Research groups
Areas of responsibility
I am a PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Work and the Centre for Digital Transformation at the University of Agder, Norway. I hold a Masters in Sociology from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and a Masters in Global Development and Planning from the University of Agder. Prior to the position as a PhD Research Fellow, I worked as Teaching Assistant at the University of Saskatchewan. I have also worked as an online tutor at the Department of Global Development and Planning and a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana where I obtained my BA(Hons) Sociology and Social Work.
Research
Sustainable Urban Development
Rural urban migration
Environment and Development
Population and development
Social Network Analysis
Sociology of food and agriculture
Academic interests
I have methodological expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods with special emphasis on Computational Social Science Methods and Social Network Analysis.
Selected publications
Ziglioli, G., & Alhassan, A. Y. (2022). Nethnography and Social Network Analysis for Studying Online Social Space. In P. Gabriella & P. Angela Delli (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society (pp. 227-247). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch015
Alhassan, A. Y., Abdul-rahim, A., & Akaabre, P. B. (2016). Knowledge, Awareness and Perceptions of Females on Clandestine Abortion in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana. European Scientific Journal, 12(12), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n12p95.
Abdulai, A.-R., Adam, A.-w. M., & Alhassan, A. Y. (2016). Indigenous industries in the face of growing competition in textile markets: a study of smock/fugu industry in tamale metropolis, Northern Ghana. International Journal of Development Research, 6(2), 6826-6833. https://www.journalijdr.com/sites/default/files/issue-pdf/4781.pdf.
Abdulai, A.-R., Tundyiridam, R., & Alhassan, A. Y. (2016). Mechanisms and Strategies for Mobilisation of Property Rates in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of Ghana. Public Policy and Administration Research, 6(6), 113-123. http://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/PPAR/article/view/31420/32260.
Master Theses
Alhassan, A. Y. (2019). Competing Discourses of Sustainability in African Agriculture: A Case Study of the Sustainable Agriculture Discourse of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. [Master’s Thesis, University of Saskatchewan]. https://harvest.usask.ca/handle/10388/12472.
Alhassan, A. Y. (2017). Rural-urban migrants and urban employment in Ghana: A case study of rural migrants from Northern Region to Kumasi. [Universitetet i Agder; University of Agder] https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/2459938.
Tuition
UT-204 The political ecology of global environmental challenges (Course Coordinator)
UT 502 Planning for Local and Regional Development
ME 526 Master Thesis Seminar in Development Management
UT 403 Global environment issues - a political ecology perspective