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Prof. Hope Pius Nudzor
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Prof. Hope Pius Nudzor

Professor - ( Senior Member ) Institute for Educational Planning and Administration

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Research, Innovation and Outreach
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Hope Pius Nudzor is a Professor of Critical Education Policy and Implementation Analysis at the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence, at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He is currently the Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Outreach (DRIO) at IEPA. Professor Nudzor holds B.A. degree (with First Class Honours) in Linguistics and Swahili from the University of Ghana in 2001, and graduate degrees in MSc. in Management and Leadership in Education and PhD in Educational and Professional Studies (both from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland) in 2004 and 2007 respectively.  

 

Before Professor Nudzor’s promotion to the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor in 2019 and 2021 respectively, he had worked as Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at IEPA. During this period, Professor Nudzor had taught on IEPA’s graduate programmes and undertaken critical education policy research and disseminated the findings through research dissemination, information and user-engagement activities, especially via conference presentations, journal article publications, seminars, workshops and policy dialogue and review engagements with stakeholders through both physical and virtual engagements. He was also involved actively in community service activities, where he extended his knowledge, competencies and expertise through outreach programmes and engagements to benefit a wide community of actors and beneficiaries of education. 

 

As Director of DRIO, Professor Nudzor is responsible, among other things, for: coordinating IEPA’s research agenda; ensuring quality research by writing research proposals that can sell and be executed to register IEPA’s presence in Ghana and other West African States; coordinating and supporting publication of journals articles, book chapters and books in IEPA; advising management on procedures that promote research-based teaching; and coordinating IEPA’s outreach activities. His Directorate also oversees the offices of Grants, Fundraising and Consultancy as well as Research and Policy within the IEPA’s organisational set-up. Professor Nudzor is also the Convener of IEPA’s Research Seminar Series. He teaches the following courses currently on the IEPA’s graduate programme: Educational Research Methods, Educational Policy Analysis, Economics of Education and Educational Finance, Curriculum Development in Higher Education Institutions, and Higher Education Institutions and their Environments.

 

Prior to his appointment as Research Fellow at IEPA in 2011, Professor Nudzor had worked variously as Research Fellow (with the University of Strathclyde); as UK’s Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (with the University of Strathclyde); as Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow (with Liverpool Hope University); as Teaching/Research Associate with the University of Strathclyde and as a Primary School Teacher in Ghana. 

 

Professor Nudzor’s research interests and expertise relate to critical education policy analysis; policy success and failure; evaluation of education for all (EFA) policy initiatives in low-income countries; qualitative research methods (particularly critical discourse analysis); management and leadership issues in education; educational decentralization; qualitative interviewing; higher education institutions and their governance systems; transnational higher education (TNHE) partnerships; change management in educational institutions; activity-based learning (ABL) practices in Ghanaian schools; and the group of young people referred to in policy terms as not in education, employment or training (NEET). Professor Nudzor’s contribution to these critical areas of scholarship include a book (on education policy); chapters in edited books; peer reviewed conference papers; and articles published in high impact national and international peer reviewed journals. Some of the journals in which his articles feature includethe British Educational Research Journal, Journal of Educational Change, International Journal of Research and Methods in Education, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Sage Open, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education; Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Issues in Education Research, and Educationalfutures. Others comprise Journal of Educational Management; Management in Education; Educational Research; Journal for Educational Development and Practice; International Journal of Innovative Research and Development; Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies; The International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives; Ghana Journal of Higher Education; Journal of Education and Work; and Tertiary Education Series. 

 

From 2009 to 2011, when he relocated from Scotland back to Ghana, his home country, Professor Nudzor was a member of the UK’s ESRC Peer Review College. He has served (and continues to serve) as reviewer for a number of high impact international peer review journals, including: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS), Journal of Educational Change, International Review of Education, and the European Journal of Teacher Education.

 

Professor Nudzor was the winner of UCC’s Maiden Research Awards Competition in the category of the Best Evolving Researcher in 2016. He was also the winner of the UCC’s Best College Level Researcher Award (BCLRA) for 2020. Professor Nudzor was the Principal Investigator for the group of IEPA researchers who won UCC’s Policy and Practice Oriented Research Support Grant Award for 2017, and had successfully undertaken a nation-wide tracer study on the topic “Placement and Utilisation of ‘IEPA’ Graduates in Sectors of the Ghanaian Economy”. Professor Nudzor is currently an External Examiner for the Department of Educational and Administration Management of the University of Education, Winneba. (UEW).

 

Degrees
  • Facilitator

    September, 2024

    Contemporary Issues in Fisheries Management. Fisheries Leadership Short course for Practitioners funded by USAID/Fisheries Recovery Activity Ghana.

  • Presenter

    October, 2024

    International and Regional Fisheries Institutional Frameworks and Bodies. Workshop on Destabilising Impacts of Distant Water Fishing Vessels (DWFV) in the Gulf of Guinea Yaounde, Cameroon.

  • Guest Speaker

    October, 2024

    “Promoting Research Excellence for Impact on Marine Conservation in Africa”, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries Online Seminar Series University of British Columbia, Canada.

  • Co-Facilitator

    October, 2021

    “Grants Proposal Writing Workshop” University for Development Studies.

