SERVICE AREAS
OVERVIEW
Nana Akua Anyidoho’s professional service spans academic leadership, national and international policy engagement, consultancy, and university governance. Her service reflects a long-standing commitment to strengthening African scholarship, contributing to public policy, supporting professional associations, and participating in institutional leadership and decision-making.
SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Service to Profession
- Co-Chair, Advisory Board, SSRC’s African Development and Peacebuilding Program (2024–present)
- President, Ghana Studies Association (2014–2020)
- Board of Directors, African Studies Association (ASA) (2021–2024)
- Executive Committee, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2019–2022)
- Advisory Board, SSRC’s Next Generation Social Science in Africa (2020–2023)
- Program Co-Chair, 61st Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association
- Editorial Board: African Affairs; African Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Modern African Studies; Ghana Studies; Policy Studies; Studies in Comparative International Development.
- Peer Reviewer: African Affairs; African Review of Economics and Finance; Contemporary Journal of African Studies; Development in Practice; Ghana Social Science Journal; Ghana Studies; Journal of African Transformation; Journal of Contemporary African Studies; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Human Rights Practice; Journal of Adolescent Research; Journal of Youth Studies; Outlook on Agriculture; Urban Studies.
National & International Service
- Co-Chair, UN Women Expert Group Meeting of the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) on “Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls,” New York, 13–15 September 2018
- Lead Consultant, Social Development Strategy for a Long-term National Development Plan for Ghana, Government of Ghana, 2017–2018
- Member, Curriculum Advisory Committee, African Center for Peace and Security Training of the Institute of Security Studies, 2012–2015
- Member, Policy Working Group, African Presidential Archives and Research Centre (APARC), 2008–2014
- Member, Cross-Sectoral Planning Group for Human Capital Development for Socio-Economic Transformation, National Planning and Development Commission of Ghana (NDPC), 2008
Selected Consultancies
- Lead Consultant, Social Development Strategy under the 40-year Development Plan, National Planning and Development Commission of Ghana (NDPC), 2016–2017
- Lead Consultant, Situation Analysis of Youth in Africa and Development of Policy Toolbox, United Nations Economic Commission on Africa (UNECA), 2014–2017
- Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Collective Action Movements in Africa, Rockefeller Foundation, 2014–2016
- Consultant, Beneficiary Assessment of the GPOBA Project: Solar PV Systems for the Rural Poor in Ghana, World Bank and Government of Ghana, 2014–2016
Selected University Committees & Boards
- Member, University Council, 2021–2025
- Member, Advisory Board of College of Education, 2021–2025
- Member, Academic Board, 2006–2010, 2013–2018, 2020–present
- Member, Physical Development and Municipal Services Committee, 2020–2024
- Member, University Council, 2021–2025
- Member, Advisory Board of College of Education, 2021–2025
- Member, Academic Board, 2006–2010, 2013–2018, 2020–present
- Member, Physical Development and Municipal Services Committee, 2020–2024
- Member, Business and Executive Committee, 2013–2018
- Member, Advisory Board, Careers and Counselling Centre, 2016–2018
- Member, College of Humanities Academic Board, 2014–2018, 2020–present
- Member, Technical and Scientific Committee, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, 2016–2017
- Member, Intellectual Property Committee, 2016–2019
- Member, Search Panel for Vice-Chancellor, 2010
- Tutor/Member, Tutorial Board, Mensah Sarbah Hall, 2007–2019
- Member, University Housing Committee, 2006–2010