Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera

Department

Development Policy

Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera is the Head of Department of Development Policy, School of Public Service and Governance, GIMPA. She holds a PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK, and an Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast. Prior to working at GIMPA, she has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Education at the Valley View University, Ghana.

Currently, she is an official partner to the UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education, Professor Penny Jane Burke, at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

She has extensive research experience in various areas including Gender studies, Policy studies and University-Community Engagement, She has also published in prestigious international journals.

Beyond her extensive teaching and research experience she has engaged in various national and international activities and programmes.

She is particularly interested in challenging marginalization of minorities and discourses and practices perpetuating colonial ideologies and philosophies, particularly, in relation to Higher education and Gender.

She is a founding member of the International Network on Gender, Social Justice and Praxis. The Network brings together leading scholars and researchers and aims to develop research and innovative pedagogical resources on issues of gender and social justice.

Nationally, she has engaged in various consultancy services and projects in Gender and Education including working on the USAID/FHI 360 Learning projects. She is the President of the Ghana Assocation of Public Administration and Management (GAPAM). Under her leadership, the Association has engaged in varied programmes and activities including seminars, workshops and a national conference to build capacity and to promote service excellence in Public Institutions.

  • PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK
  • Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education

.

Journals

  • Gyamera, G. O. and Asare, W. (2023). A critical examination of factors influencing international students’ choice to study in Ghanaian higher educational institutions. Cogent Education, Taylor and Francis, 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2186014
  • Burke, P. J. and Gyamera & the Ghanaian Feminist Collective (2022): Examining the gendered timescapes of higher education: reflections through letter writing as feminist praxis, Gender and Education, DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2022.2151982
  • Gyamera, G. O & Debrah, I. (2021): Utilising university community engagement as a critical tool for global citizenship, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International              Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2021.1929074
  • Wiafe I, Koranteng, F. N., Kastriku, F. A. and  Gyamera G. O. (2020): Assessing the impact of persuasive features on user’s intention to continuous use: the case of academic social networking sites, Behaviour & Information Technology
  • Gyamera G O and Burke P. (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: Project Summary. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Burke P. and Gyamera G O (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: A methodology. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G, O (2018). The internationalisation Agenda: a critical look at the conceptualisation and rationalisation of internationalisation in public universities in Ghana. Compare: a Journal of Comparative and International Education. https://doi.org/10.1080//03057925.2018.1474729
  • Gyamera, G. O. & Burke, P. J. (2017): Neoliberalism and curriculum in higher education: a post-colonial analyses, Teaching in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1414782
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). I just want to be somebody: Exploring students’ motivations and experiences in universities in Ghana. South Africa Journal of Higher Education
  • Gyamera, G. O. and Burk, P. (2016). Exploring the impact of neoliberalism on female academics in universities in Ghana. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2015). The internationalisation agenda: A critical examination of internationalisation strategies in public universities in Ghana. International Studies in Sociology of Education, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2015.1034290
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2014). Exploring community engagements in the public universities in Ghana. International Journal of African Studies and Education. 2(2). 1-11

Book Chapters

  • Gyamera, G. O. (2020). ‘Internationalising higher education: An exploratory analyses of policy frameworks and guidelines’. In De Wit, H. Thondhlana, J.,  Garwe, E (2020) Internationalisation of higher education in the Global South, Bloomsbury
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2019) The Neoliberal agenda in higher educational institutions: perspectives, impacts and the way forward. In Graham, T. (2019). Neoliberalism: perspectives, history and criticism, NOVA Publications
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). Internationalisation strategies in Ghana’s public universities in De Wit, H., Gacel-Avila, J. Jones, E. and Jooste, N. (2017). The globalization of internationalisation: emerging voices and perspectives. London and New York: Routledge

 

Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera

Department

Development Policy

Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera is the Head of Department of Development Policy, School of Public Service and Governance, GIMPA. She holds a PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK, and an Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast. Prior to working at GIMPA, she has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Education at the Valley View University, Ghana.

