Samuel Mawutor, MSc

Samuel finished his Masters thesis in 2020 on the topic of forest decentralization and empowerment of local institutions in Ghana. He has a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of Ghana.  He has since worked as a campaigner for social justice for disadvantaged communities that live on the fringes of forests and and other natural resources, and is currently a PhD student in the Geography Program at OSU.  He has been among the thought leadership of Ghana’s forest civl society and has coordinated some of the large civil society platforms. His research interests include forest and environmental policy, community-based natural resource management, and social movements and politics of forest and natural resources management.