About

Dr. Seidu Alidu is currently a Senior Lecturer  at the Department of Political Science and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Asian Studies, at the University of Ghana. He was a Donahue Institute Scholar on United States’ Political Thought at the University of Massachusetts in 2014. He is a visiting lecturer to twelve Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) Universities in Africa including the University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Dar-es-Salam, University of Nairobi and the University of Botswana. He was a Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) fellow on Parliaments and Democracy in Africa. He has worked closely with and for numerous policy think tanks including the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) based in Nairobi Kenya; Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen based in Netherlands; the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex,  the Institute for Democratic Governance; the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung; the United Nations Development Programme, the Varieties of Democracy Project based in the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, the German-African Governance Partnership Organization and the Social Science Research Council based in New York. He has published widely on his subject area with his papers appearing in Peace Review, Criminal Justice Studies, Transitional Justice Review, Journal of African Political Economy and Development, Contemporary Journal of African Development and Ghana Studies.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
• MSc in Development Studies - London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
• BA Hons. in Political Science - University of Ghana, Ghana

Research Interest

• Transitional Justice Policies and Modalities
• Traditional Reconciliation Mechanisms and Conflict Resolution
• Civil Society and Democratization, Political Economy of Africa
• Political Economy of Social Protection Policy in Africa
• Conflict Resolution and Transitional Justice
• Electoral Politics and Governance

Selected Publications

• Seidu Alidu (2019) “Election Campaign in Ghana’s 2016 National Elections” in Ghanaian Politics and Political Communication (Africa: Past, Present & Prospects), S.G. Obeng and E.  Debrah (eds.) Gateway: New York,
• Seidu Alidu (2018) “A Political Science Analysis of the 2016 Elections” in FES (2018) Election 2016, FES: Accra.
• G. Domfe, S. Alidu, I, Owusu-Mensah and A.K.D Frempong (2020) “Who takes the Hohoe Seat in 2020?” Survey Report, January 2020
• G. Domfe and S. Alidu (2019) “Strategizing for victory in 2020: a survey in eight regions of Ghana” July, 2019