School of Social and Political Science

Background

Tosin’s work integrates research, public policy, and digital communications to bridge the gap between academic ideas and impactful solutions. 

He uses mixed methods research, including designing and implementing qualitative and quantitative data analysis on migration, displacement, refugee resettlement and humanitarian protection. He has a long-standing interest in the global refugee regime, offering policy analysis and evidence-based insights on high-impact projects with think tanks, governments, and international organizations, including the Migration Policy Institute (Washington, DC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). He has also contributed to private policy briefing and consultations by the UNHCR, World Bank, UK Aid, SDC, and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA). His research has also appeared in journals and book chapters such as Refugee Survey Quarterly, Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change, African Currents, and Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration. He is currently contributing to the Special Issue on “Refugee Resettlement as an Institution” in the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Tosin has received numerous awards, including the School of Social and Political Science PhD Scholarship, the Border Criminologies Dissertation Award organised by Routledge and the Border Criminologies Network based at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, as well as The Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, organised by Migration Policy Institute (MPI), an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank based in Washington, DC and dedicated to the study of global migration. His work has also been supported by institutions and research bodies such as the DAAD- German Academic Exchange Service, Border Criminologies Network, University of Oxford's Centre of Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), amongst others. 

Tosin's PhD thesis is supervised by a panel of three experts (Dr. Maggie Dwyer, Dr. Jean Benoit Falisse, and Dr. Thabani Mutambasere) with extensive experience in research, leadership, and supervision, ensuring the development of his work follows the most suitable research approaches and ethical and practical considerations. He also works as a Tutor at the School of Social and Political Science. In this role, he facilitates and enhances the delivery of customised and collaborative teaching, discussions, feedback, and knowledge exchange for postgraduate students on migration, displacement-development nexus, and conflict in close collaboration with course organisers.

In addition to his research and teaching, Tosin has worked with a range of organisations concerned with displacement, humanitarianism, governance and development. He was a Research Intern on International Migration at the Migration Policy Institute, Junior Research Fellow of the French Institute for Research in Nigeria, a member of the Centre for Security Research SPS, a research member of the Border Criminologies Network, and a Research Associate at the Reformers' Initiative for Development in Africa. His public service experience also includes serving as Senior Technical Assistant at the Government of Ekiti State between 2018-2021, and later as Special Assistant on Digital Communications to the Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria from August 2021.

Tosin earned his M.A in African Studies (Diaspora and Transnational Studies) with the highest Distinction from the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He completed his B.A (Hons) in History and International Studies at Bowen University, Nigeria; Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nexford University, USA with Distinction; and obtained certification from the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CTC), Leiden University, Netherlands.

To learn more about his research and publications, visit his website at 📲 https://tosindurodola.com/publication