Brief Profile

Dr. Gyekye-Jandoh is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Political Science. Her areas of specialization are Comparative Politics, Politics of the Developing World, Democratization, Democracy and Elections in Africa, Gender and Politics, and Civil Society and its Role in Elections.
Her current research covers Civil Society and its Relationship with Government/State, Civil Society and Its Role in Elections, Elections and Democracy in Ghana, Civil Society and Political Extremism in Ghana, Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa, The Role of the International Community in Ghana’s Democratization, and Explaining the Dearth of Women’s Political Participation in Ghana.

Publications

Ahmed, H. and Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A.A. (2023 forthcoming). Digital Discourse and Democracy: A Critical Assessment of The New Media in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Contemporary Journal of African Studies.

Agyeman Prempeh Boakye, B., Yeboah-Assiamah, E. and Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A. (2022) For Better for Worse Even After Death: Is ’Widow Politics’ in Ghana’s Fourth republic Becoming a Reliable Pathway for Women? Journal of Asian and African Studies.

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A.A., Asamoah, K., and Adams, S. (2021). Henceforth, We Will Never Walk Alone: Empirical Study on the Benefits of Participatory Public Leadership. Systematic Practice and Action Research (Springer).

Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A., Asamoah, K., and Mensah Damoah, C. (2020). Popular Support for Public Policies to Curb Political Vigilantism: Reflections from Ghanaian Electorate. Springer Nature: Switzerland AG.

Darkwah, A.K., Medie, P. A. and Gyekye-Jandoh, M. (2017). Interrogating Large-Scale Land       Acquisition and Its Implication on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana. Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights. Working Paper No. 401, August, 1-29.