Desmond Ayim-Aboagye

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DESMOND AYIM-ABOAGYE
B.A., M.A., M.A., Ph.D., PhD. Cert. Edu., Postgraduate Pedagogic
Associate Professor in the Sciences of Religion, Åbo & Uppsala
Professor of Psychology of Religion, Uppsala
Professor and Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Regent University College of Science and
Technology, Ghana
Educational Background
1981-1986 Andrews University, USA (BA)
1986-1987 Andrews University, USA (MA)
1987-1993 Uppsala University, Sweden (MA, Ph.D)
1997 Åbo Akademi University, Finland (PhD, Docent) [Dr. Habilitation)
2007 Uppsala University, Sweden (Docent)
Degreesand Certificates
BA, MA, MA, PhD
Cert. (EDU)
Language Proficiency
Technical Spoken Written
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Swedish Good Fluent Good
French (3 years study, Secondary School)
Main Concentration
*Social psychology and religious behaviour, Social psychology: particularly processes related to
intergroup relations, e.g. social identity, ethnicity, acculturation, relative deprivation, intergroup
helping, intergroup contact, prejudice, discrimination, conflict resolution.
*Religion and Personality psychology; personality processes and psychotherapy; psychology and
ethnic minority experience; teleologic philosophical approaches to psychology. Psychoanalytic
theories
*Clinical psychology Developmental psychology and life span of human religious development

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*Social Psychiatry, Medicine, and Pain Studies.
Employment Record
Within Universities:
1989-1991 Research Assistant, Sociology of Religion Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
1995-1998 Researcher with teaching responsibilities, Uppsala University, Sweden
1999-2000 (the fall) Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, (later Senior Lecturer in
Psychology, esp. Social Psychology), University of Ghana, Legon
2000-2015 Associate Professor and later Full Professor in Psychology of Religion
Current University Affiliation
1. Associate Professor of the Sciences of Religion, Åbo & Uppsala Universities
2. Professor of Psychology of Religion, Uppsala University
3. Professor and Head of Department of Psychology and Human Development, Regent Univ.
College of Science and Technology
Other Activities outside the Universities
Work in Psychiatric Hospitals on Part-Time Basis
Political Activities on Part-Time Basis
Notable Publications
(A) Books
1. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1993). The Function of Myth in Akan Healing Healing Experience: A
psychological Inquiry Into Two Akan Healing Communities. Acta Universitatis Uppsaliensis,
nr 9 Almqvist & Wiksell International: Stockholm. 200pp.
2. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1996). Leisure and Religion in the Rural Sweden: A Sociological
Perspective. Religionsociologiska Skrifter nr. 10. Uppsala: Uppsala Univ. Department of
Theology. 50pp.
3. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1996). Ageing and Religiosity: A Sociological Investigationinto the
Effect of Ageing on the Involvement Among Different Age Groups in the Church of Sweden.
Religionssociologiska skrifter nr. 11. Uppsala: Uppsala University. Department of Theology.
66pp.
4. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1997). Using Christian Religious Resources in the Welfare of
Prisoners: The Case of Swedish Prisons. Religionsvetenskapliga skrifter nr. 37. Abo: Abo
Akademi University. 147pp.
5. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1997). The Psychology of Akan Religious Healing.
Religionsvetenskaliga skrifter nr. 36. Abo: Abo Akademi University. 166pp.

