Goran Hyden (University of Florida, Gainesville)

Submitted:  Sunday, 1 November 2009


Goran Hyden
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
234 Anderson Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida  32611-7325  USA

phone:  352-275-7386
email:  ghyden@mail.ufl.edu

Webpage: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/ghyden/Ghyden.html


Research interests: 
politics and development, governance, foreign aid

Regional specialization within Africa: 
East Africa, southern Africa

Main publications: 
Political Development in Rural Tanzania (1969)
Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania (1980)
No Shortcuts to Progress (1983)
Governance and Politics in Africa (1992)
African Politics in Comparative Perspective (2006)

Additional information: 
Consultant to a number of international organizations (World Bank, 
UNICEF, UNDP, African Development Bank), bilateral donors (Sida, NORAD,
Danida), and African governments (Tanzania)

Honors: 
President, African Studies Association (US) 1995. 
University of Florida, Advising and Mentoring Award 2006.