Ghadafi Saibu, PhD

Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order

Function: Researcher

Specialization: Political Science

Work areas:

since 5/2022	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace"
2016-2022	University of Bayreuth Research Fellow/PhD Candidate Dissertation title: “Political Parties, Violent Youth and Electoral Insecurity”
2019-2021	International Collaborative Research Project, University of Exeter/University of Warwick and University of Bayreuth Researcher "Battling Electoral Misinformation on Social Media and Campaign Strategies in Elections in Ghana"
2013-2016	Parliament of Ghana Research Assistant for the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency
10/2011-09/2013	University of Passau, Germany M.A. Governance and Public Policy, Title of Thesis: Political “Party Foot-Soldiers” and Democracy in Ghana”
2009-2013	Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Research Assistant
2009 and 2013	UNDP and DFID Conduct Field Survey Research
2009-2010	University of Ghana Teaching and Research Assistant

2016-2021 DAAD Doctoral Fellowship Award for PhD in Political Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany
2011-2013: DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Public Policy and Good Governance Scholarship (PPGG) Award for Master of Governance and Public Policy, University of Passau, Germany

Gadjanova, Elena / Gabrielle Lynch / Ghadafi Saibu (2022)
Misinformation across digital divides: theory and evidence from Northern Ghana
in: African Affairs 121 (483), 161-195
Lynch, Gabrielle / Ghadafi Saibu / Elena Gadjanova (2022)
WhatsApp and political messaging at the periphery: insights from Northern Ghana
in: Idayat Hassan, Jamie Hitchen (eds.), WhatsApp and Everyday Life in West Africa: Beyond Fake News, London: Zed Books/Bloomsbury (forthcoming)