

About me
Prince Duah Agyei is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Tampere University, Finland. Prince holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Political Science from the University of Ghana and a Master of Social Science and a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research from Tampere University. Prince’s research interests include the intersectionality of peace, (in)security, and democracy in Africa and Europe. His current research in the project, “Forms of Resistance & Practices of Hope,” focuses on African migrants in Finland.
Latest publications
Democratic Development in West Africa: The Ghanaian Example
Bukari, K. N., Igechi, O. G., Agyei, P. D. & Imoro, R. J., 2025, Democratic Recession, Autocratic Resurgence and The Future of Governance in Africa. Faleye, O. A., Onyango, G., Bukari, K. N. & Moyo, I. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 227-240 13 p. (Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
International Authoritarian Politics and Democratic Breakdown in the African Sahel Region
Bukari, K. N. & Agyei, P., 2025, Democratic Recession, Autocratic Resurgence and The Future of Governance in Africa. Faleye, O. A., Onyango, G., Bukari, K. N. & Moyo, I. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 30-52 22 p. (Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Resistance and Hope in Balance: Toward a Complementary Conceptual Framework
Agyei, P. D. & Iglesias Ortiz, A., 24 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A Tale of Two Maps and Two Truths: Explaining the intractability and transformation of the Nkonya-Alavanyo conflict in Ghana.
Agyei, P., 27 Aug 2024, Tampere: Tampere University. 152 p. (TAPRI Studies in Peace and Conflict Research; no. 111)Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Collection of Articles
Exploring Attempts at Judicial Resolution of the Nkonya-Alavanyo Communal Conflict in Ghana
Agyei, P. D. & Odartey-Wellington, F., 2024, In: African Journal of Legal Studies. 16, 1, p. 29-54 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Voices of Disputants: Perspectives From Alavanyo on the Nkonya–Alavanyo Conflict in Ghana
Agyei, P. D., 2024, In: Peace and Conflict. 30, 2, p. 226-233Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Finland
Agyei, P., 30 Oct 2023, A shared Commitment: African-Nordic Peace and Security Cooperation . Oslo and Uppsala: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt (NUPI) and Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (NAI)., p. 28-35 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional
Peace, security and democracy support in West Africa
Kynsilehto, A., Agyei, P. & Maiche, K., 4 Apr 2023, 2023 ed. Helsinki: ULKOASIAINMINISTERIÖ. 36 p. (Publications of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Two Maps, Two Tales and Two Truths: A Purposeful Transformational Approach to the Nkonya–Alavanyo Conflict in Ghana
Agyei, P. D., Möller, F. & Väyrynen, T., 2023, In: Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. 18, 3, p. 231-357Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Behind the Intractability of Communal Conflicts in Africa: The Case of the Nkonya–Alavanyo Conflict in Ghana
Agyei, P. D., 2021, In: Peace and Conflict. 27, 4, p. 620-628 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review