Freedom C. Onuoha

Prof. Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha is with the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is currently the Coordinator of Security, Violence and Conflict (SVC) Research Group at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He possesses over seventeen years of teaching, researching, training, publication, leadership and administrative experiences traversing the worlds of academia, civil society and strategic national institution His current teaching and research interests focus on diverse aspects of national and transnational security threats, with emphasis on climate change, violent extremism, terrorism, insurgency, maritime security, violent conflict, organised crime, election security, peacebuilding and state fragility.

Prof. Onuoha has conducted analysis, policy outreach, and/or fieldwork in multiple countries in sub–Saharan Africa, including in Cameroon, Chad, Liberia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, and Uganda. He is currently a member of the Folke Bernadotte Academy’s International Research Working Group (IRWG) on Africa, with the responsibility of facilitating direct contact between FBA practitioners and the research community in fostering deeper understanding of current peace, security, and development challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. He was a member of the National Working Group that developed Nigeria’s first-ever Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (2017).

Prof. Onuoha has a robust publication profile with over one hundred and fifty publications to his credit and has won several academic grants and awards. He was listed among the top 100 Global Thinkers of 2014 by the Lo Spazio della Politica, a global personality assessment organization based in Italy and Brussels, for his ground-breaking studies on the Boko Haram.

He is a regular guest on many local, national and international broadcast and print media outlets, including AIT, Channels TV, NTA, Al Jazeera, France24, CGTN, WION TV, VOA BBC and others, providing expert opinions on topical governance, security and development issues.