Mamoudou Gazibo

Mamoudou Gazibo is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Montreal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He serves as a researcher at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CÉRIUM) and focuses on democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa, China-Africa relations, and institutional analysis.

• Research Areas: Democratization, comparative politics, political institutions, China's global influence, electoral systems, and neo-patrimonialism.
• Projects: Principal investigator for studies on African societies in transformation (2019-2025), collective mobilization (2022-2024), and China-Africa cooperation (2010-2015).

Advising: Supervised 14 PhD and Master’s theses since 2004, including work on China-Africa security policy, electoral authoritarian regimes, and Sub-Saharan development. Awards: 2021 CRSH advisory committee member, 2011 Grand Officer of Niger's National Order, and 2010-2011 Special Advisor to Niger's Prime Minister.

Publications: Authored/edited 8 books, including Revisiting EU-Africa Relations (2021) and Introduction to African Politics (2006). His 2019-2023 articles focus on China's impact on African democratization, electoral administration, and institutional analysis.