Saibu, Ghadafi
Ghadafi Saibu, PhD
Research programme
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Associate Researcher
Specialization
Political Science
Work areas
- Social cohesion
- Social media mis(dis)information
- Regimes, Democratization, autocratization
- Electoral violence &civil war.
Vita
The information corresponds to the stand of information at the time of departure.
5/2022-12/2023 | 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 |
Awards
- 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
Refereed Publications
- 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)
Non-refereed Publications
- Saibu, Ghadafi (2023)
On the edge: delays in election results and electoral violence in Sub-Sahara Africa
(Discussion Paper 19/2023) - Agbele, Fortune / Ghadafi Saibu (2023)
Elections during emergencies and crises: case study Ghana
in: Toby S. James / Alistair Clark / Erik Asplund (eds.), Elections during Emergencies and Crises: Lessons for Electoral Integrity from the Covid-19 Pandemic, Stockholm: International IDEA, 321-336 - Agbele, Fortune / Ghadafi Saibu (2021)
Managing elections under Covid-19 pandemic conditions: the case of Ghana
Stockholm: International IDEA - Lynch, Gabrielle / Elena Gadjanova / Ghadafi Saibu (2019)
The hidden costs of social media use in elections: A Ghana case study
published on theconversation.com, 03.12.2022 - Gadjanova, Elena / Gabrielle Lynch / Jason Reifler / Ghadafi Saibu (2019)
Social Media, Cyber Battalions, and political mobilisation in Ghana
Exeter: University of Exeter
Opinion Pieces
- Saibu, Ghadafi (2023)
What international stakeholders of democracy should think about
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 13 November 2023