  • Presenter

    November, 2024

    “Performance of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience”, Country Round Table Workshop Association of African Universities (AAU), Online.

  • Facilitator

    November, 2024

    “Regional Political Parties Dialogue on Fisheries: Protecting Our Fish, Securing Our Future, Live Engagement on JoyNews TV Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    November, 2023

    Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic “Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future through Transformative Research” Medical School Auditorium, University of Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    March, 2024

    Africa’s Plastic Revolution: Advancing Global Solutions for Healthy Oceans, T.D. Walter Bean Professorship Public Lecture University of Waterloo, Canada.

  • Presenter

    June, 2024

    Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy. National Consultative Workshop for the Formulation of a National Blue Economy Strategy for Angola Luanda, Angola.

  • Panelist

    June, 2024

    Regional Steering Committee Workshop for the World Bank West African Coastal Resilience Investment Projects (WACA ReSiP and ReiP2) Banjul, Gambia.

  • Facilitator

    July-August, 2012

    Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change. Short-term Training Course funded by USAID Ghana.

  • Co-Discussant

    July, 2023

    “Expanding the Impact of Blue Economy in Africa” (with Professor Rashid Sumaila) World Bank Headquarters, Washington.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2022

    Workshop on “Winning Research and Development Grants in a Competitive World” Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2019

    Workshop on “Proposal and Grants writing” University of Ghana, Ghana.

  • Speaker

    August, 2024

    Study Tour on Sustainable Fisheries Management & Leadership University of Rhode Island, United States.

  • Presenter

    August, 2023

    Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Ghana Case Study. Bootcamp on moving fisheries from Vulnerability to Viability Puri, Delhi, India.

  • Guest Speaker

    April, 2024

    Workshop Presentation on “Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy in Africa Hohai University, China.

  • Participant

    2021

    6th ACE Impact Regional Workshop of the World Bank and the Association of African Universities Accra (Online).

  • Panelist

    2014

    Seaweed (Sargassum) Invasion on the Ghanaian Coasts, Implications for the National Economy and Management Live TV Broadcast, GTV.

  • Guest Speaker

    2010

    “West African Fisheries”, Workshop by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.

  1. 2024-2025

    Team member, Contract for services to deliver a short course on Marine Litter under the OCPP

    Cefas/UKAID

  2. 2024

    Panel Chair, Reviewed Environmental Impact Statement of PECAN Energies for Offshore Exploration of Oil & Gas

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, Secondi/Takoradi

  3. 2023-2024

    Team member, Contract for development of a short course on Marine Litter for the West Africa Region

    Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

  4. 2023-2024

    Team member, Contract services to conduct data collection surveys on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Ghana

    Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

  5. 2023

    Lead Consultant, Contract for the Development of Fishery Courses Syllabi for Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS), University of Liberia

    IDA-V3100

  6. 2023

    Panel Chair, Evaluation of Applications for recruitment of Environmental, Social Safeguards Officers for Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)

    World Bank funded West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme

  7. 2022-2023

    Lead Consultant, Consultancy to review and align national fisheries and aquaculture polices and laws with the PFRS, regional instruments and global best practices for 15 AU Member States

    African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

  8. 2022-2023

    Lead Consultant, Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives (2022)

    African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

  9. 2022-2023

    Lead Consultant, Identification of Issues for SIDS, Development of Draft Strategic Positions for SIDS

    African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

  10. 2022

    Team member, Environmental Systems Analysis of the Avu Lagoon Protected area

    Calgary Zoo Foundation

  11. 2021

    Trainer, Conduct Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in Ghana

    University of Liverpool

  12. 2021

    Team member, Pre-feasibility study for nature-based intervention for Anlo Beach community in Ghana

    Valued at US$32,365.00

  13. 2021

    Team member, Marine Plastic Pollution Study in Liberia

    Conservation International

  14. 2021

    Team member, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate - WACA -VAR Workshop

    World Bank

  15. 2020-2021

    Consultant, Support Development of Multi-sector Resilience Investment Programme for the West Africa Coastal Area Management Program

    World Bank

  16. 2020-2021

    Consultant, Issues and Opportunities in the Ghanaian Fishery Sector: Addressing the context, prospects and challenges

    Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom

  17. 2020

    Consultant, Estimations on renewable energy investments in Ghana

    Highland Star Group (HSG) of Companies, Geneva, Switzerland

  18. 2019-2020

    Team Member, Regional Mapping of Experts and Institutions in Coastal management

    World Bank

  19. 2017

    Lead Consultant, Review of the Fisheries Act 2002 (act 625) and the Development of Draft Regulations for the conduct of Fisheries Impact Assessments

    Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) and GOGIG funded by DFID/UK

  20. 2013

    Team member, Environmental baseline survey of water bodies in the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) mining concession

    AERC Ltd.

  21. 2012

    Team member, Scoping Study on the Dredging of the Whin Estuary in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis

    UCC Consultancy Unit/Consolidated Energy Ltd.

  22. 2011

    Team member, Social Ecology of Anlo Beach Wetland of Ghana

    Friends of the Nation/IUCN/French Global Environment Facility (GEF)

  23. 2010

    Principal Investigator, Biodiversity Assessment of Urban Wetlands in the Western Region, Ghana with focus on Essei and Butuah Lagoons and the Whin River Estuary

    USAID through Friends of the Nation

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