Yazar: Ibaba Samuel Ibaba

Ibaba Samuel Ibaba is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and the Acting Director of the Centre for Niger Delta Studies at the same institution. He engages in research focused on conflict analysis and resolution, peace building and sustainable development with the Niger Delta as a region of interest, and has published books and articles on these areas. As Chair of the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, he convened an international conference on Natural Resources, Security and Development in the Niger Delta in 2010, and has also featured as guest editor of African Security and the Journal of African Development. Ibaba is on the Board of the Africana Journal, and is also editor-in-chief of Niger Delta Research Digest. His most recent publication, a book co-edited with Okechukwu Ukaga and Ukoha Ukiwo, is Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Niger Delta, published by Routledge in 2012. Ibaba”s professional affiliations include the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and the International Studies Association (ISA).