Gabriel Botchwey

Dr Gabriel Botchwey is an Associate Professor with specialisation in Politics and International Studies, Development and Law. During his Visiting Fellowship at the African Studies Centre Leiden, he will focus on youth employment and entrepreneurship. Hisother ongoing research activities include marine plastics legislation, funding of politics and natural resource governance. Dr Botchwey has a  PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Leeds (UK); a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague), ERASMUS University Rotterdam, Netherlands; and a Law Degree from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He is scheduled to graduate with an LLM in Ocean Governance and Law from the University of Ghana in early 2025. He is a professionally trained teacher (higher education), and he is passionate about teaching and research.

Recent publications:

1. Botchwey, G. (2024). Online Higher Education in Ghana Through Covid-19 and Post-Covid-19: Experiences and Perceptions of Students and Academic Staff. In: Puiu, S., Idowu, S.O. (eds) Online Education During COVID-19 and Beyond. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49353-9_13. or https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-49353-9_13 ,(Chapter 13).
2. Botchwey, G (2023). Ageing Without Social Security and the COVID Pandemic in Ghana, African Journal of Ageing Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp120-148. Available at: https://journals.ug.edu.gh/index.php/ajas/article/view/2498
3. Botchwey, G., & Yankey, O. (2023). Small-Scale Mining, Environment and Livelihoods: Perspectives from Mining Communities in Ghana. African Journal of Social Sciences Education, 2(2). Retrieved from https://journals.uew.edu.gh/index.php/ajsse/article/view/180
4. Botchwey, G, Worlanyo, Z & Asumda, D (2023). Legal Education Policy in Ghana: New Wine in Old Wineskins? In: Amoako-Gyampah, A.K, Lundt, B, Agyeman, E.A (eds) Education in Ghana: History and Politics, Langaa RPCIG/African Books Collective: Education in Ghana, (Chapter 17); https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Education-Ghana-History-Politics-Langaa-Rpcig/31467208639/bd
5. Botchwey, G., Nest, M., & D'Emidio, R. (2022). Working with legal small-scale miners: Implications for development. Journal of International Development, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3726;
6. Botchwey, G. (2021) School Selection and Local Food Production in Ghana’s School Feeding Programme, Cadernos de Estudos Africanos [Online], 41 | 2021, Online since 08 February 2022, URL: http://journals.openedition.org/cea/6273;
7. Botchwey, G. (2021) Compensation for Lands Compulsorily Acquired by the State: Issues of Non-Completion of Acquisition, Non-Payment of Compensation and Potential Unjust Enrichment, UCC Law Journal. Vol. 1 Issue 2 (2021). https://journal.ucc.edu.gh/index.php/ucclj/article/view/418

Publications links:

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7123-8783
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q9DKuYQAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gabriel-Botchwey