Solomon Kofi Amoah

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Career Overview

Dr Solomon Kofi Amoah holds a first degree in Sociology with the Study of Religions and an MPhil in Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon. He went on to take a PhD in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast where he worked on governance and executive transitions in civil society organisations in Ghana. Solomon worked at the Department of Distance Education, University of Ghana for three years before joining the Department of Sociology in August 2021 where he teaches and supervises students at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

Research Interests/Research Areas

Solomon is concerned with the social circumstances of work and how organisational structures inform the experiences, identities, and behaviours of people. He recognises that work and its organisation take on different forms across space and cultures. So, his research focuses on the nature of work and employment, technological change, and other transformations in organisations. He studies the responses (or rather, counter-responses) of labour unions, CSOs, the state and lead organisations to the changing nature of work. These include the study of new forms of work organisation and how demographics like gender and other factors intersect to shape occupations and work allocation.

Solomon welcomes students and researchers who wish to explore work and employment relations, work inequalities, the growth of the gig economy and job quality in the context of the global south.

Specialisations

· Sociology of Work

· Work, Employment and Inequalities

· Civil Society, Philanthropy and Social Provisioning

· Organisational governance and sustainability

· Social dialogue in work organisations

Teaching

Solomon teaches Industrial Sociology, Poverty and Rural Development, Rural Sociology, Comparative Social Institutions, Urban Sociology, and Basic Concepts in Sociology. He also supervises both graduate and undergraduate research.

Grants and Projects

BANGA Seed Research Grant - April 2022 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York & University of Ghana under the BANGA-Africa (Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa) Project.

· This seed grant is being used to explore the “formal-informal economy nexus” and its implication for decent work outcomes in agriculture.

Research Fellow: Next Generation Leadership Programme – 2017, by Ford Foundation, WACSI and Rockdale Foundation.

· The 2017 “WACSI Research Fellowship in Civil Society Governance and Leadership” provided a small grant for the exploration of governance and leadership transition in selected civil society organisations in Ghana.

Carnegie Scholar: Carnegie NGAA (Next Generation of Academics in Africa) Scholarship – 2012, by the Carnegie Corporation of New York & University of Ghana

· The scholarship was used to complete research on culture and managerial practices in selected Ghanaian universities.

Selected Publications

Salifu, I., Chirani, F., Amoah, S. K., & Odame, E. D. (2023). Training Teachers by the Distance Mode: Implications for Quality Teacher Performance in Pre-Tertiary Schools. SAGE Open, 13(4), 21582440231219081.

Sarfo, J.O., Ansah, E.W., Sarfo, J.C., Ashraf, F., Suraya, A., Malik, S., Azam, U., Malik, N.I., Amoah, S.K. & Donyeh, P.S. (2023). Online health information-seeking experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown among social media users in four countries. Psychology of Language and Communication, 27(1), 330-349.

Amoah, L. A. O., Oppong, M., Amoah, S. K., & Bimi, L. (2023). Toxocariasis in Ghanaian neighbourhoods: A need for action. Science in One Health, 100018.

Amoah, S. K. (2022). Civil society organisations’ responses to the effects of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ghana. Journal of Government and Civil Society, 6(2), 246-275.

Bamfo, I., Owusu Sarfo, J., Ansah, E. W., & Amoah, S. K. (2020). The impact of health on economic development: Ghana’s COVID-19 management so far. European Journal of Economic Studies 9 (1), 3-10.

Amoah, S. K. (2020). Interrogating governance and leadership succession planning in selected civil society organisations in Ghana. West Africa Civil Society Institute, Accra, Ghana, 1-20.

Abah, D. & Amoah, S. K. (2019). The role and challenges of civil society in countering violent extremism in West Africa. Legon Journal of International Affairs and Diplomacy 10 (1), 54-81.

Amoah, S. K., Ayim, A., Abah, D. & Ansah, K. A. (2017). Extremist radicalism and terrorist inroads in West Africa: Understanding the threat. Journal of Advocacy Research and Education 4 (3), 188-194.

Boateng, K., Afranie, S. & Amoah, S. K. (2016). Social mobilisation in the midst of social change: the case of traditional authorities in Ghana. Journal of Educational and Social Research 6 (2), 103-112.

External Activity

Solomon served on some non-profit and school boards and consulted for organisations like SOS Children Villages, Ghana, West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), Nigeria INGO Forum, and International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL) among others.

Membership of Professional Bodies

· Ghana Sociological and Anthropological Association (GSAA)

· International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)

· University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)