Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko

Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko is a Research Professor at the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies, National Open University of Nigeria, specializing in conflict resolution and peacebuilding within African contexts.

Educational background:

• Ph.D. in International Relations

Her research spans Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, Security, Mediation, Peacebuilding, and Gender, with a focus on Nigeria's security challenges. She has authored 26 single-authored books and over 50 peer-reviewed articles, including her 2023 project analyzing traditional institutions' role in mitigating herder-farmer conflicts in Northcentral Nigeria through qualitative methods.

Research support includes:

• Tertiary Education Fund Book Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria (2018)
• Human Sciences Research Council Travel Grant, South Africa (2014)
• Tertiary Education Fund Travel Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria (2015)
• Tertiary Education Fund Institutional Research Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria (2016)
• Tertiary Education Fund Travel Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria (2016)

Additional roles: Founding Head and Editor-in-Chief of the Lafia Journal of Contemporary Political Studies at the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia.