Sait Matty Jaw
Associate FellowResearch Department:
Glocal Junctions
Research Group African Intervention Politics
Contact
E-Mail: jaw@prif.orgTwitter: @saitmatty
CV
| since 2021 | Associate Fellow at PRIF |
| Researcher in the project "Local perceptions of regional interventions: AU and ECOWAS in Burkina Faso and The Gambia" | |
| since 2018 | Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Research and Policy Development (CRPD), the Gambia |
| since 2018 | Project Director, Afrobarometer Survey The Gambia, Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies (CEPRASS), the Gambia |
| since 2014 | Lecturer, Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of the Gambia (UTG), the Gambia |
| 2015–2017 | Master, Public Administration, University of Bergen, Norway |
| 2015–2014 | Master, African History, University of the Gambia (UTG), the Gambia |
| 2008–2011 | Bachelor of Science, Political Science, University of the Gambia (UTG), the Gambia |
Expertise
Sait Matty Jaw is working on the following issues:
- Comparative problems of democratic development and consolidation
- Democratic transitions and prospects in Africa
- Public attitudes and values toward democracy in Africa
- Human Security
- West African Migrants in Europe and the African Diaspora
Publications
- “Siding with the people” or “Occupying force”? Local perceptions of African Union and ECOWAS interventions in the Gambia | 2023
Birchinger, Sophia / Jaw, Sait Matty / Bah, Omar M / Witt, Antonia (2023): “Siding with the people” or “Occupying force”? Local perceptions of African Union and ECOWAS interventions in the Gambia, PRIF Report 3/2023, Frankfurt/M, DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2303.
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- Heimvorteil? | 2022
Witt, Antonia / Bah, Omar M / Birchinger, Sophia / Jaw, Sait Matty / Schnabel, Simone (2022): Heimvorteil? Lokale Perspektiven auf die Friedensbemühungen afrikanischer Regionalorganisationen, in: Forschung Frankfurt, 2022:1, 30–34, www.forschung-frankfurt.uni-frankfurt.de/(...).
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- #GambiaDecides2021: A Sign of Democratic Hope? | 2021
Bah, Omar M / Jaw, Sait Matty / Birchinger, Sophia (2021): #GambiaDecides2021: A Sign of Democratic Hope?, PRIF Blog, 14.12.2021.
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- The Gambia’s draft Constitution reflects citizens’ preference for term limits, gender quota | 2020
Isbell, Thomas / Jaw, Sait Matty (2020): The Gambia’s draft Constitution reflects citizens’ preference for term limits, gender quota, in: Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 338, www.afrobarometer.org/(...).
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- The Complicated Quest for Truth, Reconciliation and Justice in The Gambia | 2019
Jaw, Sait Matty (2019): The Complicated Quest for Truth, Reconciliation and Justice in The Gambia, in: West Africa Insights, 6:4, 14–18, www.media.africaportal.org/(...).
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- Gambians with clear message to government: Focus on service delivery | 2019
Jaw, Sait Matty / Isbell, Thomas (2019): Gambians with clear message to government: Focus on service delivery, Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 322, 1.10.2019.
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- Gambians trust the armed forces but are split over the presence of ECOMIG | 2019
Jaw, Sait Matty (2019): Gambians trust the armed forces but are split over the presence of ECOMIG, Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 317, 22.8.2019.
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- Gambians expect Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to heal the nation but want human-rights violators prosecuted | 2018
Jaw, Sait Matty (2018): Gambians expect Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to heal the nation but want human-rights violators prosecuted, Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 249, 31.10.2018.
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- Victory for ACDEG: The Gambia’s Post-Election Crisis and Lessons for Africa | 2017
Jaw, Sait Matty (2017): Victory for ACDEG: The Gambia’s Post-Election Crisis and Lessons for Africa, in: Africa’s Democratic Dividends and Deficits. African Governance Newsletter. V4. January–June.
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- All Gambians need to rebuild their country, even members of the old regime | 2017
Jaw, Sait Matty (2017): All Gambians need to rebuild their country, even members of the old regime, The Guardian, 30.1.2017.
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