Presented By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
DAAS Africa Workshop: 'Electoral Politics in Ghana: successes and failures, 1992-2022'
George M. Bob-Milliar (Associate Professor in the Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
George M. Bob-Milliar is an Associate Professor in the Department of
History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, one of Ghana's most prestigious public universities. He was head of his department for three terms. He joined the faculty of KNUST in August 2013 and has been involved in research, teaching, and mentoring students at all levels. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt) based at the same university. In 2012, he received his PhD from the Institute of African Studies based at the University of Ghana, the oldest and one of the most prestigious centres of African Studies on the continent.
He trained as an interdisciplinary scholar. Consequently, his research lies at the intersection of three disciplines – history, political science, & development studies. His research focuses on electoral politics in Ghana, informal institutions, social/political history, and African Diaspora, among others. He published in the top-ranked journals in his field of specialization. And he has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, including a British Academy grant, KNUST Research Fund (KRef), A. G. Leventis Foundation fellowship, Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) fellowship, American Political Science Association (APSA) professional development grant, Andrew Mellon Foundation fellowship and Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) grant, among others.
He is currently an adjunct professor of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Uganda’s Makerere University, and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Also, he has been a ‘DAAD Guest Professorship African Economic History at the University of Bayreuth (Germany), guest lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany), and the University of San Francisco (US).
He received the maiden African Author Prize for the best
article published in African Affairs by an author based in an African
institution (2010) and a prize for his contribution to research on African
policy issues from the Centre for International Governance Innovation,
2012. He edits African Affairs, African Economic History, and ContemporaryJournal of African Studies and sits on the editorial boards of several other reputable journals.
History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, one of Ghana's most prestigious public universities. He was head of his department for three terms. He joined the faculty of KNUST in August 2013 and has been involved in research, teaching, and mentoring students at all levels. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt) based at the same university. In 2012, he received his PhD from the Institute of African Studies based at the University of Ghana, the oldest and one of the most prestigious centres of African Studies on the continent.
He trained as an interdisciplinary scholar. Consequently, his research lies at the intersection of three disciplines – history, political science, & development studies. His research focuses on electoral politics in Ghana, informal institutions, social/political history, and African Diaspora, among others. He published in the top-ranked journals in his field of specialization. And he has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, including a British Academy grant, KNUST Research Fund (KRef), A. G. Leventis Foundation fellowship, Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) fellowship, American Political Science Association (APSA) professional development grant, Andrew Mellon Foundation fellowship and Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) grant, among others.
He is currently an adjunct professor of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Uganda’s Makerere University, and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Also, he has been a ‘DAAD Guest Professorship African Economic History at the University of Bayreuth (Germany), guest lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany), and the University of San Francisco (US).
He received the maiden African Author Prize for the best
article published in African Affairs by an author based in an African
institution (2010) and a prize for his contribution to research on African
policy issues from the Centre for International Governance Innovation,
2012. He edits African Affairs, African Economic History, and ContemporaryJournal of African Studies and sits on the editorial boards of several other reputable journals.
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