gbobmilliar.cass@knust.edu.gh

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-Ghana. He has researched, taught, and mentored students at all levels. He trained as an interdisciplinary scholar. Consequently, his research lies at the intersection of political science, history, and development studies. His research focuses on democratization in Africa, electoral politics in Ghana, informal institutions, social/political history, and the African Diaspora. He has published in the top-ranked journals in his field of specialization. Numerous grants and fellowships have supported his research. He is an adjunct African Studies professor at the University of Copenhagen. He has been a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Uganda’s Makerere University, the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), and a Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. He edits African Affairs, African Economic History, and Contemporary Journal of African Studies and sits on the editorial boards of several other reputable journals.

Political parties, party activism, electoral politics, informal institutions, electoral violence, knowledge production, urban politics, regional development