Profile of Dr. Emma Birikorang Director Faculty of  Research, KAIPTC

With over 22 years of experience in governance, conflict, women, peace and security, Dr. Emma Birikorang is Director of Research of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC).

Prior to joining the KAIPTC, she was a Researcher with the African Security Sector Network from September 2002 to March 2005 supporting the training of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior and co-authoring the first small arms and light weapons baseline study on Ghana. Emma has previously consulted for the African Union and the ECOWAS in the development of the African Standby Force. She also consulted for ECOWAS and developed the Action Plans for the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework 2018-2022. At KAIPTC, she lectures on the Master of Arts Programmes in Conflict, Peace and Security, leading the course on Gender, Security Sector Governance and Peace Operations.

She is the head of research programmes and leads the knowledge management and production of KAIPTC research. She is an Adjunct lecturer at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, and the Rhodes University, South Africa.
Emma joined ANCIP as a Fellow in November 2024.