Damilola Agbalajobi

Damilola Agbalajobi teaches Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She obtained her Bachelor and Master Degrees in Political Science from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria in 1997 and 2006 respectively and was admitted into the Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science in 2017 at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Her research interests include International Relations, Gender and Politics, and Democratization.

Her proposed research for her LeidenASA fellowship focuses on nude protest among contemporary Yoruba women as a form of political checks and balances by an evolving women's social movement directed at enhancing democracy and expanding the boundaries of development in Nigeria.