Currently, she is an official partner to the UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education, Professor Penny Jane Burke, at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

She has extensive research experience in various areas including Gender studies, Policy studies and University-Community Engagement, She has also published in prestigious international journals.

Beyond her extensive teaching and research experience she has engaged in various national and international activities and programmes.

She is particularly interested in challenging marginalization of minorities and discourses and practices perpetuating colonial ideologies and philosophies, particularly, in relation to Higher education and Gender.

She is a founding member of the International Network on Gender, Social Justice and Praxis. The Network brings together leading scholars and researchers and aims to develop research and innovative pedagogical resources on issues of gender and social justice.

Nationally, she has engaged in various consultancy services and projects in Gender and Education including working on the USAID/FHI 360 Learning projects. She is the President of the Ghana Assocation of Public Administration and Management (GAPAM). Under her leadership, the Association has engaged in varied programmes and activities including seminars, workshops and a national conference to build capacity and to promote service excellence in Public Institutions.

  • PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK
  • Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education

.

Journals

  • Gyamera, G. O. and Asare, W. (2023). A critical examination of factors influencing international students’ choice to study in Ghanaian higher educational institutions. Cogent Education, Taylor and Francis, 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2186014
  • Burke, P. J. and Gyamera & the Ghanaian Feminist Collective (2022): Examining the gendered timescapes of higher education: reflections through letter writing as feminist praxis, Gender and Education, DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2022.2151982
  • Gyamera, G. O & Debrah, I. (2021): Utilising university community engagement as a critical tool for global citizenship, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International              Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2021.1929074
  • Wiafe I, Koranteng, F. N., Kastriku, F. A. and  Gyamera G. O. (2020): Assessing the impact of persuasive features on user’s intention to continuous use: the case of academic social networking sites, Behaviour & Information Technology
  • Gyamera G O and Burke P. (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: Project Summary. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Burke P. and Gyamera G O (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: A methodology. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G, O (2018). The internationalisation Agenda: a critical look at the conceptualisation and rationalisation of internationalisation in public universities in Ghana. Compare: a Journal of Comparative and International Education. https://doi.org/10.1080//03057925.2018.1474729
  • Gyamera, G. O. & Burke, P. J. (2017): Neoliberalism and curriculum in higher education: a post-colonial analyses, Teaching in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1414782
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). I just want to be somebody: Exploring students’ motivations and experiences in universities in Ghana. South Africa Journal of Higher Education
  • Gyamera, G. O. and Burk, P. (2016). Exploring the impact of neoliberalism on female academics in universities in Ghana. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2015). The internationalisation agenda: A critical examination of internationalisation strategies in public universities in Ghana. International Studies in Sociology of Education, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2015.1034290
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2014). Exploring community engagements in the public universities in Ghana. International Journal of African Studies and Education. 2(2). 1-11

Book Chapters

  • Gyamera, G. O. (2020). ‘Internationalising higher education: An exploratory analyses of policy frameworks and guidelines’. In De Wit, H. Thondhlana, J.,  Garwe, E (2020) Internationalisation of higher education in the Global South, Bloomsbury
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2019) The Neoliberal agenda in higher educational institutions: perspectives, impacts and the way forward. In Graham, T. (2019). Neoliberalism: perspectives, history and criticism, NOVA Publications
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). Internationalisation strategies in Ghana’s public universities in De Wit, H., Gacel-Avila, J. Jones, E. and Jooste, N. (2017). The globalization of internationalisation: emerging voices and perspectives. London and New York: Routledge

 

Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera

Department

Development Policy

Dr Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera is the Head of Department of Development Policy, School of Public Service and Governance, GIMPA. She holds a PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK, and an Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast. Prior to working at GIMPA, she has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Education at the Valley View University, Ghana.

