Department of Government and Society

Research output

Research output per year 1991 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 970 Citations
• 14 h-index
• 126 Article
• 18 Chapter
• 7 Book
• 6 Editorial
• 13 More
  • 4 Foreword/postscript
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 3 Review article
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Short survey

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Factors Affecting University Dropout: Comparison of STEM and Public Affairs and Management Students

  Yaghi, A. & Alabed, N., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Public Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 100%
  • United Arab Emirates 25%
  • Academic Performance 25%
  • Program Requirements 25%

• Land tenure security and deforestation: Evidence from a framed field experiment in Uganda

  Walker, S., Alix-García, J., Bartlett, A. & Calder, A., May 2025, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 131, 103137.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Secure Tenure 100%
  • Framed Field Experiment 100%
  • Land Tenure 100%
  • Tree Extraction 50%
  • Conservation Impact 50%

• Translanguaging on an English-medium undergraduate research methods course for Vietnamese psychology students learning in their second language: a practitioner enquiry

  Davey, G., Apr 8 2025, In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 17, 3, p. 991-1002 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vietnamese 100%
  • Second Language 100%
  • Student Learning 100%
  • Psychology Students 100%
  • English Medium 100%

• Youth engagement and pavilion experiences at Dubai EXPO 2020

  Antwi-Boateng, O. & Olimat, M., 2025, In: Cogent Social Sciences. 11, 1, 2492381.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Marketing 100%
  • Environmental Management 100%
  • Ferrets 100%
  • Severe Weather 50%
  • Youth Activities 50%
• 2024

  Correction to: From living heritage values to value-based policymaking: exploring new indicators for Abu Dhabi’s sustainable development (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, (2024), 11, 1, (1311), 10.1057/s41599-024-03841-5)

  Raevskikh, E., Di Mauro, G. & Jaffré, M., Dec 2024, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11, 1, 1440.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Sciences 100%
  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Policy Making 100%
  • Value-based 100%
  • New Indicators 100%

• Digitization and political participation in the MENA region: Egypt, Kuwait, and Tunisia

  Karabchuk, T., Bashri, M., Shomotova, A. & Radeljic, B., 2024, In: World of Media. 2024, 2, p. 58-78 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Egypt 100%
  • Kuwait 100%
  • Tunisia 100%
  • Political Participation 100%
  • Digital Media 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Editors’ Introduction

  Parotto, G. & O’connor, P., 2024, In: International Political Anthropology. 17, 2, p. 109-113 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Examining Dropout Among Graduate and Undergraduate Public Affairs and Political Science Students

  Yaghi, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Political Science Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Political Science 100%
  • Academic Performance 33%
  • In-Depth Interview 16%
  • Dropouts 16%
  • Factor Analysis 16%

• Examining the Influence of Principal Positive Leadership and Sense of Humor on Teachers’ Wellbeing in UAE Public Schools

  Duyar, I. & Aljanahi, M., 2024, In: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 23, 4, p. 819-841 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • United Arab Emirates 100%
  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Public Education 100%
  • Positive Leadership 100%
  • Sense of Humor 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• From living heritage values to value-based policymaking (Behind the Paper): indicators for Abu Dhabi’s sustainable development

  Raevskikh, E., Di Mauro, G. & Jaffre, M., Nov 18 2024, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Policy Making 100%
  • Value-based 100%
  • Heritage Values 100%
  • Living Heritage 100%

• Impact of Institutional Performance and Integrity on Public Trust during COVID-19: A Retrospective Examination in the Arabic Context

  Yaghi, A. & Yaghi, M., 2024, In: Public Integrity. 26, 5, p. 562-578 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Arabic Context 100%
  • Public Trust 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Institutional Integrity 100%
  • Institutional Performance 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Impact of National Culture on the Transfer of Leadership Training

  Yaghi, A., Yaghi, M. & Yaghi, I., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Training and Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Short-Term Goal 100%
  • Cultural Theory 25%
  • High Power Distance 14%
  • Supportive Leadership 14%
  • Collectivistic Values 14%

• Leadership potential and self-perceived employability of undergraduate students in the United Arab Emirates

