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, Intellectual Property Committee, 2016–2019
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, Search Panel for Vice-Chancellor, 2010
Tutor/Member, Tutorial Board, Mensah Sarbah Hall, 2007–2019
Member, University Housing Committee, 2006–2010