Research

Paul is a Research Officer at the African Research Network on Ageing (AFRAN). He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. Paul is currently working on a DPhil thesis:  ‘Social Embbededness, Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in Ghana’. Paul’s research interests include: methodological perspectives on ageing research in sub-Saharan Africa (Life Course perspectives), Health systems and utilization, social networks, social capital and intergenerational transfer, well-being, happiness and quality of life of the elderly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Recent professional committments

• Research officer for the African Research on Ageing (AFRAN) at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.
• Reviewer (Social Science and Medicine). 

Recent publications

• Michael J Parks, F. Nii-Amo Dodoo and Paul K Ayernor (forthcoming)The Growth of the Global South City: A Study of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Community Practice in Accra, Ghana-Special Issue of the Global South --news.
• Patricia Karen  A Abanilla, Keng-Yen Huang, Daniel Shinners, Andrea Levy, Kojo Ayernor, Ama de-Graft, Aikins & Olugbenga Ogedegbe (2011) Cardiovascular disease prevention in Ghana: feasibility of a faith-based organizational approach-Bulletin of the World Health 0rganization , Volume 89, Number 9, 648-656.
• Paul Kojo Ayernor (2011) Diseases of Ageing in Ghana, Ghana Medical Journal (GMJ) special issue on Ghana’s Chronic Disease Burden- Volume 45  Number 1.