Ghadafi Saibu, PhD
Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function: Researcher
Specialization: Political Science
Work areas:
- Social cohesion
- Social media mis(dis)information
- Regimes, Democratization, autocratization
- Electoral violence &civil war.
Vita
| 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 |
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