NCID-3199
John Sunday Ojo
Consulting fellow at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET)
Leiden University
Education/Degree:
1 Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies Politics and Area Studies (University of Portsmouth)
About
Dr John Sunday Ojo is a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University in the Netherlands. Dr Ojo is a research fellow at the NATO Veteran Initiative. He obtained a PhD from the University of Portsmouth in the UK. He received his Master of Arts in Global Development from the University of Leeds in the UK. Dr Ojo earned another Master of Science in Urban Management and Development focusing on the environment, sustainability, and climate change from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and a BSc 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, non-state armed groups, terrorism, violent extremism, environmental governance, and African security.
Current Work
A wide range of issues are at the core of my expertise, including armed conflict, non-state armed groups, terrorism, violent extremism, environmental governance, and African security. My research focuses on the political economy of armed conflict with a concentration on non-state armed groups, intelligence-gathering strategies, recruitment, and radicalisation in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin region. It intersects both Jihadist and non-Jihadist armed groups operating along the Sahelian belt and Lake Chad region, including Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. While considering African politics in the contemporary world, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, and the geopolitics of foreign military intervention forms critical components of my research and how such engagements impact African security governance.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Non-state Armed Groups, Armed Conflict, Violent Extremism and Terrorism, African Security, Environmental Security