Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah

Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah graduated from the University of Ghana in 2009 with a PhD in Political Science after completing a Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts with Philosophy in 1997. He is a Senior Lecturer. He utilizes his extensive educational and training background to foster critical thinking in the Department of Political Science and trains a new generation of Ghanaians to engage with, and expand on, the current knowledge of democratization and civil society development. 

He previously worked with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung as a Senior Programme Manager for fifteen years. He also worked with the African Peer Review Mechanism and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.  The President of Republic of Ghana appointed him as the Director of Research at the Office of the President, Jubilee House in January 2021 to January 2025.  

At the University of Ghana, he has served on a number of Boards including the Academic Board, Admissions Board, Examiners Board, College of Humanities Academic Board, School of Social Science Board. He has consulted for number of international organizations such as Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy, African Development and several others. He is also the National Expert for Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) a Sweden based think tank.  

He is an Assessor, External Examiner and External supervisor for some Universities in Ghana. He is a member of several international associations such as the International Political Science Association (IPSA), American Political Science Association (APSA), International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) He has 34 publications to his credit. 

He has participated in several local and international conferences where he presented papers, chaired sessions, facilitated and moderated topical governance issues such as the state of political parties in Ghana, traditional institutions and local governance.