Amaka Emordi

Dr Amaka Emordi earned a B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD in political science from the University of Ibadan Nigeria.

Her research is focused on political theory, democratisation, gender, development studies, peace and conflict, and local and government studies.

Amaka is the award winner of the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) Fellows Award Program 2023/2024.

Researcher, African Studies Center, University of Michigan. Researcher, Department of Afro-American and African Studies Haven Hall, University of Michigan.

Amaka T.O. Emordi worked in the multinational manufacturing industry before joining Obafemi Awolowo University in 2016. She won the Conflict Research West Africa (CORN) and United States Institute for Peace SoPin 11 Nigerian Research 2022 as co-lead researcher. She won an International Peace Association Research partial grant to present a paper at the World Peace Conference in Kenya in 2020. She was invited to present a paper at the UN Economic Commission for Africa's Conference on Land Policy for Africa (CLPA) 2021. Consequently, she was admitted to the Network of Excellence and Land Governance in Africa (NELGA). Amaka Emordi has been a member of the International Research Institute (IPRA) Kenya since 2020. In 2015, she won the Brown University Advance Research Fellowship drawn from 60 countries worldwide. In Nigeria, she is a certified member of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Special Control Unit against Money Laundering and a member of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA).

Some of her published works include Deconstructing Gender Conjectures in Southeast Nigeria Women and Development Policies in African States (2022) Ungendered Federalism and Institutions of Power Sharing in Nigeria: An Invitation to Struggle (2021):
Stigmatization of COVID-19 Patients and Public Policy in the Management of the Pandemic in Nigeria (2021).

Women and Development Policies in African States. In: Yacob-Haliso O., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Pg. 1701-1717 (2021),

Newspaper Portrayals of Maternal Health in South-western Nigeria: An Indicator of Political Priority for Safe Motherhood African Renaissance Special Issue on Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Information Age 2022 in Samuel Oni, Aderonke Oni and Ugochukwu pg. 87-104.

Naira Redesign Policy: Ending the hardship and how women survived the cash crunch in Nigeria in 2023. Journal of Novel Research and Development IJNRD | Volume 9, Issue 3 March 2024| ISSN: 2456-4184 | IJNRD.ORG. (www.ijnrd.org),

Out-of-School Children and All-Inclusive Development in Southwest Nigeria. Human Nature Journal of Social Sciences 2023 No 4. Vol 3 Publisher (HNRP) Pakistan.

School-Hedging and Out-of-School: Explaining the Role of Insecurity, and Terrorism in the Contemporary Nigeria. Social Science Journal for Advanced Research Peer Reviewed and Refereed Journal ISSN (Online): 2583-0074 Volume-4 Issue-3 || May 2024 || PP. 58-67 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12158716,

Change through the Ballot: Examining the (2024) Constitutional Democracy in Senegal, Human Nature Journal of Social Sciences. Vol.5, No.3. (September 2024), Pp.52-64 SSN (online): 2788-5240, ISSN (print):2788-5232, Publisher (HNRP) Pakistan.

Dr Emordi advocates a paradigm shift away from 20th-century feminism. Gender conflicts can be resolved by highlighting men’s and women's roles in development.