Dr George Asiamah
Department of Politics and International Relations
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Department of Politics and International Relations
Modular Teaching Village
Northumberland Road
葫芦影业
S10 1AJ
- Profile
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George is a Research Associate at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of 葫芦影业. He is working with Professor Charlotte Burns on EU and UK Environmental Policy. George completed his PhD in 2022 in the same department. His PhD research analysed the implications of Brexit for scientific expertise and agri-food regulatory governance in the UK. His current research interests are in the areas of:
- EU and UK Environmental Policy
- Global Sustainability Standards and International Development, with a particular interest in the triangular relationship between EU, China and Africa.
- Qualifications
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2022: PhD in Politics
2015: MSc. Sustainable Development 鈥 Queen鈥檚 University Belfast, UK.
2013: B.A. Economics 鈥 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
- Research interests
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Ph.D. Title: Assessing the Implications of Brexit for Evidence, Expertise and Agri-food Regulatory Governance in the UK.
Primary Supervisor: Professor James Wilsdon
Secondary Supervisors: Professor Charlotte Burns, Dr. Ruth Little.
Date started: October 2018
Project Outline:
The UK鈥檚 agri-food sector has long operated within the institutional and regulatory framework of the European Union (EU). EU regulations and policies like the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have shaped most agri-food related activities in the country. Hence, the anticipated departure of the UK from the EU 鈥 popularly referred to as 鈥淏rexit鈥 鈥 puts the sector and its regulatory regime on an unstable future trajectory.This research seeks to explore the broad implications of Brexit for the UK's agri-food regulatory regime with especial focus on expertise and the scientific advisory landscape.
This project is funded by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures.
- Teaching interests
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George served as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for 鈥淓con 355/356: Development Economics鈥 at the Department of Economics of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from 2013 to 2014.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Conferences Attended:
Dec. 2019: COP25 鈥 UN Climate Change Conference, Madrid, Spain.
May. 2019: UK Agriculture Policy: Sustainability in post-Brexit Britain Conference, Leicester, UK.
Feb. 2019: Researching Brexit Conference, Belfast, UK.
Nov. 2018: INGSA 2018 鈥 The International Network for Government Science Advice Biennial Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
Scholarships and Awards:
2018: Grantham Ph.D. Scholarship, 葫芦影业.
2014: Commonwealth Shared Scholarship, Queen鈥檚 University Belfast
- Publications
Book Chapter:
- Asiamah G. (2020) Pro-Poor Development Strategies. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., 脰zuyar P., Wall T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
Blog posts:
- - Grantham Centre
- - International Science Council