Professor of International Relations and former Coordinator of Ph. D Programme, School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Founding and Acting Dean of the School of Research and Graduate Studies, GIMPA.  Before then, taught at the University of Botswana, and University of Zambia. Chairperson, Centre for Culture and Peace Studies, University of Botswana. Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan.

Currently, Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Social and Strategic Studies (JSSS). NAB/GTECH assessor of accreditation documents. External Examiner for LECIAD, KAIPTC, & Open University of the Netherlands. Chairperson, Building Committee, Greenhill Interdenominational Church.

• China-Africa Japan-Africa
• Security; Peacekeeping & Peace Building;
• Globalization; Gender & Development; Regional Integration; Democracy; African Politics.

• China-Africa Japan-Africa
• Security; Peacekeeping & Peace Building;
• Globalization; Gender & Development; Regional Integration; Democracy; African Politics.

• International Relations, International Security
• Globalization,
• Regionalism,
• Philosophy, Diplomacy & Statecraft,
• Foreign Policy,
• International Political Economy,
• International Organizations,
• International Aid, International Administration
• Africa & World Politics
• Political Science
• Comparative
• Government
• Developmental State.

• Kurantin, N & Osei-Hwedie, B. Z (2021). The Impact of the Trade War on Military
• Industrial Complex of United States and China. In Das, R. C. (ed.), Global Tariff War:  
• Economic, Political and Social Implications. UK: Emerald Publishing.
• Osei-Hwedie, B.Z. & Kurantin, N. (2020). Security-Development Nexus: China’s Policy
• Framework towards Africa. Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies, 1, 1, pp. 1-19.
• Odame, L., Osei-Hwedie, B., Nketsia, W., Opoku, M., & Arthur, B. (2019). University
• Preparation and the Work Capabilities of Visually Impaired Graduates in Ghana: A Tracer Study. International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp. 1-19.
• Osei-Hwedie, B. Z., & Agomor, K (2018). Gender in political parties: Ghana’s 2016
• general elections. South African Journal of International Affairs, 25, 3, pp. 393-411.
• Osei-Hwedie, B.Z. & Kurantin, N (2017). Enter China: Towards Africa’s Growth and
• Development, The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 137-156.
• Sebudubudu, D., Osei-Hwedie, B. Z., & Tsie, B. (co-editors) (2017). Botswana’s Parliamentary Democracy Revisited. Johannesburg, South Africa: UNISA Press.

Email: bzosei-hwedie@gimpa.edu.gh