School of Social and Political Science

Background

I am an ESRC-SGSSS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, and a comparative political scientist specialising in African politics and Nigerian political institutions. My research examines state capacity, conflict, separatism, federalism, and democratic institutions. I hold a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Aberdeen (2025). My doctoral programme examined the political and institutional conditions shaping security and insecurity in multiethnic postcolonial states, with Nigeria as the primary case. The ESRC-SGSSS fellowship supports the development and dissemination of this doctoral work through journal publications, policy briefs and commentaries, providing dedicated time to develop these outputs and build the research agenda’s international profile within African Studies and comparative politics.

My scholarship has generated original theoretical contributions through peer-reviewed articles published in journals including Third World Quarterly, Political Quarterly, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and Regional and Federal Studies, among others. I have also contributed to public policy debate through The Guardian UK, LSE Africa, and The Conversation, and have provided broadcast commentary for BBC World Service and France 24.