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6. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2000). Prison, Punishment and the Church: A Socio-Psychological
Investigation of the Work of the Chaplains Among the Immigrants Inmates in Swedish
Prisons. Religionspsychologiska skrifter nr.8. Uppsala: Uppsala University. 207pp.
7. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2006). Indigenous Psychiatry: Transcultural Study of Traditional
Practitioners in West Africa Healing Communities with Focus on Ghana.
Religionsvetenskaliga skrifter nr. 66. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University. 475 pp.
8. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2006).The Matter Man and the Theory of Adaptability. Modern
Scientific Theory on Discrimination. Exerter: Lightening Source, Inc. 160 pp.
9. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2008). Matter Man and Motion: Scientific Theories on Modern Man
and Adaptation. London, Hammersmith: Lulu Com UK Enterprise. 218 pp. 971-1-84799-622-0
10. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2010). The Security of Nations: A Psychological Perspective on
Modern Theory of War. Lulu UK Enterprise, Hammersmith, London 133pp ISBN 978-1-4457-
3340-1
11. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2010). The New Facade: Ghana in the New Millennium. Political
Discourses on Ghana and Africa. Lulu UK Enterprise, Hammersmith, London 174pp ISBN
978-1-4457-3338-1
12. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2010). War Psychiatry. Contemporary Theories on War Disorders and
Other Related Conditions. Lulu UK Enterprise, Hammersmith, London 214pp ISBN 978-1-
4457-3337-1
13. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2010). Elements of Psychological Therapy in West Africa. With Notes
on Social and Psychiatric Research Methods. Lulu Press: North Carolina ISBN-13
9781409201168; ISBN 1409201163
14. Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2011). Hollywood Wars and Africans. North Carolina, Carolina: Lulu Com Inc.
307pp /MaGraw Hill Book Open Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4475-1905-9
(B) Recent Articles
(I) PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1995). "Crime, Community and the Prison Chaplain." Utmaningar for
Teologin. En Skriftserie Fran Tro & Liv. Red. Lennart Molin. Lidingo: Grafiska Huset. 5pp.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1996). "Art, Music and Religious Experience in Libation Pouring of Akan
Religion." Dance, Music, Art and Religion. Red. Tore Ahlback. The Donner Institute for
Research in Religious and Cultural History, Turku: Abo Akademi Press. 17pp.

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Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1993). The Function of Myth in Akan Healing Healing Experience: A
psychological Inquiry Into Two Akan Healing Communities. Acta Universitatis Uppsaliensis,
nr 9 Almqvist & Wiksell International: Stockholm. 200pp.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1997). Using Christian Religious Resources in the Welfare of Prisoners: The
Case of Swedish Prisons. Religionsvetenskapliga skrifter nr. 37. Abo: Abo Akademi
University. 147pp.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (1997). The Psychology of Akan Religious Healing. Religionsvetenskaliga
skrifter nr. 36. Abo: Abo Akademi University. 166pp.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2000). Prison, Punishment and the Church: A Socio-Psychological
Investigation of the Work of the Chaplains Among the Immigrants Inmates in Swedish Prisons.
Religionspsychologiska skrifter nr.8. Uppsala: Uppsala University. 207pp.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2006). Indigenous Psychiatry: Transcultural Study of Traditional
Practitioners in West Africa Healing Communities with Focus on Ghana. Religionsvetenskaliga
skrifter nr. 66. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University. 475 pp.
Ayim-Aboagye (1997) "Sunden's Role Theory: An Impetus into Contemporary Psychology of
Religion" Religionshistorisk skrifter, 1997, pp.7.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2011). “Doctrine of irrevocable grace and young sexual adults” Journal
Tetractmentum Imperium, An International Theological Journal. Vol. 3 March 2011
Ayim-Aboagye, D. & Gordh, T. (2012) “HIVS/AIDS in different cultures” Scandinavian
Journal of Pain, Volume 3, Issue 3 July, pp 191-192.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. & Gordh, T. (2013) “Pain treatment in rural Ghana: A qualitative study”,
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 4, Issue 4, October 2013, p. 256.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. & Gordh, T. (2014) “Some practical treatment methods of pain disabilities in
rural Ghana”, Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2014, p. 207
Ayim-Aboagye, D. & Gordh, T. (2015) “Practitioners' perspectives on pain disabilities in
Ghanaian women”, Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 8, pp. 48-49, July 2015
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2015). “Akan Language and its Relationship to Ancient Biblical Writings:
Sociology of Names and Places in the Ancient Near East.” A Festrshrift in Honour of Emeritus
Professor J. H. Kwabena Nketia. Institute of African Studies. Two-Day International Conference,
23-24 September, 2011. University of Ghana.
Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2016). "Leadership, political behaviour, and commerce" Journal of
Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS), 6 (6) 407-403 (ISSN:
2141-7016)

