Prof Seth Oppong
- Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon
- Master of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology with Political Science (First Class with FCGPA of 3.86/4), University of Ghana, Legon
Seth is a very well-known African scholar on indigenous psychology. In addition to his role at UB as a Professor, he serves as a Research Associate at Wits University, South Africa. He is the Secretary of the Pan African Psychology Union. He was an international visiting research scholar to NC State, Raleigh and a Carnegie Scholar at University of Ghana. He has examined theses/dissertations for UCT, Wits, UFH, MANCOSA, UKZN, UNISA, Rhodes, North-West, Fort Hare, and UCC-Ghana. He serves on journal editorial boards. He is a co-convenor of AU CESA-ECED Knowledge Generation Working Group. He has proposed: 1) Psychological Theoretics, 2) model of valued human cognitive abilities, 3) risk chain process model, 4) integrated model of human actions and conditions, 5) metacolonial cognition, 6) epistemological allyship, 7) bio-cultural theory of becoming a person, and 8) Akan concept of tiboa as a philosophical basis for theorizing in African Psychology. Seth co-authored a practical resource on how to enhance cultural relevance of ECD interventions in Africa. He created the Characterological Interpersonal Coping Styles Diagnostics and co-authored a Soft Skills Assessment Scale (SSAS) for use in Africa. He is best known for his work on history, critical, cultural, and indigenous/African psychology; epistemological violence; Anton W. Amo; and decolonising early child development in Africa. Email addresses: Oppongs@ub.ac.bw; seth.oppong@wits.ac.za
- History and philosophy of psychology
- Organisational psychology
- Human factors in the work environment
- Psychometrics
- Research project supervision
- Cognition and learning
- Psychology of labour relations
- Training and development
- Occupational health psychology, traffic psychology
- Psychological testing
- History of psychology
- Theoretical and philosophical psychology
- Meta-science with respect to psychological science
- Indigenous and African psychology
- Decolonising early childhood development programming
He is open to thesis supervision and examination in the following areas:
- Organisational psychology topics
- Management, OB, OD, and HRM topics
- Occupational health psychology topics
- Cross-cultural studies
- Psychometrics
- Applied psychology excluding clinical and counselling psychology topics
- Intervention studies and translational research
- Ethics and professional competence
- Behavioural health research
- Decolonisation of early childhood development