Abiodun Alao

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Abiodun Alao
Born (1961-04-01) 1 April 1961 (age 63)
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)
researcher

Abiodun Alao (born 1 April 1961) is a Nigerian

academic and professor of African studies at King's College London and the programme director of the African Leadership Centre.[1] He is also the chair of the King's College London Africa Community of Practice and between December 2013 and August 2015 held a visiting professorship position at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria.[2] He is the author of A New Narrative for Africa: Voice and Agency, which "examines the perception of Africa in the global system, tracing Africa's transition from a "problem" to be solved into an agent with a rising voice in the world."[3]

Education

Born to primary school teacher parents, Alao had his elementary education in

McGill-Queens University Press. He went on later to hold the SSRC-MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 1994.[citation needed
]

Career

Alao began his career in 1985 as an assistant lecturer at the Department of International Relations, University of Ife, (later Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile Ife, Nigeria. In 1990, he was a visiting research associate at the Department of History,

senior research fellow between 1999 and 2013. In September 2013, Alao advanced to a senior lecturer at the International Development Institute at King's College London and was promoted professor of African studies at the King's College London's School of Global Affairs in September 2014.[4]

Alao has, in the last two decades, regularly delivered lectures at many military and policy-oriented institutions, including the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (

Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, Chicksands
, UK, Nigerian National Defence College, Nigeria Command and Staff College Jaji.

Alao delivered his inaugural lecture as professor of African studies at the Edward Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London on 26 April 2016. The lecture, titled "Africa: A voice to be Heard, Not a Problem to be Solved" is believed to be the first to be delivered by a Black African since the establishment of the college in 1829.[5][6]

Scholarship

Alao carried out series of research that highlighted the danger embedded in the mismanagement of African vast natural resources making it seemed a curse than a blessing. He has contributed significantly to development projects across the world by working extensively and regularly with many international, regional and intergovernmental organisations, such as the

UN Secretary General on the civil war in Sierra Leone.[7] Alao also co-authored the Concept Note for the Common Defence and Security Policy for the Africa Union and was the co-author of the first post-Civil War National Security Strategy Framework for Liberia. He also advised the Liberian Government on the Reorganisation of the country's Foreign Policy Institute. Additionally, Alao was a member of the team that worked on the Development of Donor Countries Effectiveness in Fragile States.[citation needed
]

Alao was also part of the team that assisted ECOWAS and the Canadian Government on the establishment of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) within the ECOWAS structure. Furthermore, Alao was a member of the Four-Person team undertook a comprehensive evaluation of the activities of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during the first 5 years of its operation. In addition, he wrote the Lead Paper for the United Nation's Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) on the link between climate change and conflict over natural resources in Africa and another Lead Paper for OSAA on The ways of addressing the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in Africa. Alao also served as a member of the steering committee of the FOREWARN Project including ECOWAS, ALC/KCL, Humanitarian Futures, among many others. He is working with the United Nations on the link between Radicalisation and Violence and with ECOWAS on the development of Policy Framework for Security Sector Reform and Governance[8] He is also on the advisory board of the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya and on the board of trustees, Federal Government College Ilorin Old Students Association.[citation needed]

The governor of Osun State,

Federal Government of Nigeria appointed him, a member of the Governing Council[10] of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Efurun.[11]

Selected publications

Books

References

  1. ^ Adjunct Faculty African Leadership Centre. Retrieved November,2017.
  2. ^ Board of Trustees King's College London. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ [1] A New Narrative for Africa Voice and Agency. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. ^ Professor Abiodun Alao Dawn Commission. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Professor Abiodun Emerges First Black African To Give Inaugural Lecture At London Kings College Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine Temmy Balogun. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Inaugural Lecture: Professor Abiodun Alao ALC Radio. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Nigerian breaks 187-yr-old record at University of London Vanguard. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  8. ^ Conflict, Security & Development Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  9. ^ The Council Osun State University. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  10. ^ Governing Councils of 23 Federal Universities in Nigeria โ€” Full List of Chairmen, Members Premium Times. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  11. ^ Governing Council Members Federal University of Petroleum Resources. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

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