Adedeji Aina Ademola is a doctoral researcher at the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and a research fellow at the International Académie Internationale de Lutte le Terrorisime, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. His research focusses on the political economy of inequality in Africa, security, conflict, and development issues in Africa. He is a fellow of the Ife Institute of Advanced Studies and a member of the Conflict Research Network West Africa. He has received recognition and funding support for various aspects of his research, including grants from the Hong Kong Research Council, the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) / United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI), the European Union, the British Academy, the Swedish Research Development Council, and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, among others.