Prof. Gyampo To Contest For UTAG-UG President; Promises To Forcefully Champion The Interest Of Lecturers

Renowned Political Scientist and Senior lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo has declared his intention to contest for the Presidency of the UG’s Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG).

The former Director of the Centre for European Studies of the University of Ghana is the current secretary of the University of Ghana’s Chapter of UTAG after emerging victorious in the last UTAG elections held on August 5, 2021.

According to the senior lecturer who is very vocal on national issues, his ambition to climb to the higher office of UTAG is motivated by his desire to forcefully and proactively champion the interest and welfare of the members of the association.

Although Prof. Gyampo admits that he has already made enemies for himself as a result of the discharge of his duties as General Secretary, that won’t deter him from fighting and championing the interest of UTAG when elected as President.

In a social media post by the senior lecturer, he noted that, “in the driving seat myself, I’ll champion the interest of my people forcefully and proactively. I have already lost some friends as General Secretary and I do not mind losing more as I fight harder for the University Teacher in my capacity as President.”

“It won’t be out of malice or hatred for any regime. It would be just for the advancement of the interest of my people,” Prof. Gyampo clarified.

In a related development, the ambition of Professor Gyampo seemed to have been warmly welcomed by many students of the lecturer. Many students have besieged the lecturer requesting posters to post around to support the course of Prof. Gyampo.

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PROFILE OF PROFESSOR RANSFORD GYAMPO

Born on 31st March 1977, in Accra Ghana, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo is a Professor of Political Science and a former Director of the Centre for European Studies of the University of Ghana, with two decades of teaching and research experience. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ghana and his research interest lies in the areas of Youth Empowerment and Development, Democratic Governance, Electoral Reform, Natural Resource Management, European Studies, and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea.

Until recently, he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of South Florida, United States of America (USA). He currently serves as a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. For 14 years, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Governance Unit of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) leading a number of research projects and playing a key role in the IEA’s Socio-Economic and Governance Surveys. For 10 years, Prof Gyampo also served as Coordinator of the Ghana Political Parties Programme, a programme that brought together the leadership of Political Parties with representation in Ghana’s Parliament to discuss issues of national importance in a non-partisan manner and to propose practical solutions to them.

He worked at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) as Senior Research Fellow for two years and currently heads the Youth Bridge Research Institute. He is a member of Ghana’s Electoral Reforms Committee and played a key role in identifying the challenges of Ghana’s electoral processes and submitting electoral reform proposals to the Electoral Commission for the purposes of fine-tuning Ghana’s electoral system. He is also a member of the Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA) Consultative Committee, a Committee set up by the Electoral Commission to research, consult and advise on the implementation of the law that mandates Ghanaians living abroad to vote in Ghanaian elections.

Prof Gyampo has more than 200 research works to his credit within his areas of research interest. These have been published in internationally refereed journals across the globe as Books, Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Peer Reviewed Journal Articles, Technical Reports, Monographs, and Policy Briefs.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Political Science – University of Ghana/Tufts University, Boston
MPhil in Political Science – University of Ghana
B.A. in Political Science – University of Ghana
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Governance, Leadership, and Democratic Development
Political Theory
Political Institutions
Politics in Ghana and Politics of Developing Countries
RESEARCH INTERESTS

European Studies
Maritime Security
Natural Resource Management
Election Management and Electoral Politics
COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate courses

Public Administration
Introduction to Political Science
Political Institutions
Strategies for African Development
Politics of Developing Countries
Governance and Leadership
Social and Political Theory
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
Over 150 Long Essays/Master’ (MA & MPhil) and Doctoral Dissertations have been written under his supervision.

Postgraduate courses

Government-Business Relations (MA Public Affairs)
Strategic Planning (MA Public Affairs)
Problems of Government and Politics in Africa (Mphil, Political Science)
Strategies for Development of Africa (MPhil, Political Science)
Issues and Problems of Development in Africa (PhD, Political Science)
The Political Economy of African Development (PhD, Economics)