Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi
Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 October 1953 |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana University of California, Davis |
| Known for | Co-founder of the Afrobarometer and the Ghana Center for Democratic Development |
| Awards | National Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology Political Sciences |
| Institutions | Ghana Center for Democratic Development |
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.[1] He is the chair of its board of directors.[2]
Education
Gyimah-Boadi holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Ghana and a Master of Arts and Ph.D in political science from the University of California, Davis.[3]
Career
Gyimah-Boadi's research focusses on democratic politics in Africa, specifically political reforms and liberalism in Ghana.[3] He was a professor at the University of Ghana, in the department of political science, from 1986 to 2014.[3] He was the executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, a research and advocacy institute he co-founded.[4]
Honours 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.[5]
In 2018, he was named the 2018 Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of USA "for his outstanding scholarship and service to the Africanist community".[6]
In 2019, he became an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences.[3]
In 2021, Gyimah-Boadi was named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African Magazine.[7]
Publications
- "Associational Life, Civil Society, and Democratization in Ghana", chapter in Civil Society and the State in Africa, eds. John W. Harbeson, Donald Rothchild and Naomi Chazan (1994), Lynne Rienner Publishers, ISBN 9781685859350
- Gyimah-Boadi, E., (1996). "Civil Society in Africa". Journal of Democracy, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 118–132
- editor, Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress (2004), Lynne Rienner Publishers, ISBN 9781588262219
- Bratton, M., Mattes, R. and Gyimah-Boadi, E., (2005) Public Opinion, Democracy and Market Reform in Africa, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780511617324
- Gyimah-Boadi, E., and Asunka, J. (2021) "The Future Africans Want: When Optimism Is Power". European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
References
- ^ "Africans still place value on democracy – Prof. Gyimah-Boadi". Ghanaian Times. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "E. Gyimah-Boadi". Afrobarometer. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi – Biosketch". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Professor E. Gyimah-Boadi – Member". Ghana Center for Democratic Development. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ Asamoah, Lydia (21 July 2017). "US presents Professor Gyimah-Boadi with Martin Luther King award". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Afrobarometer director wins Distinguished Africanist Award". Afrobarometer. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "Afrobarometer's Gyimah-Boadi named one of '100 Most Influential Africans'". Afrobarometer. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2026.