Kofi Takyi Asante is a Senior Research Fellow. His research lies at the intersection of political, economic, and historical sociology. His substantive research areas include state-building, citizenship, and the political economy of development. His research over the years has focused on exploring the emergence, transformations, and contemporary character of the Ghanaian state, as well as the implication of these political economy trends on citizenship and civic engagement. His publications have appeared in African Economic History, Ghana Studies, World Development Perspectives, and Oxford Development Studies, among others. He has consulted for many local and international organisations, including UNDP, Open Government Partnership (OGP), International Budget Partnership (IBP), and the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG). He is an Editorial Committee member of the Child Marriage Information Portal of the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection (MoGCSP); a member of the Editorial Board of Ghana Studies; and and a member of the IDEG Panel of Experts on Local Governance. Before joining ISSER, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
Research Areas:
- Citizenship
- Social Policy
- Natural Resources and Extraction
- State Formation
- Political Economy of Development
Email: ktasante@ug.edu.gh