John Sunday Ojo

Dr John Sunday Ojo is a research fellow at NATO Veteran Initiative Research Institute based in Washington DC, United States. He also holds a research fellow position at the Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA) housed at Northern Illinois University in the United States. He was a fellow at War, Conflict, and Global Migration of the Global Research Network and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA). Dr Ojo obtained a PhD from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. He earned a Master of Arts in Global Development from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and a Master of Science in Urban Management and Development with a concentration in Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He received a BSc (Hons) in Local Government Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.

A wide range of issues are at the core of his expertise, including armed conflict, violent extremism, terrorism, counterinsurgency (COIN), counterterrorism, African affairs, and international security. He co-edited a book published by Palgrave Macmillan titled “Armed Banditry in Nigeria: Evolution, Dynamics, and Trajectories.” Dr. Ojo’s works have appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Civil Wars, Democracy and Security, RUSI Journal, African Security, International Journal of Public Administration, African Security Review, Journal of Applied Security Research, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, International Journal of Sport Policy, and Conflict Resolution Quarterly, among others.