Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi

Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi is a Ghanaian political scientist and the co-founder of the Afrobarometer, a pan-African research project that surveys public attitude on political, social and economic reforms across African countries. He was the CEO of Afrobarometer from 2008 to 2021. He is now the chairman of its board of directors.[1]

Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi
Born (1953-10-02) October 2, 1953
Ghana
CitizenshipGhanaian
Alma materUniversity of Ghana (BA)
University of California, Davis (MA, Ph.D)
Known forCo-founder of the Afrobarometer and the Ghana Center for Democratic Development
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Political Sciences
InstitutionsGhana Center for Democratic Development

Education

Gyimah-Boadi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Ghana and a Master of Arts and Ph.D in Political Science from the University of California, Davis.[2]

Career

He was a professor at the University of Ghana, in the Department of Political Science, from 1986 to 2014.[2] He was the executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, a research and advocacy institute he co-founded.[3]

Research

Gyimah-Boadi's research centers around democratic politics in Africa. In particular, he has studied extensively political reforms and liberalism in Ghana.[2]

Honors and awards

In 2017, Gyimah-Boadi received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice, given by the US embassy to Ghana for advancing democracy, good governance, and economic opportunity.[4] In 2019, he became an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences.[2]

References
  1. "E. Gyimah-Boadi | Afrobarometer". afrobarometer.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. "Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi". Member directory. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. "Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi – Member – Ghana Center for Democratic Development". cddgh.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. "US presents Professor Gyimah-Boadi with Martin Luther King award". Modern Ghana. July 20, 2017.


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