Daniel Agbiboa

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Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Carter School

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Biography

Daniel E. Agbiboa was Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at S-CAR from 2017 to 2019. He came to Mason from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Perry World House Postdoctoral Fellow. He holds degrees from Oxford University (Ph.D.), Cambridge University (M.Phil.), and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (MA). Daniel is the author of over 50 scholarly articles in the field of terrorism, political violence, and urban resilience, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. 

Research

Global Centre for Pluralism, The Agha-Khan Foundation, Research Grant on Pluralism and Horizontal Inequality in Nigeria, 2015-2016 (CAD$ 3,500)

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research, Commissioned Research Grant on Political Settlement Analysis of Employment Creation in Agro-Industries in Nigeria (with F. Aremu, P. Vandi and S. Jijji), 2015-2016 (US$40,000)

Columbia University, International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), Research Grant on Terrorism and Political Violence in Nigeria, 2014 ($2,000)

University of Oxford, Department of International Development (ODID) and St. Antony’s College STAR Grant, doctoral fieldwork in Lagos, Nigeria, 2014 (£1000)

Transparency International’s Defense and Security Program (TI-DSP), Research Grant for contribution towards the 2015 Governance Defense Anti-Corruption Index (Zambia, Cape Verde, Togo, and Burkina Faso) (£5,000).

Cecil Renaud Overseas Research Award, University of Cambridge, 2011-2012 (£32,000). Archbishop Denis Hurley Research Award, 2010-11 (ZAR, 15,000)

Affiliations

  • Member, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • Member, Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA)
  • Member, Working Group on African Political Economy (WGAPE)
  • Member, International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)

Degrees

  • PhD, International Development, Oxford University
  • MPhil, Development Studies, Cambridge University
  • MA, International Relations, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • B.Soc.SC.Hons., Government, Business, and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • BA, Philosophy, St. Joseph’s Theological Institute