Adebayo olukoshi biography template
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Involvement at the ISC
- Member of the Standing Committee for Science Planning (2022-2025)
Background
Professor Olukoshi holds a first degree from Ahmadu Bello University and a doctorate from Leeds University. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at the Wits School of Governance.
He has previously served as Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Research Programme Coordinator at the Nordic Africa Institute, Senior Professional staff at the South Centre, Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Director of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Interim Director of the Africa Governance Institute, and Director for Africa and West Asia at International IDEA.
His research centres on the interface of governance and development, a field on which he has published extensively. Professor Olukoshi is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and an Honorary Assoc
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Adebayo Olukoshi: «The process of democratic deceleration in Africa has been accompanied by a complex of discontents»
Adebayo Olukoshi is a Researcher and Distinguished Professor at the Wits School of Governance of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. With a long career in the field of international relations, governance and human rights, he has served as Director of the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in Dakar (Senegal) and, until recently, he was the Head of the Regional Office for Africa and West Asia of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Interviewed by Oscar Mateos, Adebayo Olukoshi reflects on the several waves of political reforms and transitions towards democratic governance in Africa, and analyzes the setbacks occurring in many African countries, where we are witnessing a process of democratic slowdown accompanied by discontent and disaffection. At the same time, Olu