Institute of Political Science

Mark Amaliya Anyorikeya, M.A.

Mark Amaliya Anyorikeya joined the Institute for Political Science in October 2017 as a DAAD Doctoral fellow and is affiliated to the department of “International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research” working under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hasenclever.  He obtained his master’s degree in Public Policy from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt in 2012 and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Social Work from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in 2008. Prior to his Doctorate, he worked for 3 years as a policy and governance analyst in the Ghanaian Civil society milieu on good governance and public sector reforms.
In his Doctoral dissertation, he explores the configuration of factors at the local, international and transnational level that shape the formation and transformation of local jihadist organizations into transnational agents and allies of global jihadist organizations. The study adopts a movements’ approach to investigate strategies of mobilization from below (Pledges of Oaths of Allegiance (POAs) and the dynamics of interorganizational alignment in order to understand the local-global nexus of jihad in West Africa.  

Research interests

His research interests lie at the intersection of agent-structure constellations of global jihad, social movements and violent collective action and counterinsurgency in Africa. 

Conference Contributions

  • 7th PhD Conference on International Development, November 2018, Ruhr-University Bochum: "See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Turning a Blind Eye or Shining the Spotlight? Understanding the ‘evidence trap’-affecting development organizations and State-military interventions in Conflict Settings”.

Publications

  • Assessing Boko Haram: A Conversation with Michael Nwankpa-Journal of Terrorism Research, Vol 5-Issue 1, 2014.
  • Book Chapter: Critical Junctures and Democratic Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa:  How can the African Union manage democratic change from citizen uprisings? In Augustinho Issau (Ed), Democratization's Trajectory through Change and Continuity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Edizioni Nuova Cultura-Roma (2017).