Victor Chidubem Iwuoha

Dr. Victor Chidubem Iwuoha is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds prestigious fellowships including the British Academy Visiting Fellowship (Aberystwyth University), Akademie Schloss Solitude Residency, and Taiwan International Fellowship. His work focuses on international migration, security studies, and biometric technologies in African contexts. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and is ranked among Nigeria's top 500 Elsevier SciVal authors.

Research Interests:

• Biometric ID policies and their socio-political impacts
• West African border governance and migration control
• Gender dynamics in digital authoritarianism
• Decolonial critiques of techno-capitalist interventions

Key Projects:

• Biometrics Agenda in Africa: Analyzing EU-Africa biometric collaborations and gendered implications
• De-imperialization of biometric ID processes in West Africa

Awards:

• British Academy Fellowship
• Elsevier’s SciVal Top Author Recognition
• Associate Editor, Society journal (Clarivate Analytics)