Currently, she is an official partner to the UNESCO Chair in Equity, Social Justice and Higher Education, Professor Penny Jane Burke, at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

She has extensive research experience in various areas including Gender studies, Policy studies and University-Community Engagement, She has also published in prestigious international journals.

Beyond her extensive teaching and research experience she has engaged in various national and international activities and programmes.

She is particularly interested in challenging marginalization of minorities and discourses and practices perpetuating colonial ideologies and philosophies, particularly, in relation to Higher education and Gender.

She is a founding member of the International Network on Gender, Social Justice and Praxis. The Network brings together leading scholars and researchers and aims to develop research and innovative pedagogical resources on issues of gender and social justice.

Nationally, she has engaged in various consultancy services and projects in Gender and Education including working on the USAID/FHI 360 Learning projects. She is the President of the Ghana Assocation of Public Administration and Management (GAPAM). Under her leadership, the Association has engaged in varied programmes and activities including seminars, workshops and a national conference to build capacity and to promote service excellence in Public Institutions.

  • PhD in Education Studies from the University of Roehampton, UK
  • Mphil  and B. ed in Educational Administration and Educational Psychology from the University of Cape Coast
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education
  • Internationalisation of Education
  • Gender Studies
  • Decolonisation.
  • Curriculum Development
  • comparative and international Education

.

Journals

  • Gyamera, G. O. and Asare, W. (2023). A critical examination of factors influencing international students’ choice to study in Ghanaian higher educational institutions. Cogent Education, Taylor and Francis, 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2186014
  • Burke, P. J. and Gyamera & the Ghanaian Feminist Collective (2022): Examining the gendered timescapes of higher education: reflections through letter writing as feminist praxis, Gender and Education, DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2022.2151982
  • Gyamera, G. O & Debrah, I. (2021): Utilising university community engagement as a critical tool for global citizenship, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International              Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2021.1929074
  • Wiafe I, Koranteng, F. N., Kastriku, F. A. and  Gyamera G. O. (2020): Assessing the impact of persuasive features on user’s intention to continuous use: the case of academic social networking sites, Behaviour & Information Technology
  • Gyamera G O and Burke P. (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: Project Summary. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Burke P. and Gyamera G O (2020). Exploring the impact of Neoliberalism on female academics: A methodology. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G, O (2018). The internationalisation Agenda: a critical look at the conceptualisation and rationalisation of internationalisation in public universities in Ghana. Compare: a Journal of Comparative and International Education. https://doi.org/10.1080//03057925.2018.1474729
  • Gyamera, G. O. & Burke, P. J. (2017): Neoliberalism and curriculum in higher education: a post-colonial analyses, Teaching in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1414782
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). I just want to be somebody: Exploring students’ motivations and experiences in universities in Ghana. South Africa Journal of Higher Education
  • Gyamera, G. O. and Burk, P. (2016). Exploring the impact of neoliberalism on female academics in universities in Ghana. Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Occasional paper. Widening Participation in Higher Education: International Perspectives, University of Newcastle
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2015). The internationalisation agenda: A critical examination of internationalisation strategies in public universities in Ghana. International Studies in Sociology of Education, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2015.1034290
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2014). Exploring community engagements in the public universities in Ghana. International Journal of African Studies and Education. 2(2). 1-11

Book Chapters

  • Gyamera, G. O. (2020). ‘Internationalising higher education: An exploratory analyses of policy frameworks and guidelines’. In De Wit, H. Thondhlana, J.,  Garwe, E (2020) Internationalisation of higher education in the Global South, Bloomsbury
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2019) The Neoliberal agenda in higher educational institutions: perspectives, impacts and the way forward. In Graham, T. (2019). Neoliberalism: perspectives, history and criticism, NOVA Publications
  • Gyamera, G. O. (2017). Internationalisation strategies in Ghana’s public universities in De Wit, H., Gacel-Avila, J. Jones, E. and Jooste, N. (2017). The globalization of internationalisation: emerging voices and perspectives. London and New York: Routledge

 

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