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Ayim-Aboagye, D. (2016). "Shipman Theory in Behavioural Economics: A Review of
Theory and Empirical Work" Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and
Management Sciences (JETEMS), 7 (1): 50-56 (ISSN: 2141-7024)
With Lenos, K. A., & Glozah, F." Malaria Control Mechanisms for Effective Healthcare
Delivery in Ghana: The Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)"
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine Vol.6 No.2, Pub. Date: February 29, 2016
With Lenos, K. A., & Zogbator, B. E. (2016). "Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
to examine Sanitary Implications of Rubbish Dump Locations at Human Activity" Global
Journal of Medicine and Public Health, Vol. 5, issue 3, 1-12.
With Adzika, V., & Gordh, T. (2016). Pain Management Strategies for Effective Coping with
Sickle Cell Disease. The Perspective of Patients in Ghana. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol
12, July 2016, p117
(2017) Correlation between quality of pain and depression: A post-operative assessment of pain
after caesarian section among women in Ghana VA Adzika, FN Glozah, D Ayim-Aboagye, CSK
Ahorlu, M Ekuban Scandinavian Journal of Pain 16, 165
(2017) Socio-demographic characteristics and psychosocial consequences of sickle cell disease:
the case of patients in a public hospital in Ghana VA Adzika, FN Glozah, D Ayim-Aboagye,
CSK Ahorlu Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 36 (1), 4
(2016) Pain management strategies for effective coping with Sickle Cell Disease: The
perspective of patients in Ghana VA Adzika, D Ayim-Aboagye, T Gordh Scandinavian Journal
of Pain 12, 117
(2017) Locus of Control and Vulnerability to Peer Pressure: A Study of Adolescents’ Behavior
in Urban Ghanaian Context. Desmond Ayim-Aboagye, Manuela Amorin. Journal of Child and
Family Studies, (Undergoing Peer-review) 2017
ResearchAbroad and Contacts
1990 Research trip to University of Ghana, Department of• Psychology, Ghana
1991-92 Research trips to Åbo Academy University,• Donneska Institute in Finland
1993 Research visit to Oxford University,• St. Antony’s College, Department of Race Relations,
England
1993-4 Accepted for Postdoc. Cambridge University, Medical Research Council (MRC),

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Applied Psychology Unit (Received Funding in Sweden made me changed plans)
1995 Research visit to Hamburg University, Department of (Child) Psychiatry, Germany
1998 Joint research seminars with Department of Peace and• Conflict Research, Uppsala
University
1999 Ghana: conducted research concerning ritual studies and traditional practitioners in
different traditional settings
2000 USA, Six months research trip and examinations in education in New York and New
Jersey.
2004 Uppsala University, Medical School Library, Social Psychiatry, relating to transcultural
illnesses
2007 Uppsala University, Dag H. Research Library on War and Public Policy
Conferences:Home and Abroad
I have attended different conferences on Peace, Religion and Psychology, Cross-cultural
psychiatry and Ethical issues mostly in the Nordic Countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark and
Finland. Recently, since 2003-2007 I have also attended National and Local conferences on
Democracy.
RecentConferencesin Ghana and Abroad
1. Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain, Conference Held in Aarhus University,
Aarhus, Denmark, June 13th -15th, 2013
2. Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain, Conference Held in Helsinki University,
Helsinki, Finland, 8th -9th April, 2014
3. Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain, Conference Held in Oslo University, Oslo,
Norway, 12th -14th April, 2015
4. International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education IACBE, European Region
Assembly Conference Program, "Global Education and Academic Partnerships" Maastricht
School of Management, Holland. 22 -23 October, 2015
5. National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Senior Academic Leadership Training
(SALT Phase II) Conference Programme. Training for Heads of Department. 4th Training
Session: 4th -7th November, 2015, Miklin Hotel, East Legon
6. National Accreditation Board Ministry of Education, National Accreditation Board
Stakeholders's Forum, Conference on "Improving Standards in Tertiary Education in
Ghana" Wednesday 2nd December, 2015
7. Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain, Conference Held in Iceland University,
Reykjavik, Iceland, May 25th -27th, 2016

