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Joshua Zaato

Assistant Professor
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Introduction

 

I graduated from the University of Ottawa with a PhD in Public Administration in 2013. My areas of research expertise and teaching are in public–private partnerships, organizational theory, comparative public administration, political science, and public policy analysis. I have numerous publications in internationally peer reviewed academic journals and have presented academic findings at numerous leading international conferences in Africa, America, Canada, and Europe. I also have practical working experience in Africa, North America, Asia and the Middle Est.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Current: Assistant Chair, International Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018-2020.
  • Member: Curriculum Development Committee, CHSS, Zayed University
  • Member: Teaching and Learning Committee, CHSS, Zayed University
  • Member: Postgraduate Students Admission Committee, CHSS, Zayed University

Qualifications

  • PhD: Public Administration, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Awarded 2013.
  • MA: Public Administration, Brock University, St Catharines, Ont, Canada. Awarded in 2007.
  • BA:  Political Science, First Class Honours, University of Ghana, Legon. Accra-Ghana 2003.

Memberships

  • International Political Science Association, IPSA
  • International Research Society for Public Management, IRSPM
  • American Society for Public Administration, ASPA
  • Canadian Association of African Studies, CAAS,
  • Canadian Political Science Association, CPSA.

Languages

  • English, Sissaling

 

Research and Professional Activities

Research Interests

  • Comparative Public Administration/Management
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Organizational Theory
  • Public Policy Analysis
  • Democratic Governance
  • Public Sector Reforms
  • Water Sector Reforms

Current Projects:

I am currently working on a Book Project. It builds on my PhD research and examines Governance and Reforms of State Owned Enterprises in developing countries in general and Ghana in particular.

I am also working on a collaborative project that examines the contentious and convoluted issue of Local Content policy between Ghana and the UAE. In the initial developmental stage, the research seeks to wade into the complex concept of local content critically examining its application, regulation, monitoring and how these two countries can share and learn from each other.

Keywords:

Public Administration

Public Policy

Reform

Regulation

Governance

Developing Countries (Africa)

Ghana

Teaching Areas

HSS 341: Development and Under-development                 

HSS 391: Research Methods

HIS  251:  World History

HSS 458: World Regions: Africa

 

 

  • Zaato, Joshua Jebuntie (2018) ‘Governance of State Owned Enterprises’. In Farazmand A. (ed) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, Springer

 

  • Zaato, Joshua Jebuntie & Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng (2017) “Breaking the path in national development? The politics of public–private partnerships in Ghana” Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation, Vol. 2(4) 326–346