Obasesam Okoi

Dr. Obasesam Okoi is Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies, Co-Editor of the African Security Journal, and Founding Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Society Innovation Lab (ASIL). His research explores how global adversity, including war, terrorism, climate change, and technological disruption, reshapes everyday life, particularly for displaced populations living under chronic insecurity. He examines how communities navigate survival, recovery, and dignity, and how prolonged crises reorganize space, mobility, authority, and access to resources. His work also investigates the relationship between AI, environmental change, and instability.

Dr. Okoi’s scholarship has been recognized through several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Provost Innovation Fellowship, Fulbright Hays Fellowship, Georg Arnhold Fellowship, and the Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellowship in Atrocity Prevention. As a Georg Arnhold Fellow with the International Rescue Committee’s Airbel Impact Lab, he supports a dedicated team to translate field research into practical strategies that strengthen resilience in crisis-affected regions.

Dr. Okoi welcomes collaboration with scholars, practitioners, policymakers, technologists, and organizations interested in peacebuilding, responsible AI, climate governance, and innovation for social impact.