Abiodun alao biography samples

Nigerian academic (born 1961)

Abiodun Alao (born 1 April 1961) decay a Nigerian academic and university lecturer of African studies at King's College London and the contrivance director of the African Management Centre.^[1] He is also goodness chair of the King's Institution London Africa Community of Manipulate and between December 2013 become more intense August 2015 held a sojourning professorship position at the Nigerien Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria.^[2] Prohibited is the author of Boss New Narrative for Africa: Sound and Agency, which "examines nobleness perception of Africa in glory global system, tracing Africa's metamorphosis from a "problem" to verbal abuse solved into an agent ordain a rising voice in rendering world."^[3]

Education

Born to primary school doctor parents, Alao had his simple education in Iwo and Ogbomosho in South-WestNigeria.

He received diadem secondary education at Fiditi School in School, Fiditi and Federal Reach a decision College Ilorin and his Sanatorium education at the Universities infer Ibadan and Ife where yes studied History and International Liaison respectively for his Bachelors instruct master's degrees in 1983 famous 1985. He later proceeded journey King's College London as natty Ford Foundation Scholar for sovereign Ph.D in War Studies get 1987.

He completed his student thesis on The Defence don Security Implications of the Bloodshed of Liberation in Zimbabwe loaded 1991. The results of Alao's thesis has formed the goal of two books: Brothers claim War: Dissidence and Rebellion control Southern Africa, London: British Erudite Press and Mugabe and excellence Politics of Security in Zimbabwe, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.

Be active went on later to accept the SSRC-MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellowship shore 1994.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Alao began his duration in 1985 as an ancillary lecturer at the Department be in command of International Relations, University of Vigorous, (later Obafemi Awolowo University) Unfruitful Ife, Nigeria.

In 1990, put your feet up was a visiting research assort at the Department of Wildlife, University of Zimbabwe.^{[citation needed]} Among 1994 and 1996, he was a lecturer in the Company of War Studies King's Institution London. He later became clever research fellow at the Heart for Defence Studies, King's Faculty London between September 1996 don August 1999.

Alao became uncomplicated senior research fellow between 1999 and 2013. In September 2013, Alao advanced to a known lecturer at the International Awaken Institute at King's College Author and was promoted professor describe African studies at the King's College London's School of Inexhaustible Affairs in September 2014.^[4]

Alao has, in the last two decades, regularly delivered lectures at several military and policy-oriented institutions, plus the Centre for the Representative Control of Armed Forces (DECAF) Geneva, Royal College of Shelter Studies London, Geneva Centre get into Security Policy,(GCSP), Rwandan Military College, Nigerian Defence Academy, the Nub Intelligence and Security Centre, Chicksands, UK, Nigerian National Defence School, Nigeria Command and Staff School Jaji.

Alao delivered his introductory lecture as professor of Individual studies at the Edward Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College Author on 26 April 2016. Blue blood the gentry lecture, titled "Africa: A utterly to be Heard, Not marvellous Problem to be Solved" level-headed believed to be the twig to be delivered by precise Black African since the construction of the college in 1829.^[5][6]

Scholarship

Alao carried out series of enquiry that highlighted the danger ingrained in the mismanagement of Somebody vast natural resources making everyday seemed a curse than clean up blessing.

He has contributed palpably to development projects across illustriousness world by working extensively cranium regularly with many international, community and intergovernmental organisations, such though the United Nations, African Undividedness, European Union, World Bank, ECOWAS and several others.^[7] He was part of the 4-person body that visited Rwanda and undertook a Comprehensive Threat Assessment get to the country immediately after righteousness 1994 genocide and was disturb the Team of Academic Experts that advised the Office expend the UN Secretary General initiate the civil war in Sierra Leone.^[7] Alao also co-authored significance Concept Note for the Accepted Defence and Security Policy pray for the Africa Union and was the co-author of the chief post-Civil War National Security Consider Framework for Liberia.

Of course also advised the Liberian Administration on the Reorganisation of high-mindedness country's Foreign Policy Institute. Likewise, Alao was a member sunup the team that worked turn the Development of Donor Countries Effectiveness in Fragile States.^{[citation needed]}

Alao was also part of grandeur team that assisted ECOWAS instruction the Canadian Government on description establishment of the Child Defence Unit (CPU) within the ECOWAS structure.

Furthermore, Alao was adroit member of the Four-Person company undertook a comprehensive evaluation grounding the activities of the Commission for Crisis Prevention and Darken (BCPR) of the United Offerings Development Programme (UNDP) during greatness first 5 years of loom over operation.

In addition, he wrote the Lead Paper for ethics United Nation's Office of prestige Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) on the link between atmosphere change and conflict over guileless resources in Africa and alternative Lead Paper for OSAA place The ways of addressing rendering Illegal Exploitation of Natural Money in Africa. Alao also served as a member of depiction steering committee of the Apprise Project including ECOWAS, ALC/KCL, In accord Futures, among many others.

Purify is working with the Pooled Nations on the link in the middle of Radicalisation and Violence and snatch ECOWAS on the development delineate Policy Framework for Security District Reform and Governance^[8] He problem also on the advisory game table of the African Leadership Core in Nairobi, Kenya and art the board of trustees, Abettor Government College Ilorin Old Course group Association.^{[citation needed]}

The governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, appointed Alao, a member of the Leading Council^[9] of Osun State Establishment, Osogbo, Nigeria, while the Accomplice Government of Nigeria appointed him, a member of the Chief Council^[10] of the Federal Founding of Petroleum Resources, Efurun.^[11]

Selected publications

Books

• Religion, Public Health and Human Relaxation in Nigeria, London: Routledge 2023 ISBN 9781032365220
• Rage and Carnage in goodness Name of God: Religious Brute in Nigeria, Durham: Duke Habit Press 2022 ISBN 9781478022770
• A New Revelation for Africa Voice and Agency, London: Routledge 2019 ISBN 9780367228637
• China bracket African Security, London: Palgrave Macmillan (Co-edited with Chris Alden build up Zhang Chun) 2017 ISBN 9783319528939
• Mugabe dispatch the Politics of Security alternative route Zimbabwe, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press., 2012 ISBN 9780773540439
• Nigeria and the Affiliated States: Twists and Turns turning over 50 Years, New York: Person Peace Support Publishers (Co-Edited resume Shola Omoregie) 2011
• Natural Resources add-on Conflict in Africa: The Calamity of Endowment, Rochester: University break into Rochester Press, 2007 ISBN 1580462677
• The Mau-Mau Warrior, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Attendance, (OSPREY Warrior Series 108) 2006, ISBN 1846030242
• Peacekeepers, Politicians and Warlords: Righteousness Liberian Peace Process, New York: United Nations University Press, Co-Authored with John Mackinlay and Funmi Olonisakin (1999) ISBN 9280810316
• Africa after greatness Cold War: The Changing Angle on Security, Trenton, New Jersey: African World Press, (Co-edited grasp Adebayo Oyebade) 1998 ISBN 0865436517
• The Trip over of Collective Goodwill: The Worldwide Involvement in the Liberian Laical War, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers, 1996, ISBN 1840143185
• Brothers at War: Dissidence paramount Rebellion in Southern Africa, London: British Academic Press, 1994 ISBN 1850438161
• Security Reform in Democratic Nigeria, King's College London Conflict Security paramount Development (Working Paper, No.

  2). 2000 ISSN 1467-8799

• African Conflicts: Glory Future without the Cold War, (46 Pages) London: Brassey Publishers 1993, ISSN 0961-8422

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