Dr Kofi Asare holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh-UK (2013). He studied for his Master’s Degree at the University of Edinburgh (2008). Dr. Asare attended the University of Cape Coast for undergraduate studies in Social Sciences and also has a Certificate in Pastoral Communications from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome-Italy (2005).

Prior to joining GIMPA in 2015, Dr. Asare was a Research Assistant at the Religious Studies Department, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He also taught Economics and Social Studies at Apam Senior High School. Since the establishment of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SOLASS), Dr Asare has been a faculty in the Department of Liberal Arts and Communication Studies. He served as the Quality Assurance Officer for SOLASS in addition to his membership in other notable committees in the Institute.

Professional Affiliation

• GISMA

• Nexus between Religion and Economy
• African History and Culture
• Politics and Media
• Immigration and Consumer Behaviour

• Ethics, Religion and Economy
• Film as Text and Narratives in Films and Movies
• Indigenous Knowledge and Development
• Media, Religion and Culture

Undergraduate level course GIMPA Business School, Accra, Ghana

• LAS 125B: African History and Culture
• LAS 124B: Logic and Critical Thinking
• LAS 106B: Reading Seminar in Humanities
• LAS 127B: Ethics and Values
• BUS 401B: Contemporary Development Issues in Ghana

• Asare, K. (2019). Producing without Believing: Commercialising religious narratives in Ghanaian/Nigerian video films. In: A. Ojebode, T. Adegbola, A. Debebe-Mekonnen, E. Marachto: Camera, Conscience and Commerce: Afrowood and the Crisis of Purpose. 127-151, Ibadan: Greenminds Publishers, pp. 141-164.
• Asare, K. (Forthcoming), ‘Digital Age Religion in Ghana: Christian Leadership and Internet Inquisitions in Ghana’.
• Dzisah, W.S. and Asare, K. (Forthcoming). ‘Media Nationalism, Nkrumah and the Early Press in Ghana’ – Submitted and Accepted for publication in Afro Journal of Communication & Media Studies.
• Asare, K. (Forthcoming), ‘Women outside government and the media tackling corruption in democratic Ghana’.
• Adasi, G. S. and Asare, K. (Work in progress). They speak doom, instill fear and implore deliverance: A study of the role of social media in the growth of the prophetic movement in Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture.
• Kofi Asare and Kofi Awusabo-Asare. (Work in progress). COVID-19 restrictions and societal responses to befitting burial in Ghana.

Email: kasare@gimpa.edu.gh