Adegboyega Adedolapo Ola

Adegboyega Adedolapo Ola holds a PhD in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, currently an Associate Professor at Afe Babalola University Nigeria. He is a Fellow, Institute of Security Nigeria (ISN). His research focuses on migration, development, peace and security studies. He has won several academic awards and grant, including Small Grants Award for Thesis and Dissertation from the Association of African Universities, National Research Foundation of South Africa and the Institute for Social Studies in the Netherlands.

Recent publications:

Ola, A. A., Okoye, E., & Spencer, A. (2025). Internal Displacement and the Framing of InsURGENCY: A Predicate Analysis of Media Reporting on Boko Haram in Nigeria. Alternatives, 0(0).

Amao, F., Ola, A.A., Afolabi, M.B. et al. (2024). The effect of maritime security on national development in Nigeria. J Transp Secur 17, 20.

Gbadeyan, O.J., Ola, A.A., Osadola, O.S. & Ojo, O.M. (2024). Strengthening women engagement in post-Conflict Peace-building in North-East Nigeria: An interrogation of the UN Resolution 1325, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 11:1, 2286067

Damian, A. and Ola, A.A. (2024). Justice Development and Peace Commission and Conflict Management in Ondo State, Nigeria”, in Adebayo, J. O., & Gbadeyan, O. J. (Eds.). Peacebuilding in Volatile Communities: Nigerian Experiences. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gbadeyan, O.J., Ettang, D., Oyebanmi, S.I., Osadola, O.S., Ola, A.A., Odedokun, E.A. & Eniola Rachael Agidigbi (2024). Local Conflict Management Strategies and Resilient Factors among selected Feuding Communities in Kwara State, Nigeria, African Renaissance Vol. 21 No. 4 pp. 231-248.