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Portrait of Abraham Tetteh Teye

Abraham Tetteh Teye

Education

Aalborg University
University of Ghana

abrahamtettehteye@uky.edu

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Teaching Interests

  • Social justice
  • Social problems
  • Social policy
  • Social work practice

Research Interests

  • Global social work
  • Human rights
  • Child Welfare
  • Interventions for vulnerable populations

Publications

  • Teye, A. T. & Adjetey, R. A. (2025). Interventions for Street-Connected Children: Micro-, Mezzo-, and Macro-Level Suggestions from Social Workers in Accra, Ghana. Child & Youth Services, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2025.2561690
  • Teye, A. T. (2025). A qualitative exploration of recognition and judgement in social work practice with street children in Ghana. Journal of Social Work Practice, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2025.2533752
  • Teye, A. T. & Adjetey, R. A. (2025). Practice experiences: Social workers’ perspectives on interventions for street children in Ghana. Journal of Social Service Research, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2025.2533243
  • Teye, A. T. (2025). Social Work in a Global Context: The Case of Ghana. International Social Work, 0 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241313036
  • Teye, A. T. (2023). An international perspective on the rights of women. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 8, 253–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-023- 00253-4

Conference Presentations

  • Teye, A. T. (2023, July). Practice implications: Social workers’ perspectives on interventions reducing the growing number of children living on the streets of Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the ADVANCES Research Conference, University of Paris Nanterre, Paris, France.

Bio

Abraham Tetteh Teye is a PhD student in Social Work at the University of Kentucky. His research interests include global social work, child protection and welfare, and social justice. He specializes in interventions for vulnerable populations, particularly street children in Ghana, and has published on topics such as the rights of women and the role of social work in a global context. He previously earned his Master of Arts in Advanced Development in Social Work from an Erasmus Mundus joint program at Aalborg University, the University of Lincoln, and the University of Lisbon.