Prof. Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi is an Associate Professor at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD), University of Ghana. He has his training in the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana and the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. He was also trained in the Department of Public Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen, Norway.
Research Interest
Prof. Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi's areas of scholarship include Foreign Policy and International Studies/Politics, Peace, Conflict and Security Studies, Public Administration and Public Policy, Social Policy and Social Welfare, Health Policy and Health Systems, Universal Health Coverage, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Methodologically, he is inclined towards qualitative and mixed research methods and with some theoretical insights on principal-agent and stewardship, rational choice, structure-agency, welfare, human security critical theory, among others. Philosophical issues: holism, individualism, rationalism, structure-agency relationships in areas of foreign policy and health care policies and provision are areas of interest to the researcher.
Prof. Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi has conducted four research projects, namely the 2024 Nkwanti conflict, 2023 international conflict resolution along Ghana-Togo border, 2021 Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), road safety from the African Union perspective, implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana in rural Ghana and a similar study in urban Ghana from public-private organisational perspectives, international perspective on mental health law in Ghana among other research projects. Plans are underway to extend the study to Liberia, particularly E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Monrovia.
Prof. Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi performs several services/duties in LECIAD. Currently, the Examination Officer, Seminar Coordinator since 2023, coordinates the quarterly publication known as the ‘Conflict Watch’ in the Centre. This publication reports on conflict spots and potential conflict issues in Ghana. It serves as an ‘early warning tool’ and encourages stakeholders to be more proactive in identifying and managing latent issues of competing interests, so they do not lead to full-blown violent conflict in society. Also, Assistant Editor, Legon Journal of International Affairs (LEJIA). From September 2018.
Awards/Grants
Prof. Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi received the prestigious Norwegian Government Quota Scheme Scholarship for 6 years (2009-11); (2012-2015). He also received the University of Ghana Conference Grant, ORID, January 2020, Meltzer Research Fund in 2015 and 2013, a small grant from the Institut Francais de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) in 2009.
Teaching Courses
- Foreign Policy Analysis (PhD Course)
- International Institutions (MA Course)
- International Development (MA Course)
- Public Administration (MA Course-First Semester).
- Issues in Public Administration (MA Course-Second Semester).
- Issues in International Politics (MA Course First Semester).
Publications
Prof Daniel Dramani Kipo-Suneyhzi has over 50 publications, including books, book chapters and international peer-reviewed journals. He attended over six international conferences and presented conference papers in these countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Norway and Cameroon. Some selected publications at the Centre include:
A Few Latest Selected Publications
- Kipo-Sunyehzi, D.D. & Asante, C.O. (2025). Electronic Tax (E-Levy) Policies in Africa: Evidence from Ghana. Journal of Public Affairs, 1-11.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70053
- Kipo-Sunyehzi, D.D., Lambon, P.J. & Masue, O.S. (2025). Sub-Saharan African Youth Engagement Discourses and the Creation of Spaces in Governance and Policy Making. J of Pol Practice & Research, 1-25.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-025-00117-3
- Assisi, S. E., & Kipo-Sunyehzi, D. D. (2025). Russia-Ukraine War: the gendered effects of the war on men, women, and children. International Journal of Current Research in the Humanities, 28(1), 327-339.
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijcrh/article/view/293601
- Kipo-Sunyehzi, D. D. & Lanbon, P. L. (2025). Military Coups in West Africa
An Analysis of the Formation of the Alliance of Sahel. Africa Review, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1163/09744061-bja10259
A Few Old Publications
Kipo-Sunyehzi, D. D. (2020). Global Social Welfare and Social Policy Debates: Ghana’s Health Insurance Scheme Promotion of the Well-Being of Vulnerable Groups. Journal of Social Service Research, 1-15. Routledge: https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2020.1716919
Kipo-Sunyehzi, D.D (2019). Public-Private Organizations Behaviour: the Paradoxes in the Implementation of Ghana’s Health Insurance Scheme. Public Organiz Rev 10.1 Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-019-00461-5
Kipo-Sunyehzi, D. D., Ayanore, A. A., Dzidornu, D. K. and Yakubu, A. Y. (2019). Ghana’s Journey towards Universal Health Coverage: The Role of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2020, 10(1), 94-109. MDPI https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010009
Kipo-Sunyehzi, D.D., Attuquayefio, P. K. and Sunyehzi, J. K. (2019). Street-level Bureaucrats’ Coping Strategies and How They Affect Public Service Delivery in Ghana. Journal of the Social Sciences 60(1-3), 9-20. Routledge: Taylor & Francis https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjss20
Ayanore MA, Amuna N, Aviisah M, Awolu A, Kipo-Sunyehzi DD, Mogre V, Ofori-Asenso R, Gmanyami JM, Kugbey N and Gyapong M. (2019). Towards Resilient Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the English Language Literature on Health Workforce, Surveillance, and Health Governance Issues for Health Systems Strengthening. Annals of Global Health, 85(1): 113, 1–15. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), PubMed DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2514
Kipo-Sunyehzi, D.D. (2018). Principal-Agent Problems in Implementation of Ghana’s Health Insurance Scheme. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management, 11(2), 59-74. EconPapers, Örebro University School of Business.
Educational Qualifications
PhD, University of Bergen, Norway. M.Phil. University of Bergen, Norway.
MA and BA, University of Ghana, Legon.
Areas of Research
foreign policy and international studies/politics, peace, conflict and security studies, International Public Administration, Public Policy, International Health Policy, Universal Health Coverage
Email: dkipo-sunyehzi@ug.edu.gh