Ernest Akuamoah

Position: PhD Student
School and/or Centres: School of Politics & International Relations

Location: Level 3, RSSS Building, 146 Ellery Crescent

Qualification:

MPhil. in Political Science; Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies

Thesis title: Incumbent Leaders and Violent Electoral Behaviour

Biography
Research interests

Ernest is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University (ANU). His doctoral project investigates the impact of leader characteristics and personal backgrounds on electoral violence. Specifically, Ernest examines the effects of leaders’ military backgrounds, Western tertiary education, term limit manipulation(s) as well as the impact of populist rule on electoral violence.

African Politics, Election Violence, Party Politics, Democratic Consolidation and Development Studies.