Team > Dr. Matthew Sabbi
Dr. Matthew Sabbi
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology of Africa
CV
| Since July 2020 | Research associate in the project Decentralization in Ghana and Rwanda, University of Bayreuth |
| 2020 | Fellow in the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| 2019 | Fellow in the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana, Accra |
| 2017-2019 | Post-Doc of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation at the Chair for Development Sociology, University of Bayreuth |
| 2017 | Research associate at the Chair for Development Sociology, University of Bayreuth |
| 2012-2016 | Dissertation at the Chair for Development Sociology, University of Bayreuth/ Bayreuth International Graduate School for African Studies (BIGSAS), Title of Dissertation: 'Local State Institution-Building and the Unfulfilled Promise of Participatory Development: The Case of Ghana' |
| 2008-2010 | Master at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
| 2003-2007 | Bachelor in Sociology and Economics at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology of Africa
Research subjects:
- Development Politics
- Political Sociology (Local Politics and Administration)
- Sociology of Organizations (Actors’ Adaption to Administrative Reforms)
- Actor-oriented Sociology
Geographic Focus:
- Ghana
- Rwanda
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology of Africa
Publications
2024
Sabbi, Matthew; Neubert, Dieter; Doumbia, Lamine
People and municipalities: decentralisation and the articulation of agency in local political a ...
in Canadian Journal of African Studies = Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines volume 58 (2024) issue 2. - page 243-261
doi:10.1080/00083968.2024.2374572 ...
Neubert, Dieter; Sabbi, Matthew
Postkoloniale Selbstkritik – und dann? Zur Überwindung inhärenter Polarisierungen und der "epis ...
in Leviathan volume 52 (2024) issue 2. - page 205-228
doi:10.5771/0340-0425-2024-2-205 ...
2023
Sabbi, Matthew
Emplacing Funsi : Antinomies of a District Capital and Transformation in Rural Ghana
in Forum for Development Studies volume 50 (2023) issue 1. - page 133-157
doi:10.1080/08039410.2022.2096481 ...
Sabbi, Matthew
"We Did Many Projects Together" : Boundary-Spanning Strategies of Councillors in Rural Ghana
in Progress in Development Studies volume 23 (2023) issue 2. - page 183-202
doi:10.1177/14649934221149610 ...
2022
Sabbi, Matthew; Stroh, Alexander; Neubert, Dieter
Paradoxes of Local Self-governance : Legitimation Strategies of Rural Councillors Under Nationa ...
Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood : Tensions and Cooperation
Cham : Springer, 2022. - page 51-74
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14996-2_3 ...
Sabbi, Matthew
"Staged Dilemma" : Hidden Political Intents in Ghana's Botched Referendum of 2019
in International Journal of African Renaissance Studies volume 17 (2022) issue 2. - page 28-50
doi:10.1080/18186874.2022.2042705 ...
Daniel, Antje; Kroeker, Lena; Sabbi, Matthew
Soziologie aus, über oder in Afrika? Variierende Verständnisse afrikabezogener Wissensproduktio ...
Handbuch Theorien der Soziologie
Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2022. - page 1-25
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-31744-7_3-1 ...
2020
Sabbi, Matthew
Decentralized local authorities and marginal actors in Africa : the bridge-building perspective
Die Welt aus der Perspektive der Entwicklungssoziologie : Festschrift für Dieter Neubert
Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlag, 2020. - page 223-238 . - (Bayreuther Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika; 5)
doi:10.5771/9783748906681-223 ...
Sabbi, Matthew; Doumbia, Lamine; Neubert, Dieter
Dynamics of Everyday Life within Municipal Administrations in Francophone and Anglophone Africa
in Africa Spectrum volume 55 (2020) issue 1. - page 73-85
doi:10.1177/0002039720914630 ...
Sabbi, Matthew
'Municipal entrepreneurs' : local politicians and the delivery of urban sanitation in Kumasi, G ...
in Journal of Contemporary African Studies volume 38 (2020) issue 2. - page 221-242
doi:10.1080/02589001.2020.1795089 ...
Sabbi, Matthew; Stroh, Alexander
The "Numbers Game" : Strategic Reactions to Results-Based Development Assistance in Ghana
in Studies in Comparative International Development volume 55 (2020) issue 1. - page 77-98
doi:10.1007/s12116-019-09296-z ...
2017
Sabbi, Matthew
Local State Institutional Reforms in Ghana : Actors, Legitimacy and the Unfulfilled Promise of ...
Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2017. - 336 page . - (Bayreuther Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika; 3)
doi:10.5771/9783845281414 ...
Sabbi, Matthew
Strategic bureaucracies : transnational funding and mundane practices of Ghanaian local governm ...
in Third World Quarterly volume 38 (2017) issue 4. - page 939-955
doi:10.1080/01436597.2016.1176858 ...
2016
Sabbi, Matthew; Mensah, Collins Adjei
Juggling Administrative Institutions : Local State Actors and the Management of Urban Space in ...
in Urban Forum volume 27 (2016) issue 1. - page 59-78
doi:10.1007/s12132-015-9262-8 ...
Narh, Peter; Lambini, Cosmas Dayak Kombat; Sabbi, Matthew; Pham, Van Dien; Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Land sector reforms in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam : a comparative analysis of their effectiveness
in Land volume 5 (2016) issue 2
doi:10.3390/land5020008 ...
2015
Sabbi, Matthew; Ayeko-Kümmeth, Jane; Svablova, Alzbeta; Doumbia, Lamine; Glover, Evam Kofi
Actors, Institutions and Change : Perspectives on Africa
publ: Sabbi, Matthew; Ayeko-Kümmeth, Jane
Bayreuth 2015. - X, 120 page . - (Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers; 13)
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-2 ...
Sabbi, Matthew
The Competing Interests of Local Political Actors in the Making of Local Government in Ghana
in Modern Africa volume 3 (2015) issue 1. - page 11-37
https://edu.uhk.cz/africa/index.php/ModAfr/article ...
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology of Africa
Dr. Matthew Sabbi
Research Associate in the project 'Decentralization in Ghana and Rwanda'
Zapf Haus 4,
Room: 4.4.12a
Nürnberger Straße 38
D-95448 Bayreuth
Phone: +49(0)921/ 55-4632
E-mail: matthew.sabbi@uni-bayreuth.de