Bio
Samuel Edem Assisi is a development and project management consultant with more than 15 years of experience in the non-governmental sector. Edem has previously served as a special assistant and research assistant to the deputy minister in charge of the environment secretariat at the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and the Parliament of Ghana for eight years. A trained teacher by profession, he holds a B.Ed. degree in social studies and economics from the University of Education, Winneba, and an M.A. in international affairs from the University of Ghana, Legon. Edem is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in international affairs at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana. He is also a research assistant on the Negotiating Africa’s Digital Partnerships policy research project supported by the Centre for International Governance Innovation and hosted at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His research interests include gender, international political economy, cybersecurity and foreign policy.