  Shomotova, A., Karabchuk, T. & Ibrahim, A., Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Educational Research Open. 7, 100335.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • United Arab Emirates 100%
  • Undergraduate Students 100%
  • Perceived Employability 100%
  • Leadership Potential 100%
  • Employability 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Longitudinal Examination of Trust in Public Administration during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Yaghi, A., 2024, In: Public Integrity. 26, 2, p. 156-173 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Administration 100%
  • COVID-19 Pandemic 100%
  • Longitudinal Assessment 100%
  • Variance 100%
  • COVID 19 Epidemic 100%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Louvre Abu Dhabi as a State Project: A Museum, a New Ministry, and the Politics of Culture

  Radeljić, B., Nov 26 2024, In: International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. 17, 2, p. 235-257 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • State Projects 100%
  • Politics of Culture 100%
  • Louver 100%
  • United Arab Emirates 100%
  • Museum 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Parliamentary questions, institutional change, and legislative oversight in a non-Western context

  Aboelwafa, T. & Yaghi, A., Apr 2024, In: Politics and Policy. 52, 2, p. 365-383 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • United Arab Emirates 100%
  • Institutional Change 100%
  • Administrative Structure 75%
  • Egypt 25%
  • Middle East 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Parliamentary Questions, Institutional Change, and Legislative Oversight in a Non-Western Context

  Abo El Wafa, T. & Yaghi, A. M. D., 2024, In: Politics and Policy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Political vigilantism in Ghana: Motives, membership, and financing

  Antwi-Boateng, O. & Braimah, M. K., Apr 2024, In: Politics and Policy. 52, 2, p. 403-425 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Political Vigilantism 100%
  • Vigilante 75%
  • Political Stakeholders 50%
  • District Assemblies 50%
  • Minister of Justice 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Predictors of Wellbeing for Women with Disabilities in the United Arab Emirates

  Karabchuk, T. & Antwi-Boateng, O., Nov 2024, In: Journal of International Women's Studies. 26, 6, 12.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Policy 100%
  • Mental Health 41%
  • Gender Role Expectations 31%
  • Women's Vulnerability 31%
  • Traditional Gender Roles 31%

• Religion and feminist economic ethics

  Al-Kohlani, S. A., Jan 23 2024, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics. Oxford University Press, p. 613-628 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Review of Literature on Emirati Women with Disabilities, Their Education, and Career Prospects

  Aljanahi, M. H., Yaghi, A. & Ahbabi, A. A., Nov 2024, In: Journal of International Women's Studies. 26, 6, 6.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Qualitative Method 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Vocational Counselling 100%
  • Community Stigma 33%
  • Employment Gap 33%

• The Constitutional and Policy-Oriented Framework of Rights, Services, and Integration of People of Determination in the United Arab Emirates

  Olimat, M. & Antwi-Boateng, O., Nov 2024, In: Journal of International Women's Studies. 26, 6, 2.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Justice 100%
  • System of Care 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Law 14%
  • Rehabilitation Efforts 12%

• The Focus and Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Arab Emirates

  Antwi-Boateng, O. & Al Harasi, N. E. S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Integrity.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Corporate Social Responsibility 100%
  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Social Standards 28%
  • Governance Standards 28%
  • Economic Diversification 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The Mekong River, urban health, and sustainable development in northeastern Thailand

  Davey, G., 2024, In: Cities and Health. 8, 3, p. 304-317 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Urban Health 100%
  • Mekong River 100%
  • Northeast Thailand 100%
  • Nong Khai 25%
  • Ubon Ratchathani 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The Ukrainian Crisis: a Game-Theoretic Analysis of the Complex Interplay between Ukraine, Russia, and the West

  Alibeli, M. A., 2024, In: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 23, 3-4, p. 214-231 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ukrainian Crisis 100%
  • Russian Federation 100%
  • Conflict Resolution 100%
  • Structural Concepts 50%
  • Coordination Challenges 50%

• The unintended consequences of production bans: the case of the 2018 Kenya logging moratorium

  Bartlett, A., Alix-García, J., Abarca, A., Walker, S., Van Den Hoek, J., Murillo-Sandoval, P. & Friedrich, H. K., Sept 1 2024, In: Environmental Research Letters. 19, 9, 094007.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Moratorium 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions 100%
  • Price 100%
  • Wood Product 50%
  • Greenhouse Gas 50%

• UAE's Balancing Strategy Between the United States and China

  Bin Huwaidin, M., Mar 1 2024, In: Middle East Policy. 31, 1, p. 88-101 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Infrastructure 100%
  • Global Power 50%
  • Sino-American Competition 50%
  • Washington 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• You are either with us, or against us: the small state of Serbia between domestic ambition and external pressures

  Vučković, V. & Radeljić, B., 2024, In: Cogent Social Sciences. 10, 1, 2389479.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Small States 100%
  • Serbia 100%
  • Foreign Policy 25%
  • Strategic Partnership 25%
  • Serbian 25%

• “I’m not guarding the dungeon”: faculty members’ perspectives on contract cheating in the UAE

  Aljanahi, M. H., Aljanahi, M. H. & Mahmoud, E. Y., Dec 2024, In: International Journal for Educational Integrity. 20, 1, 9.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Qualitative Method 100%
  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Dungeons 100%
  • Contract Cheating 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2023

  Audience listenership of FM radio: A case study of rural development in Northern Ghana

  Antwi-Boateng, O., Musa, M. D. & Andani, M. A. I., 2023, In: Cogent Arts and Humanities. 10, 1, 2184750.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Listenership 100%
  • Radio Programmes 33%
  • Tamale Metropolis 33%
  • Radio Listeners 25%
  • Radio Stations 25%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Beliefs about smoking cigarettes among adolescents in Yunnan Province, China

  Davey, G. & Zhao, X., 2023, In: Journal of Substance Use. 28, 4, p. 636-642 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Smoking Intention 100%
  • Yunnan Province 100%
  • Control Belief 100%
  • Smoking Experimentation 25%
  • Smoking Uptake 25%

• Combatting thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates

  Al-Oraimi, S. Z. & Davey, G., Nov 1 2023, In: International Health. 15, 6, p. 752-753 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Thalassemia 100%
  • Sulfhemoglobinemia 33%
  • Awareness 33%
  • Consanguinity 33%
  • Attitude 33%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Counterterrorism Policy in the Russian Federation: Furthering the Needs of the Regime

  Mahon, A. & Walker, S., 2023, In: Studies of Transition States and Societies. 15, 1, p. 3-17 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Russia 100%
  • Russian Federation 100%
  • Russian 50%
  • Liberal Democracy 50%
  • Putin 40%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Does “Fortress Europe” have an alternative? EU member states between solidarity and national interests

  Topal, S. & RadeljiĆ, B., 2023, In: Eastern Journal of European Studies. 14, 1, p. 79-103 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • France 100%
  • Italy 100%
  • Immigrants 100%
  • National Interests 100%
  • State Failure 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Editor's Introduction

  O’Connor, P., 2023, In: International Political Anthropology. 16, 1, p. 3-4 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Gender roles perceptions and ideal number of children: case study of Emirati youth

  Shukla, A., Karabchuk, T. & Al Neyadi, L. M., Dec 2023, In: Reproductive Health. 20, 1, 138.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Emirati 100%
  • Gender Roles 100%
  • Role Perception 100%
  • Ideal number of children 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Human Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States: Prospects for Positive Change

  Walker, S., Jun 2023, In: Contemporary Review of the Middle East. 10, 2, p. 126-146 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gulf Cooperation Council 100%
  • Human Rights 100%
  • Gulf Cooperation Council States 100%
  • Administrative Structure 100%
  • Social Change 100%

• Hypertrophy as NATO’s Masculinity: Out-of-Area Operations and Enlargements in the Post-Cold War Context

  González-Villa, C. & Radeljić, B., Aug 2023, In: Journal of International Women's Studies. 25, 6, 11.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hypertrophy 100%
  • Enlargement 100%
  • Masculinity 100%
  • NATO 100%
  • Post-Cold War 100%

• Investigative journalism in the era of promotional politics: The case of Nigeria

  Musa, M. & Antwi-Boateng, O., 2023, In: Cogent Social Sciences. 9, 2, 2244153.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Investigative Journalism 100%
  • Watergate 25%
  • Public Image 25%
  • Symbolism 25%
  • public image 16%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Leadership and turnover intention in UAE public schools: To stay or not?

