Seiba is a PhD student in Geography specializing in Resource and Environmental Governance in Africa. His current research examines the contested socio-political landscapes in Ghana’s artisanal and small-mining (ASM) sector, focusing on the intricate dynamics of the interaction between state policies, local actors' initiatives, and transnational economies that control and contest the mineral wealth of Ghana. His research uses an interdisciplinary political ecology framework to interrogate how local small-scale miners, in the face of negative portrayal in the public and policy discourse, negotiate their position within fractured governance systems riddled with competing interests and criminalized narratives in a politically contentious extractive environment. His research seeks to provide theoretically informed and empirically detailed information to shape policy responses capable of managing the delicate tradeoff between economic sustenance, fair resource governance, and sustainable economic development in mineral-rich countries.

Before joining The Ohio State University, Seiba earned a bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Geography Education, and a master’s degree in Agricultural/Applied Economics from the University for Development Studies, Ghana. He is the founder of Asco Publications, through which he has authored several textbooks on Economics and Geography, approved by the Ghana Education Service and used by senior high schools across Ghana.

Seiba's Mershon supported research project is "Contested Territory: Power Dynamics, Resource Conflicts and Governance in Ghana's Artisanal-Small Scale Mining Sector."