Jonathan Chuks Mba
Director of Research & Academic Planning/Coordinator, Association of African Universities
Jonathan Chuks Mba

Jonathan Chuks Mba, is currently the Director of Research and Academic Planning at the Association of African Universities (AAU), and the Coordinator of ADEA’s Working Group on Higher Education (WGHE). Before joining AAU he has worked for 12 years at the University of Ghana, having attained the position of Associate Professor at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), at University of Ghana. He has worked as the Deputy Director of RIPS for about 4 years and as Coordinator of academic programs for seven years. Additionally, he has worked as the Acting Executive Director of the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) for two years. He has written extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to reports and book chapters.  He has edited three books and is the author of one book. Prof. Mba has a Ph.D, an MPhil, and a M.A. in Demography and a B.Sc (Hons.) in Statistics.