  Aljanahi, M. H., Aljanahi, M. H. & Alzarouni, A., Apr 11 2023, Restructuring Leadership for School Improvement and Reform. IGI Global, p. 159-180 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • United Arab Emirates 100%
  • Public Schools 100%
  • Turnover Intention 100%
  • Leadership Motivation 100%
  • Public Sector 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Life satisfaction and desire to emigrate: What does the cross-national analysis show?

  Karabchuk, T., Katsaiti, M. S. & Johnson, K. A. C., Jun 2023, In: International Migration. 61, 3, p. 349-372 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Life Satisfaction 100%
  • Cross-country Analysis 100%
  • Cross National Analysis 100%
  • Individual Life 100%
  • Human Development 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Minority faith and environmental justice

  Al-Kohlani, S. A., Campbell, H. E. & El-Khatib, S. O., Dec 2023, In: Politics and Policy. 51, 6, p. 1069-1096 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Politics 100%
  • Environmental Justice 100%
  • Houses of Worship 100%
  • Population Censuses 100%
  • Justice 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Muslim philanthropy and civil society in Bangladesh: Unorganized, but impactful

  Hasan, S., Jun 13 2023, Philanthropy in the Muslim World: Majority and Minority Muslim Communities. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 233-253 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Optimism, pessimism, and perceptions of the Jordanian government's COVID-19 response

  Yaghi, A., Jan 1 2023, In: Domes : digest of Middle East studies. 32, 1, p. 21-39 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Government Performance 100%
  • COVID-19 Response 100%
  • Jordanian Government 100%
  • Optimism-pessimism 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Overlapping land rights and deforestation in Uganda: 20 years of evidence

  Walker, S., Alix-Garcia, J., Bartlett, A., Van Den Hoek, J., Friedrich, H. K., Murillo-Sandoval, P. J. & Isoto, R., Sept 2023, In: Global Environmental Change. 82, 102701.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Uganda 100%
  • Deforestation 100%
  • Land Right 100%
  • Overlapping Land Rights 100%
  • Land Tenure 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Partisans and Participants: Democracy, New Media, and Nigerian Diaspora in New Zealand

  Musa, M. & Antwi-Boateng, O., 2023, In: Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 22, 1-2, p. 44-67 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nigerian Diaspora 100%
  • Partisan 100%
  • Democratic Development 66%
  • Movement of Goods 50%
  • Good People 33%

• Perceptions of Sport Governance and Performance in United Arab Emirates

  Yaghi, A. & Almutawwa, R., Mar 2023, In: Public Organization Review. 23, 1, p. 113-131 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Autonomy 100%
  • Exploratory Factor Analysis 100%
  • Sport Governance 100%
  • Sport Policy 100%
  • State Finance 20%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Peripheral and Gender Perspectives: The Russia-Ukraine War and Africa’s Response and Impact

  Antwi-Boateng, O. & Al Nuaimi, M. H., Aug 2023, In: Journal of International Women's Studies. 25, 6, 9.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Africa 100%
  • African Women 100%
  • Gender Perspective 100%
  • Russia-Ukraine War 100%
  • Russia 100%

• Philanthropy in the Republic of Yemen

  Al-Kohlani, S. A., Jun 13 2023, Philanthropy in the Muslim World: Majority and Minority Muslim Communities. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 156-170 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Predictors of student engagement: the role of universities’ or importance of students’ background?

  Karabchuk, T. & Roshchina, Y., 2023, In: European Journal of Higher Education. 13, 3, p. 327-346 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Secondary Schools 100%
  • Occupational Career 100%
  • Professional Occupations 100%
  • Teaching Practice 100%
  • Russia 100%
  17 Citations (Scopus)