Initiative 2020-2021, Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Inc, Constable Care - Grant, 2020 ‑ 2021, $80,791.
  • Sponsorship of Research Fellow, Ngala Community Services, Grant, 2019 ‑ 2020, $19,472.
  • Determinants of Post-Secondary School Choices and Destinations of African High School Students in Australia, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2017, 2017 ‑ 2019, $20,200.
  • Peer Mentoring Approaches to Violence Prevention Among African Youth in Western Australia: Impact Assessment of the "Stop the Violence" Project, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2017 Open Round, 2017 ‑ 2018, $45,990.
  • Only Social Impact Assessment of a Deregulated University System on Prospective University Students in Rural Western Australia- Phase II, Edith Cowan University, School of Arts and Humanities Research Grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $13,611.
  • The Other Side of Formal Employment: Women who have returned to their villages after Export Processing Zone Employment in Sri Lanka., Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, AusAID - Australian Development Research Awards, 2013 ‑ 2017, $413,779.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Unravelling ground realities of Australia's International Development Aid in the Pacific Region: The Case of the Solomon Islands
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Second hand goods exports to West Africa: motivations and implications
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The impact of Road Infrastructure on Urban Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Pokuase Interchange, Accra, Ghana

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Grandparent Kinship Care in Ghana: Family Violence and Cultural Myths on Witchcraft Accusations

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Values and Acculturation Experiences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use, and Mental Health of African-Australian Youth.

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The dilemmas of regional development in Ghana: An ethnographic analysis of the North
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Sources of Sexual Knowledge and Information and Sexual Attitudes of Men in Kenya
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Multinational Federalism and Secessionism in Ethiopia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Police engagement with African communities in Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Towards active ageing: A comparative study of experiences of older Ghanaians in Australia and Ghana
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Social impact of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Post-Retirement location intentions of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in Western Australia

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Rights-based approach to poverty reduction: The Ghanaian experience
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Gender and nursing in a developing country: Workplace violence, career progression, job satisfaction and emigration intentions among Ghanaian nurses.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Women in district assemblies in Ghana: Gender construction, resistance and empowerment.
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