01/04/2026
We are pleased to announce that Professor Augustine Konneh, PhD., will join the InterGenerational Political Dialogue. The Dr Konneh is currently the Senior Advisor to the President of Liberia.
He holds a Master’s and PhD in History, African Studies and Political Science from Indiana University in Bloomington, USA where he studied from 1987-1992. Before coming to his present position as Senior Advisor to the President of Liberia, he served as Dean of the Graduate School at the African Methodist Episcopal University in Monrovia, Liberia. Professor Konneh also served as Director-General of the Foreign Service Institute of Liberia (2009-2017), he was also a professor and chair of History at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia-USA from 1998-2008. Professor Konneh is a Fulbright Scholar, and his research interests are in the areas of Economic History of Liberia, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy, regional and global governance, and development studies.