Prof. Edward Brenya

Professor


Dept: History and Political Studies
FF 20 New Social Sciences Building near Business School, KNUST

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Research Areas/Interests

Public Administration  Public Policy Analysis/Comparative Public Health Policy and Politics Energy and Natural Resource Policy and Politics&nb...~more


Positions Held & Hold

Nov. 2025 – date: Member, Education Committee, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Foundation, Manhyia Kumasi

Oct. 2025 - date: Chairman: Governing Council, Kumasi Technical University, Kumasi.

Nov. 2024 - date: Chair/Head: Department of History, Political Science and Public Administration, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2024: Chair/Head: Department of History and Political StudiesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Jan. 2022 - Oct. 2022: Chair/Head: Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Aug. 2016 - Dec. 2021: Coordinator: Department of History and Political Studies’ Graduate Programme with Institute of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2021: Coordinator of Political Studies Section, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Jan. 2016 – date: President, Confederation of Governance Assessment Institute (COGAI)

Dec. 2015 – date: Director of Research, Political and Economic Research Institute

Feb. 2014 – date: Senior Fellow and Director of Governance, Ghana Institute of Governance and Security

Aug. 2015 – Sept. 2016: Acting Head, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Oct. 2013 – Jul. 2015: ICT Coordinator, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Oct. 2013 – Jul. 2015: Internship Coordinator, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana

Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2004: Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Otumfuo Education Fund, Manhyia Palace, Kumasi

 

OTHER SERVICES AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS

Apr. 2022 - date: Member, Committee to Streamline Institute of Distance Learning Theses Supervision, KNUST

Jan. 2022 - date: Chairman, Department Management Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Jan. 2022 – date: Chairman, Department Admissions Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Aug. 2020 – Jun 2022: Moderator, BA. Philosophy and Social Sciences programme, Spiritan University College

Jan. 2021: Member, Committee to Interview KNUST Bursary and SRC-KBN Applicants

Aug. 2020 – Jun. 2021: Professional Mentor, Dr. Juliana A. Abagsonema’s Appointment as a Lecturer,

Sept. 2019 – Jun. 2020: Member, Faculty Research and Publications Committee

Oct. 2018 – Jun. 2019: Member, Committee to Review the Graduate Programme in Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,

Jul. – Dec. 2019: Chairman, Commonwealth Executive Master of Public Administration Specialization Committee, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology  

Feb. – Jun. 2019: Member, Otumfuo 20th Anniversary Celebration Committee, Manhyia Palace, Kumasi

Sept. 2018 – Jan. 2022: Patron, Political Science Students’ Association, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Oct. 2018 – Aug. 2019:  Member, Faculty MA/Mphil/PhD New Programmes Review Committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, KNUST

Oct. 2016 –Jul. 2017: Member, Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, KNUST

Sept. 2015 – Jun. 2017: Chairman, Department Website Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Jan. 2013 – Present: Chairman, Serwaa Kingdom Academy Board, Atwima - Akyeremade

Sept. 2015 – Jun. 2018: Member, Department' Examination Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Sept. 2015 – Jun. 2018: Member, Alumni and Friend Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Sept. 2015 – Jun. 2019: Member, Departmental Seminars Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Sept. 2015 – Dec. 2021:  Member, Department’ Admissions Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Sept. 2015 – Dec. 2021:  Member, Service Personnel and Staff Recruitment Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST  

Sept 2015. – Dec. 2020:  Member, Undergraduate Long Easy Oral Examination Committee, Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST

Jan. 2014 – Jul. 2018: Chairman, Planning Committee for Homecoming of Past Beneficiaries of Otumfuo Education Fund

Jun. 2013 – Dec. 2013: Member, MountCrest Institutional Affiliation Review Committee

Jun. 2013 – Oct. 2014: Chairman, Otumfuo Education Fund Study Abroad Counseling Planning Committee

Jan. – May 2010: Chairman, African Research Consortium 2010 Greater Pittsburgh Area Conference held at the Main Campus of WVU in Morgantown, WV on May 8, 2010,  

Sep. – Nov. 2011: Chairman, African Scholars Lecture Series Planning Committee, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV, US

Jul. 2012 – Jan. 2013: Faculty Advisor, West Virginia University African Students Association, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV, US

29 Nov. 2013: Participant, Launching of Journal of Public Policy in Africa at the Campus of Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe on.

Mar. 2000 – Jan. 2001: Ex-Official Member, Asanteman Traditional Council: Otumfuo Opoku Ware II Final Funeral Rites Planning Committee, Manhyia Palace, Kumasi


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