Department of Political Science

Oduro, Alfred

Dissertation:

"African NGOs’ Decision for Membership in International Organizations"

Biography

Alfred Oduro is a Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He specializes in African civil society, NGO membership in international organisations, global governance, pan-African norms, and politics of the African Union. As a former fellow of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), He has had the international experience of working closely on a number of research projects in Africa with renowned scholars from the field of IR. His dissertation project focuses on addressing the question of why some African NGOs pursue membership in international organizations such as the UN while overlooking their own regional IOs such as the African Union (AU). He is also a research coordinator for the NGO Data and GRNDS (Global Register of NonProfit Data Sources) project, helping to understand how global civil society organizations are regulated in their respective states.

Publications

Co-Author of article: “The Stories They Tell: What INGO Mission Statements Reveal about their Authority” : https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2021.1970516

Research Interests

African Civil Society/NGO membership, International Organization, Global governance, Pan-African norms and politics of the African Union.

Previous Degrees

Masters in International Relations – Koç University, Istanbul – Turkey
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Political Science with Sociology) – University of Ghana, Legon

Teaching Experience

POL380H1S – Topics in International Politics
POL208H1F – Introduction to International Relations
POL210H5S – Contemporary Challenges in International Relations
POL114H5F – Politics in a Global World
POL106H1S – Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age
POLB90H3F – Comparative Development In International Perspective