Mr. Joseph Bawa

Mr. Joseph Bawa

Contact info jobawa@ug.edu.gh

About

Joseph Bawa is a Political Scientist and a multidisciplinary Social Science scholar. He is a Research Fellow at the Electoral Research and Resource Centre, Ghana (ERRC-Ghana) and the Centre for Conflict and Peace Research, Ghana (CCPR-Ghana). He currently teaches Political Science at the undergraduate degree level and Public Administration at the diploma level. 

Education

  • MPhil in Development Studies & Comparative Politics, University of Ghana
  • BA in Political Science with History, University of Ghana

Research Interest

Democracy and development, democratic policing, conflict and security, transitional justice, human rights, higher education, politics and religion.

Publications

Kwarteng, A. H., Bawa, J., & Koduah, K. K. T. (2024). Improving labour laws in Ghana: An analysis of collective bargaining agreements. Journal of Labor and Society, 27(4), 578–601.

Ateku, A. J., Bawa, J.(2024). Reforming the Police Service for effective policing in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. In J. R. Ayee, L. G. Amoah & S. M. Alidu, S.M. (eds), Public sector management and economic governance in Ghana (pp. 169-187). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56964-7_9

Bawa, J., Odame, E. A., Odame, J., & Adingo, S. A. (2022). Learners’ perception of the quality of distance education in Ghana. Multidisciplinary Journal of Distance Education Studies, 1(1), 19-43.

Bawa, J., Ayim, A. & Bastimi, B. (2022). Attitude and perception of Ghanaians toward the Church: An Analysis of the views of Christians living in selected Districts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, Journal of Religion in Africa, 51(1-2), 150-183.

Bawa, J., Odame, E. A., Kwarteng, A. H., Ayim, A., & Kolugu, M. K. (2021). Social media usage and coping strategies among University of Ghana undergraduate students, The Journal of Social Media for Learning, 2(1), 55-70.

Joseph Bawa & Abdul-Jalilu Ateku (2020). After the structural adjustment programme for Africa’s economic crisis what Next? A look at some immediate African alternative development strategies (May 30, 2020). SSRN Electronic Journal https://ssrn.com/abstract=3614173 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3614173

Kwarteng, A. H., Bawa, J., & Danquah, P. B. (in press). Democratic and communist policies in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic: A comparative study of Ghana and China. African Journal of Social Sciences Education.