Emeka T. Njoku

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Emeka Thaddues Njoku is an Assistant Professor in the International Development Department, School of Government at the University of Birmingham, UK and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. His research sits at the intersection of conflict, counter-terrorism, and non-state governance, with a particular focus on the global counter-terrorism regime and its implications for civil society spaces, agency, and resistance. He also examines the gendered and sexual dimensions of counter-terrorism laws, policies, and practices—especially in African contexts. Dr. Njoku’s work has been published in leading journals including International Affairs, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organisations. He is also the co-author of a book published by Manchester University Press.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Postdoctoral fellow, University of Birmingham
  • 2020–2021
    Postdoctoral fellow, American Council of Learned Societies/African Humanities postdoctoral fellowship

Education

  • 2019 
    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, PhD Political Science
  • 2010 
    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, MSc Political Science
  • 2005 
    Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria, BSc Political Science

Publications

  • 2022
    Local and transnational identity, positionality and knowledge production in Nigeria and the Nigerian diaspora, Field Methods
  • 2022
    Queering Terrorism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • 2022
    Sex Trafficking and Sex-for-Money: Terrorism and Conflict-related Sexual Violence against Men in North-eastern Nigeria, Conflict, Security & Development
  • 2021
    Strategic Exclusion: The State and the Framing of a Service-Delivery Role for Civil Society 1 Organisations in the Context of Counter-Terrorism in Nigeria, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • 2021
    State-oriented Service-delivery Partnership with Counter-terrorism in Nigeria Civil Society Organisations in the Context of, Development Policy Review
  • 2021
    Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society Organisations: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges (eds)., Manchester University Press
  • 2021
    Spiritual security: an explanatory framework for conflict-related sexual violence against men, International Affairs
  • 2021
    The State and the Securitization of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • 2021
    The state of terrorism research in Africa, Critical Studies on Terrorism
  • 2021
    Sex for survival: Terrorism, poverty and sexual violence in north-eastern Nigeria, South African Journal of International Affairs
  • 2020
    Politics of Conviviality? State-Civil Society Relations with the Context of Counter-terrorism in Nigeria, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organisations
  • 2020
    The Merchants of Terror: Neo-patrimonialism, Counter-Terrorism Economy and the Expansion of Terrorism in Nigeria, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review
  • 2019
    Investigating the Intersections between Counterterrorism and NGOs in Nigeria: Development Practice in Conflict-affected Areas, Development in Practice
  • 2019
    The Ligaments of Counter-Terrorism Regime: Sexual Violence and the Vicarious Traumatisation of Female Non-Governmental Organisation workers: Evidence from Nigeria, Small Wars and Insurgencies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Newton Fund, Newton International Fellowship, The British Academy & The Royal Society, London, UK
  • 2020
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    American Council of Learned Societies/African Humanities postdoctoral fellowship programme, New York, USA
  • 2018
    Travel Grant for Conference presentation
    Role:
    Conference Presenter
    Funding Source:
    African Politics Conference Group/Africa Research Development Group of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, USA
  • 2018
    Travel Grant for Conference presentation
    Role:
    Conference Presenter
    Funding Source:
    Postgraduate College, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • 2017
    Early Career Residential Fellowship
    Role:
    Unused
    Funding Source:
    African Doctoral Academy, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • 2017
    Brown International Advance Research Institute (BIARI) scholarship/Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow/Scholar
    Funding Source:
    Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Providence, Rhodes Island, USA
  • 2016
    Travel Grant for Conference presentation
    Role:
    Conference Presenter
    Funding Source:
    Makarere Institute of Social Research, Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda
  • 2016
    Carnegie Fund for Conference Attendance
    Role:
    Conference Presenter
    Funding Source:
    Institute of International Education
  • 2015
    Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Social Science Research Council
  • 2014
    Doctoral Proposal Development Fellowship Award
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    Social Science Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Junior Research Affiliate: Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security & Society, Vancouver, Canada
  • Member: International Political Science Association (IPSA), Montreal, Canada (yet to pay membership fee)
  • Member: International Society for Third-Sector Research, Baltimore, United States (yet to pay membership fee)
  • Member: American Political Science Association, Washington D.C, USA
  • Alumnus, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) New York, United State
  • Alumus: Brown International Advance Research Institute (BIARI)

Honours

Fellow/Alumnus: Social Science Research Council, Brown International Advanced Research Institute, Brown University, American Council of Learned Societies, The British Academy Newton International Fellowship

Contact Emeka for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision