Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Office hours
Autumn term, 2024
MONDAY 14.00-15.00
THURSDAY 17.00-18.00
Samuel Alexander Building (room S 2.28)
RESEARCH DAY: Friday
Overview
I’m a historian of 20th century West Africa. Focusing on Ghana and Nigeria, my work attempts to expand and refine our understanding of the political lives of economic and statistical knowledge. In order to do this, I try to combine approaches and methods from intellectual history, political anthropology, and the sociology of science.
Before joining Manchester as a Presidential Fellow in Economic Cultures, I was research fellow at the Nantes Institute for Advanced Studies (2017-2018), and temporary lecturer in economic history at the University of Sussex (2014-2017).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, From Scattered Data to Ideological Education: Economics, Statistics and the State in Ghana, 1948-1966, London School of Economics & Political Science (University of London)
Master of Science, London School of Economics & Political Science (University of London)
Bachelor of Arts and Economics, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Areas of expertise
- HC Economic History and Conditions
- Economic Development
- economic sociology
- State building
- DT Africa
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
- African socialism
- Utopianism
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Rhiannon Stephens, Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2022), pp. 312, $27.95 (paperback). ISBN 9781478018827.
Serra, G., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 46, 2, p. 315-17 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Statistical Pan-Africanism: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in the 1960s
Serra, G., 2024, Nigeria and the Global Economy since 1900: Essays in Honour of Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina. Muritala, M., Oladejo, M., Ajiola, F. & Alabi, W. (eds.). Ibadan: John Archers, p. 232-250 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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W. Arthur Lewis and economic development: a Manchester story
Serra, G., Sept 2024, Manchester minds: a university history of ideas. Jones, S. (ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 202-221 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Economic Inequality and Political Imagination in Ghana: J.B. Danquah on Poverty, Land and Community
Serra, G., 10 Jun 2022, In: Global Intellectual History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reports from China: Joan Robinson as Observer and Travel Writer, 1953-78
Serra, G. & Boianovsky, M., 7 Mar 2022, In: History of Political Economy. 54, 3, p. 545-567Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize
Serra, G. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Editorial work
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Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Adesina, O. (Assistant editor) & Serra, G. (Assistant editor)
1 Sept 2024 → 28 Feb 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Press/Media
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SMITH and MARX WALK INTO A BAR - A History of Economics Podcast
Serra, G. & Scheall, S.
20/12/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Article summary - 'Hail the census night':Trust and Political Imagination in the 1960 Population Census of Ghana
27/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media