Dr. Abdul-Jalilu Ateku

Office Location: F20 Kweku Folson Building

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-169X

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PROFILE 

Abdul-Jalilu Ateku's major research interests are in international relations theories, international security interventions in war-affected/post-war states – peacebuilding, peacekeeping, human security, human rights, elections, election security and democracy, and African politics. More recently, his attention has focused on international security interventions in war/post-war-affected states, particularly the impact of peacebuilding on human security in war-affected states in Africa. 

EDUCATION

PhD -                           University of Nottingham

M. Phil-                       University of Ghana

B. A. Political Science  - University of Ghana

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Rethinking the Peacebuilding Agenda in Africa: How Peacebuilding Impact on Human security in War-Affected States (Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia) – Book
• The Political Economy of Resource Conflict and Organised Violence in Ungoverned Spaces in Africa – Article
• Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana: The struggles of smaller parties in an institutionalised two-party system – Book chapter
• Women, Girls and Civic Engagement in Africa’s post-Conflict States: Evidence from Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire – Article
• 20 years of UN Resolution 1325: women’s participation in peace and reconciliation in West Africa (a study of Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone) -Article

COURSES TAUGHT

•     POLI 112: Political Institutions
•     POLI 111: Introduction to the Study of Political Science
•     POLI 212: Introduction to International Politics
•     POLI 444: Electoral Politics & Democracy in Ghana
•     POLI 455: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding & Transitional Justice
•     POLI 458: Politics of Identity in Ghana
•     POLI 631: Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies
•     POLI 656: Human Rights in Africa
•     POLI 679/680: Special Topics

PUBLICATIONS/ RESEARCH OUTPUT

Journal articles

• Abdul-Jalilu Ateku (2020) 'Regional intervention in the promotion of democracy in West Africa: an analysis of the political crisis in the Gambia and ECOWAS’ coercive diplomacy', Conflict, Security & Development, 20:6, 677-696. doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2020.1854954

OTHERS

• Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, United Kingdom - 2014
• Regional Network Coordinator, Midlands and Oxford Region, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, United Kingdom, 2014 - 2017