Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    African Peace and security and geopolitics; peace building

    Calculated based on number of publications stored in Pure and citations from Scopus
    1987 …2025

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    Research Interests

    Non-/State Actors ; Resource Governance ; EU policy and Africa ; Emerging Powers in Africa ; UN and Regional Sanctions and Africa

    External positions

    Africa Director , European Council on Foreign Relations

    1 Sept 2025 → …

    Senior Associate Research Fellow, Africa Programme, ISPI Institute for International Political Studies

    1 Jul 2024 → …

    Research Director, Regions, Chatham House

    1 Oct 20232025

    Managing Director, Risk, Ethics, Resilience, Chatham House

    Jun 2019Oct 2023

    Member of Board, John & Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies (JEFCAS)

    2019 → …

    Hon Fellow, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs

    2013 → …

    Research Director , Area Studies and International Law, Chatham House

    20122019

    Member of Board, EG Justice

    2010 → …

    Research Director, Regional and Security Studies, Chatham House

    20082012

    Director, Africa Programme, Chatham House

    20022025

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