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Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi Ghanaian political scientist and the co-founder of the Afrobarometer, a pan-African research project that surveys public attitude on political, social and economic reforms across African countries. He was the CEO of Afrobarometer from 2008 to 2021. He is now the chairman of its board of directors.

Education
Gyimah-Boadi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Ghana and a Master of Arts and Ph.D in Political Science from the University of California, Davis.

Career
He was a professor at the University of Ghana, in the Department of Political Science, from 1986 to 2014. He was the Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, a research and advocacy institute he co-founded.

Research
Gyimah-Boadi's research centers around democratic politics in Africa. In particular, he has studied extensively political reforms and liberalism in Ghana.

Honors and awards
In 2017, Gyimah-Boadi received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice for advancing democracy, good governance, and economic opportunity. In 2019, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.