My work bridges research, policy and public engagement on displacement, peace and human security.
I am a Research Associate at the African Leadership Centre, King’s College London, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London. I hold a PhD in African Studies from the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.
My research examines what happens when systems of protection end and how their aftermath continues to shape the lives of displaced people, their descendants, institutions and societies over time. It also interrogates how conflict, displacement, humanitarian intervention and institutional change shape human security across time. Using displacement as an empirical lens, it investigates the long-term consequences of the end/absence of formal/state protection and governance, with a particular focus on the endings and afterlives of protection, refugeehood, durable solutions, citizenship, peacebuilding and emerging technologies.
I combine ethnography, qualitative and interdisciplinary research with engagement in policy and practice. Alongside my academic work, I collaborate with governments, international organisations, humanitarian agencies and research institutions to produce evidence that informs policy, strengthens practice and contributes to public debate.
I previously taught courses on displacement, conflict, African history, politics, and development at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. I also worked at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), where he contributed to research on migration and integration policy. Earlier in my career, I served as the pioneer Research Lead at the pan-African civic-tech organisation, Reformers’ Initiative for Development in Africa, focused on peace and digital governance. I also held a public sector role at the subnational level in Nigeria.
I am an Associate Editor at Social Dynamics (Taylor & Francis) and co-convenor of the RLI Working Group on “Understanding Solutions.” My teaching reflects my expertise in qualitative and ethnographic research methods and in displacement, peace, human security, and development.