Kassim Assouma

On 13 september 2022, Kassim Assouma succesfully defended his PhD dissertation at Leiden University.

Kassim Assouma is a PhD candidate and a Junior Researcher in the NWO-funded project, “Increasing Political Leverage of Informal and Formal Workers’ Organisations for Inclusive Development: The cases of Ghana and Benin”. He holds an MSc degree in population studies & urban dynamics and a BSc degree in geography. Previously, Kassim Assouma was a Research Associate at the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP) and a Research Assistant at the Center for Training and Research on Population (CEFORP).

His geographic expertise is on Benin.