Kaderi Noagah BUKARI is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, School for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast. He holds a PhD from the University of Gottingen and the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Germany. He earlier studied an MPhil in Peace and Development Studies in the University of Cape Coast. His research interests are in peace, security and conflict studies, governance, climate security and development research. He has undertaken field research on ethno-political conflicts, Violent extremism, political vigilantism and election security, approaches to peacebuilding and security, farmer-herder conflicts, pastoralism, migration and climate change (climate security).
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Background
🎓 Education & qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2016
Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies
University of Bonn
2016
Master of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
2011
★ Career & positions
Departmental Registration & Exams Officer
Department of Peace Studies
Sep, 2020 to Aug, 2022
Departmental Registration & Exams Officer
Department of Peace Studies
Aug, 2022 to Aug, 2023
Head of Department
Department of Peace Studies
Aug, 2023 to Aug, 2025
Publications 48 works
2026
Exposure to border violence erodes military trust: Mixed-methods evidence from Ghana
Ore Koren, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Political Geography · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Bordering, de-bordering, and re-bordering: Fulani mobility in West Africa’s changing climates
Ademola Olayiwola, Ingrid Boas, Annah Lake Zhu, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Experiences of children during violent conflicts in Northern Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Razak JahaImoro, Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Shaibu Bukari
Global Change Peace & Security · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Madrasas, State Regulation and Governance in West Africa: A Comparative Perspective
Luqman Saka, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Freedom Onuoha, CHUKWUMA OKOLI et al.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Book · Source: OpenAlex
Madrasas, State Regulation and Governance in West Africa: A Comparative Perspective
Luqman Saka, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Freedom Onuoha, CHUKWUMA OKOLI et al.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Book · Source: OpenAlex
Pastoralist social organization
Nikolaus Schareika, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
2025
Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable
Ingrid Boas, Harald Sterly, Carol Farbotko, Mike Hulme et al.
Environmental Research Letters · Article · 10 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Poverty-conflict nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping literature review
Moses Naiim Fuseini, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Ibrahim Abu Abdulai, Tobias Tseer et al.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · Article · 3 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Insurgency, Border Contiguity, and Social Conflict in Neighbor Countries
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Ore Koren
Journal of Conflict Resolution · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
African Political Transitions in Perspective
Olukayode A. Faleye, Gedion Onyango, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Inocent Moyo
Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
Democratic Development in West Africa
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Ozekhome G. Igechi, Prince Duah Agyei, Razak Jaha Imoro
Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
Insurgency, Border Contiguity, and Social Conflict in Neighbor Countries
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Ore Koren
Preprint · Source: OpenAlex
International Authoritarian Politics and Democratic Breakdown in the African Sahel Region
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Prince Duah Agyei
Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
2024
(Re)Emerging disease and conflict risk in Africa, 1997–2019
Ore Koren, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Nature Human Behaviour · Article · 6 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
RCT of Farmer-Herder Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Upper West, Ghana
Gregory Haugan, Alejandro Ome, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials · Dataset · Source: OpenAlex
RCT of Farmer-Herder Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Upper West, Ghana
Gregory Haugan, Alejandro Ome, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials · Dataset · Source: OpenAlex
“We know what we do”: an agency-structure analysis of political vigilantism in Ghana
Patrick Osei-Kufuor, Richard Ametefe, Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Kaderi Noagah Bukari et al.
African Journal of Social Issues · Article · Source: OpenAlex
2023
The bordering and rebordering of climate mobilities: towards a plurality of relations
Ingrid Boas, Carol Farbotko, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Mobilities · Article · 29 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Responding to harvest failure: Understanding farmers coping strategies in the semi-arid Northern Ghana
David Boansi, Victor Owusu, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa et al.
PLoS ONE · Article · 16 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Actors and Networks Embedded in Political Vigilante Groups in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Richard Ametefe, Patrick Osei-Kufuor, Razak Jaha Imoro
The African Review · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Collaborative Art-Making for Deliberation in Africa
Aminata Niang, Lansine Sountoura, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Imogen Bellwood‐Howard et al.
Report · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Experiences, Expectations and Challenges of Return
Razak Jaha Imoro, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Richard Ametefe
Göttinger Beiträge zur soziologischen Biographieforschung · Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
Les arts dans le dialogue et la communication sur l’environnement en Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Est
Imogen Bellwood‐Howard, Peter Taylor, Aminata Niang, Kaderi Noagah Bukari et al.
Report · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Milk Markets in Agropastoralist Areas of Africa – A Photoset
Imogen Bellwood‐Howard, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Gideon Cheptarus, Theland Farmers’ Cooperative et al.
Report · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2022
(Re)thinking homegrown peace mechanisms for the resolution of conflicts in Northern Ghana
Abdul Karim Issifu, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Conflict Security and Development · Article · 29 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Violent farmer–herder conflicts in Ghana: constellation of actors, citizenship contestations, land access and politics
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines · Article · 15 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Coping strategies for victims of farmer–herder conflicts in Ghana.
Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Civil society organisations, conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Northern Ghana
Patrick Osei-Kufuor, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences · Article · 3 citations · Source: OpenAlex
2021
Chieftaincy Conflicts in Northern Ghana: A Constellation of Actors and Politics
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Patrick Osei-Kufuor, Shaibu Bukari
African Security · Article · 21 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Market women’s informal peacebuilding efforts in Ekumfi-Narkwa, Ghana
Shaibu Bukari, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Richard Ametefe
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Drivers of “labour” migration of Fulani herders to Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Book-chapter · 3 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Chieftaincy conflicts in Ghana are mixed up with politics: what’s at risk
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Patrick Osei-Kufuor, Shaibu Bukari
Other · Source: OpenAlex
Ghana’s style of democracy has recently shown cracks. Here’s how to fix it
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Other · Source: OpenAlex
2020
DIVERSITY AND MULTIPLE DRIVERS OF PASTORAL FULANI MIGRATION TO GHANA
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Shaibu Bukari, Papa Sow, Jürgen Scheffran
Nomadic Peoples · Article · 15 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2018
Cooperation and Co-Existence Between Farmers and Herders in the Midst of Violent Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Papa Sow, Jürgen Scheffran
African Studies Review · Article · 82 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Impacts of large-scale land holdings on Fulani pastoralists’ in the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Elias Danyi Kuusaana
Land Use Policy · Article · 38 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Real or Hyped? Linkages Between Environmental / Climate Change and Conflicts – The Case of Farmers and Fulani Pastoralists in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Papa Sow, Jürgen Scheffran
Book-chapter · 9 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2017
Farmer-herder relations in Ghana: interplay of environmental change, conflict, cooperation and social networks
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Dissertation · 20 citations · Source: OpenAlex
The role of elite rivalry and ethnic politics in livestock raids in northern Kenya
Willis Okumu, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Papa Sow, Evans Onyiego
The Journal of Modern African Studies · Article · 18 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2016
A Concomitant of Conflict and Consensus: Case of a Chieftaincy Succession in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Peace and Conflict Studies · Article · 8 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
2015
Land conflicts between smallholders and Fulani pastoralists in Ghana: Evidence from the Asante Akim North District (AAND)
Elias Danyi Kuusaana, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Journal of Rural Studies · Article · 85 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Stereotypes, prejudices and exclusion of Fulani pastoralists in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Nicholaus Schareika
Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice · Article · 68 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
Conflict and its effects on development in the Bawku Traditional Area
Stephen Bugu Kendie, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Article · 8 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Erratum to: Stereotypes, prejudices and exclusion of Fulani pastoralists in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Nikolaus Schareika
Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice · Erratum · Source: OpenAlex
2013
Exploring Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Resolution: The Case of the Bawku Conflict in Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Journal of Sociological Research · Article · 61 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Peacebuilding in the Bawku Traditional Area of Ghana: Failure or Success?
Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Reginald Tang Guuroh
Research on humanities and social sciences · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex
Conflict and Development in The Bawku Traditional Area of Ghana
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Book · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex
Undated
(Re)Emerging disease and conflict risk in Africa, 1997–2019
Ore Koren, Kaderi Noagah Bukari
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Article · Source: OpenAlex
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Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Prof. Kwadwo Addo Tuffour
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. (Mrs.) Joyce De-Graft Acquah
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Prof. Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. Kenneth S Aikins
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Mr. Dennis Korbla Amego Penu
Principal Research Assistant(Teaching Associate) · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. (Mrs.) Joyce De-Graft Acquah
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. Richard Ametefe
Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Prof. Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
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Prof. Kwadwo Addo Tuffour
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
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Mr. Dennis Korbla Amego Penu
Principal Research Assistant(Teaching Associate) · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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