Omosefe Oyekanmi

Omosefe Oyekanmi is a Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Pan African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg. She is a Research Fellow in the Political and Governance Policy Department, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria. Omosefe is also a laureate of the British Academy funded programme, Writing and Researching the Political Economy of Inequality in Africa (WARIA) cohorts 2021 and 2023. She is a prestigious scholar of the CODESRIA College of Mentors and Mentees (2019), and a Research Fellow at Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP). She holds a PhD, M.Sc., and B.Sc. in Political Science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Omosefe is also a fellow at the Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA). She won the Isaac Dina Memorial Award as the best graduating student in public administration course, University of Ibadan, 2007. She is a member of the African Studies Research Forum (ASRF), CODESRIA and the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA). She is a peacebuilding and gender studies practitioner with over 30 published articles, cutting across humanitarianism, development, public policy, gender issues and international peace building.