RICHARD AMETEFE is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Cape Coast. He has been a Staff of the University of Cape Coast since 2015 as an Assistant Research Fellow with the Faculty of Law before joining the Department of Peace Studies in 2017. He is currently pursuing a split-site doctoral programme in Development Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and the University of Hildesheim, Germany. He has a number of publications to his name and working hard to reach more through research and teaching. His academic and research interests are in the areas of peace education, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, migration, culture, labour and human rights. [Email: rametefe@ucc.edu.gh]
Dr. Richard Ametefe
About
Focus & expertise
Specializations
Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it
Recent activity
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Conference
Jul 2022
Conflict
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Award
Jan 2020
DAAD Graduate School PhD scholarship for Performing Sustainability Cultures in West Afrcia
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Award
Jan 2020
Group-led Award of Research Support Grant (RSG)
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Award
Jan 2018
Erasmus+ Mundus Scholarship (Exchange Programme) award
Background
🎓 Education & qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
2023
Master of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
2013
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of Cape Coast
2004
Publications 6 works
2024
“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
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
Commercial Surrogacy: Invisible Reproductive Workers in Ghana
Owusu Boampong, Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Nana Yaw Osei, Richard Ametefe
Global Labour Journal · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex
Experiences, Expectations and Challenges of Return
Razak Jaha Imoro, Kaderi Noagah Bukari, Richard Ametefe
Göttinger Beiträge zur soziologischen Biographieforschung · Book-chapter · Source: OpenAlex
2021
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
2017
Ethnic Factor and Politics in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana
Kenneth Shelton Aikins, Richard Ametefe
SAGE Open · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID
OpenAlex updated 10 Sep 2026
Engagements
📅 Conferences attended
2022
Conflict
Participant · Phillips University, Marburg
Honors & affiliations
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DAAD Graduate School PhD scholarship for Performing Sustainability Cultures in West Afrcia
Centre for World Music, University of Hildesheim, Germany · 2020
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Group-led Award of Research Support Grant (RSG)
Directorate of Reseach, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast · 2020
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Erasmus+ Mundus Scholarship (Exchange Programme) award
University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany · 2018
Colleagues & frequently viewed together
Prof. Kwadwo Addo Tuffour
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
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Prof. Kaderi Noagah Bukari
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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Prof. Kaderi Noagah Bukari
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. Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
Conflict and Gendering Studies
Peace and Development
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Dr. Musah Dankwah
Research Fellow · Department of Labour and Human Resource Studies
Development Studies
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Mr. Benjamin Yaw Tachie
Research Fellow · Department of Labour and Human Resource Studies
Development Studies
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Prof. Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
Peace and Development
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Miss Leticia Dzinorfe Ahiatrogah
Junior Assistant Registrar · School of Graduate Studies
Development Studies
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Mr. Ebenezer Aggrey
Deputy Registrar · College of Humanities and Legal Studies
Human Rights
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Prof. Patrick Osei-Kufuor
Associate Professor · Department of Peace Studies
Peace and Development
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Miss Leticia Dzinorfe Ahiatrogah
Junior Assistant Registrar · School of Graduate Studies
Development Studies
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Mr. Ebenezer Aggrey
Deputy Registrar · College of Humanities and Legal Studies
Human Rights
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Prof. Kaderi Noagah Bukari
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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Mr. Dennis Korbla Amego Penu
Principal Research Assistant(Teaching Associate) · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. Kenneth S Aikins
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng
Senior Research Fellow · Department of Peace Studies
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