graham19@yorku.ca
Emmanuel Graham is a PhD candidate at York University Department of Politics in Toronto, Ontario Canada. In terms of research interest, Graham’s focus is on the political economy of the extractive sector, energy politics and climate change in Ghana and West Africa. He is also, interested in the social and political thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah and Karl Marx. His research has been on the role of civil society in escaping the resource curse in Ghana, oil exploration and production in sub-Saharan Africa and energy policy. He is also interested in gender politics, electoral politics, political vigilantism, and democratic consolidation in Ghana and West Africa. He has some publications in international peer-reviewed journals such as Extractive Industry and Society, Africa Review, Insight on Africa, and Journal of African Elections.
Keywords: Political economy; gender politics; electoral politics