About

Abdulai holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Tasmania, Australia. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Agder, Norway and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Brunei, Brunei. His other qualifications are a Diploma of International Business from the University College of Oslo, Norway and a Diploma of Public Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. His first degree was obtained from the University of Ghana.

He has 12 years’ teaching experience at the University of Ghana where he teaches both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Examples of courses he teaches at the undergraduate level are Public Policy Making, Public Policy Process in Ghana, and Public Finance Administration. Examples of graduate level courses he teaches are Public Policy Analysis, Lobbying and Agenda Setting, and Ethics in Research & Public Policy. He has also worked as a Deputy District Coordinating Director (Public Administrator – second highest bureaucrat in the district) for six years.

His previous employment was a Deputy Coordinating Director from 1991 to 1997 at the Bosomtwe District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Here, he was involved in the day-to- day administration of the district; speech and report writing; minute taking; data management; HRM functions: training and development; performance appraisal, manpower planning, project management, just to mention a few

Education

• PhD in Public Policy and Administration - University of Tasmania, Australia
• Master of Public Administration - University of Agder, Norway
• Master of Public Policy - University of Brunei, Brunei
• Diploma of International Business - University College of Oslo, Norway
• Diploma of Public Administration - Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana
• Bachelor of Arts - University of Ghana, Ghana

Research Interest

• Public Policy Analysis
• Local Administration
• Interest Intermediation
• Comparative Public Administration
• Public Accountability

Selected Publications

• Mohammed A.K. (2020), ‘Does the Policy Cycle Reflect the Policy Making Approach in Ghana?’ Journal of Public Affairs, 1-15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2078
• Mohammed A.K. (2020), ‘Property Rate in Ghana: A Poor Local Revenue Source or Underexploited Potential?’ Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (22),  1-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.vi22.7447
• Mohammed, A. K. (2020), “Is Ghana’s law against Human Trafficking a Success?’ Criminal Justice Review, 1-24 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016820971029
• Mohammed, A. K. and Ahmed, B. K (2020), ‘An Evaluation of the Free Senior High School Policy in Ghana’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2020.1789066
• Ahmed Bawa, Kuyiini Abdulai Abukari, Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed, Hughlett Omris Powell, (2020), ‘Narratives of internal Migration Experiences, Health/Well-being Issues among Females Working as Head Porters (kayayei) in Ghana’, International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 16 (4): 511-525 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-07-2020-0068