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Dr Obed Adonteng-Kissi

Lecturer in Social Work
School of Allied Health

Areas of expertise: child protection; child welfare; social policy; law and social work; social work; human rights and social justice; social work and community development; social work; disability and aging; race and identity.

Phone: 0738616240

Email: Obed.adonteng-kissi@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Brisbane Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9324-7138

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• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2022). Cultural Responsiveness in Child Protection: Stakeholders and Parental Perceptions of Working Children and Culture-appropriate Assessment in Ghana. The British Journal of Social Work.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2022). Interactions between Child Labour and Schooling: Parental Perceptions in Rural and Urban Ghana, Social Policy and Society, paper ID # SPS-2022-0029.R1 (Accepted).
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2022). Potential tension between children's engagement in work and the rights of the child: resolving the conflict using margin of appreciation doctrine. The International Journal of Human Rights, 26(6), 978-1003.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2021). Child labour versus realising children's right to provision, protection, and participation in Ghana. Australian Social Work, 74(4), 464-479.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2021). Exploring the Tension between the Rights of the Child and Parental Rights: Voices from Ghana. In Human Rights Matters. IntechOpen.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2021). Parental Perceptions of the Nature of Child Labour in Rural and Urban Ghana: Cultural Versus Economic Necessity. Child Care in Practice, 1-21, https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2020.1868407.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., Oke, B. R., Meribe, N. C., & Ayentimi, D. T. (2021, September). Environmental impact of oil and gas exploration on livelihoods in Nigeria's Eastern Obolo: Exploring the people's rights to fair compensation. In Forum for Development Studies (Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 539-570). Routledge.
• Meribe, N. C., Ayentimi, D. T., Oke, B. R., & Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2021). Exploring firm-community level trust in rural Africa through the lens of oil companies' corporate social responsibilities. Society and Business Review, 1-17, https://www.emerald.com/insight/1746-5680.htm.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2020). Potential Conflict between the Rights of the Child and Parental Expectations in Traditional Child-rearing Patterns: Resolving the Tension. Children and Youth Services Review, 109, 104753, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104752.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., Adonteng-Kissi, B., Jibril, M. K., & Osei, S. K. (2019). Communal conflict versus education: Experiences of stakeholders in Ghana's Bawku conflict. International Journal of Educational Development, 65, 68-79.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2018). Parental evidence of impact of policy on worst forms of child labour in rural and urban Ghana. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 1-22.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2018). Parental perceptions of child labour and human rights: A comparative study of rural and urban Ghana. Child abuse & neglect, 84, 34-44.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., (2018). Causes of child labour: Perceptions of rural and urban parents in Ghana. Children and Youth Services Review, (Vol. 91, pp.55-65).
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., Adonteng-Kissi, B., Jibril, M. K., & Osei, S. K. Living in protracted communal conflict: Socioeconomic trends and household poverty in Ghana's Yendi area. Development Policy Review.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., & Adonteng-Kissi, B., (2018). Precarious work or sustainable livelihoods? Aligning Prestea's Programme with the development dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining. In Natural Resources Forum (Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 123-137). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., & Adonteng-Kissi, B., (2017). Living with Conflicts in Ghana's Prestea Mining Area: Is community engagement the answer? Journal of Sustainable Mining (Vol. 16, pp.196-206), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsm.2017.12.005
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., (2017). Poverty and Mine's Compensation Package: Experiences of Local Farmers in Prestea Mining Community. Resources Policy, (52, pp.226-234).
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., Adonteng-Kissi, B., & Asamoah, E., (2016). Mining versus Farming: An Analysis of the Farmers' Livelihood System. Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context, (Vol.12, No. 2, pp.31-46). doi:10.18848/2325-1115/CGP
• Adonteng-Kissi, O. (2015). Identifying the Sources, Causes and Costs of Conflicts in the Prestea Mining Community. International Journal of Community Development, (Vol.3, No.4, pp.64-78).
• Adonteng-Kissi, O., & Ohene-Konadu, K., (2015). Assessing Community Relocation and Resettlement Programs for Managing Conflicts in the Prestea Mining Community. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, (Vol.11, No.3, 13-28).

Projects

• 2020 - 2025, Human rights perspective in social work practice with immigrants in Australia
• 2021 - 2027, Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking through a Culturally Responsive Mental Health Literacy (MHL) in Australia Approach Project
• 2021 - 2026, Coping Mechanisms of Socio-economic Challenges among Adolescents from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Australia
• 2019 - 2023, Mapping the nature of political polarization towards peacebuilding in northern Ghana: A local stakeholder perspective
• 2021 - 2024, Parental perceptions of child labour and human rights in rural and urban areas in Nigeria

Appointments and Affiliations

• Full Member: Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Full Member: Australian Research Network for African Academics