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8. Correlation between quality of pain and depression: A post-operative assessment of pain
after caesarian section among women in Ghana. VA Adzika, & D Ayim-Aboagye,
Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain. 25th-28th April, 2017. Denmark,
University of Aalborg.
9. What about the 80%? Modernization of Other Important Sectors of the Ghanaian Economy.
Desmond Ayim-Aboagye. Paper Presented at Regent University of Science and
Technology, Research Seminar Series. Committee on Research. February, 2017
10. Vincent A. Adzika, David Mensah, Desmond Ayim-Aboagye Muanual Ekuan Collins S.
K. Ahorlu Pain intensity and depression: a cross sectional descriptive study among
women in a developing country@ PAINSA congress on 12 – 14 May 2017 at the Century
City Center, Cape Town South Africa
11.Vincent A. Adzika, David Mensah, Desmond Ayim-Aboagye Muanual Ekuan Collins S.
K. Ahorlu Pain intensity and depression: a cross sectional descriptive study among
women in a developing country Accepted for Poster Presentation the 10th Congress of
the European Federation of Pain, EFIC – Copenhagen, Denmark 6 – 9 September, 2017.
12. Ayim-Aboagye, D. & Amorin, Manuela (2017) Locus of Control and Vulnerability to
Peer Pressure: A Study of Adolescents’ Behavior in Urban Ghanaian Context. African
Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) Conference, 12-14th October, 2017. University of
Ghana, Legon.
13. 2018 Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lectures and Special Congregation Dedicated
to 70th Anniversary. “Nkrumah and the Making of the Ghanaian Nation-State” University
of Ghana, March 15-16, 2018
Teaching and Leadership Merits
Assistant Senior Prefect, Begoro Secondary School 1979-1980; Prizes in Geography, Physics
and History
1) Organised courses/seminars and teacher training in the Universities, 1997 (Uppsala
University)
2) Organised courses/seminars for University teachers as leaders, 1997 (Uppsala University
3) Organised courses/seminars for the Methods and techniques of presentation, 1997 (Uppsala
University)
4) Organised courses/seminars on how to supervise University Students, 1997 (Uppsala
University)
5) Certificate in Elementary Education, from the Education and Testing Division, Princeton
University, USA
6) Social Democrat. Member (ersättare) of the District Assembly in Uppsala Land (Region),
(2003-2006)
7)Member of the Jury, Uppsala County Court (2003-2006)
8) Member of the Board of Elections, Uppsala County (2003-2006).

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9) Member of the Steering Board, Swedish Social Democratic Christians in Uppsala (since 2002)
10) Member of the Steering Board, The Christian Peace Movement in Uppsala (since 2003)
11) Member of the Steering Board, Gottsunda-Sunnersta Group of the Social Democratic Party
(2005)
12) Auditor for the District Group of the Swedish Social Democratic Christians (2005).
13) Pedagogik utbildning, Uppsala universitet, Februari 2007
14) Kommunikations utbildningen, Landstinget i Uppsala län, Augusti 23, 2008
Awards and Scholarships
1) Secretariat Scholarship from the Government of Ghana (1975-1980)
2) The Swedish Institute Scholarship (1990-1993)
3) Swedish Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grants (1995-1998)
4) Doctoral Dissertation Examiner (1997 Academic year)
Professionalmembership
1) The Alumni of Psychologists of Religion of the Uppsala University
2) Member, Association for the Scientific Study of Religion
3) Member, International Assoc. for the Psychology of Religion
4) Member, Swedish University Lecturers Association
5) Member, African Studies Association
6) Member, Mental Care Personnel Association of Sweden
7) Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (SASP)
References
Professor Torsten Gordh
Department of Surgical Sciences and Intensive Care
Box 256, 751 05
Uppsala University, Sweden
Professor Owe Wikström
Uppsala University
Box 256, 751 05
Uppsala, Sweden
Professor Nils Holm
Åbo Akademi University
Samhällsvetenskap Fakultet
Biskopsgatan 10
2500 Åbo
Finland
PersonalData
Surname: Ayim-Aboagye
Date of Birth: 6th June 1959.

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Place of Birth: Begoro-Akim
State: Ghana, West Africa
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married
Permanent Residence: Sweden
Present address: Solistvägen 49, 756 54 Uppsala; Home: +46 760640307
Children: Five children, two of them who are 29 and 27 have studied in Georgetown University
(Law) and Fordham University (Flight Engineering) respectively. Kwabena Ayim-Aboagye
attends Columbia University.