Africa and the changing global order
Jeremy Shapiro welcomes Adebayo Olukoshi, Brian Kagoro, and Theodore Murphy to talk about Africa and the global order
Experts & Staff
Adebayo Olukoshi
Visiting Fellow
Areas of expertise
International relations; governance and human rights
Languages
English
Biography
Adebayo Olukoshi is a visiting fellow with the Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
His experience spans over 35 years in the academic sector, as well as in intergovernmental institutions. Olukoshi is a former director for Africa and west Asia at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and was a member of the African Union Assessment Panel. He has also chaired the board of several think-tanks, including the European Centre for Development Policy Management and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.
Olukoshi is a distinguished research professor at the Wits School of Governance in the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg). He holds a PhD in politics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
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