Richard Abankwa Agyepong

Richard Abankwa Agyepong, an expert in local governance administration and training, holds a doctoral degree in Social Studies (University of Education Winneba), a Master of Public Management (Potsdam University, Germany), and an Advanced Certificate in Integrated Urban Planning from Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola in Sweden. 

Currently, he is a Senior lecturer at the Centre for African Studies, University of Education Winneba in Ghana, where he doubles as the Head of the Centre. Prior to this, he was the Assistant Dean of the Accra Campus at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), and the former Head of the ILGS Centre of Excellence in Local Economic Development (LED). 

Dr, Agyepong’s Research interest is in local governance and community participation in development. He plans to use his fellowship period, hosted by the Governance, Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Development (GEID) CRG to finalise his ongoing research on intergovernmental coordination for E- Public Service Delivery in West Africa with special focus on Ghana.