John is a researcher based in Nairobi, Kenya. He was previously a Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at St. Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the United States International University, Kenya. In Autumn 2023, he was a visiting fellow at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations in Russia.His research and teaching interests are in the areas of peace, security, and development in the Eastern Africa and Sahel regions. 

Kajsa Hallberg Adu is a researcher employed as a research coordinator at Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies with a specific focus on the disciplinary domain of Science and Technology. She is the coordinator for the Africa-Europe Cluster for Research Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Theoretical and Computational Thinking by ARUA and The Guild. She holds a Ph.D. degree in African Studies (University of Ghana) and a Master’s degree in Political Science (Uppsala University). She teaches social science, including African studies and development studies, and has taught at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, both in Sweden as well as at Ashesi University in Ghana. Her research interests turn to the future as she studies youth, migration, higher education, free speech, and its intersection with technology. Kajsa is the co-founder of BloggingGhana, the first and biggest organisation for social media influencers and enthusiasts in Ghana and has been the advisor for several tech-intensive companies. She was one of the 100 most followed scientists in Sweden on Twitter and LinkedIn in 2022. She shares her time between Stockholm, Sweden and Tema, Ghana and is the mother of two girls.

Eric has regional experience in sub–Saharan Africa and has lived and worked in Cameroon, Kenya, and Madagascar on issues related to resource extraction and use. He worked as an
independent Researcher for Cameroon with the Natural Resource Governance Institute and contributed to two rounds of the Resource Governance Index, which measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. He equally worked as Researcher with Global Integrity and contributed to seven rounds of its Africa Integrity Indicators general state of governance of Cameroon. Eric has an interdisciplinary background and holds a BSc (Honours) in Environmental science (University of Buea, Cameroon), an MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability (University of South Australia) and a PhD in Environment and Climate Change Law (University of Birmingham Law School, UK). He currently works as Senior Civil Society Adviser on Transition Minerals with Global Witness.

Chenai is the Program Director for Applied Research at the Centre for Mediation in Africa . Her research interests include the role of civil society in transitional justice, how narratives of political violence have shaped the discourses of transitional justice, as well as peace processes around the world. She is currently working on a postdoctoral research project focusing on women in mediation in Africa.

Dr. Khedidja Chergui is an associate professor of African studies and global Anglophone literatures and histories at the department of English, ENSB. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from ENSC, a Magister degree in Literature and civilization from Algiers 2 University, and a Ph.D. in World Literature from Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou. Over the years, Dr. Chergui received a number of honors, grants, and awards: she is a fellow of New York University's Multinational Institute of American Studies (2018) as a SUSI scholar, an alumna/trainee of Harvard University's Law School’s Global Scholars Academy (2021/2022), and a trainee of a number of scholarly acclaimed summer and winter
programs in Berlin, Basel, Nigeria, Berkeley California and South Africa. She is also a trainee of The Inclusive Strategies for Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Women Program delivered by the Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership for Women at the American University of Beirut. She is an associate editor of Ìrìnkèrindò: A Journal of African Migration (published from New York), and an editorial board member of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal (published from Ontario). In her teaching, publications and academic work, she investigates issues like identity and displacement, minority narratives, migrant and refugee experiences, post-colonialism and its tropes, trauma and reconciliation, literary representations of imperial legacies, representations of Islam, and women ascetics and their writings.

Titilope founded and leads @PhDinAfrica through which she pursues her passion for excellence and equity in African higher education. She is a pracademic and independent research, training, and facilitation consultant with specialisations in gender/women, conflict peace and security, civil society, and social movements. With a focus on Africa, her recent work includes scholarly and policy projects on women and violent extremism, gender and humanitarianism, feminist movements, approaches to norm change around gender violence, and new dimensions of transnational activism. During her 18+ years of experience in international development, Titilope has led and managed research in programmes positions with International Crisis Group, the West Africa Civil Society Institute, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. She has also consulted for UN Women, DCAF, the Open Government Partnership, the African Security Sector Network, GIZ-ECOWAS, The New Humanitarian, ODI, and other INGOs and international organisations. Fluent in French, Titilope is especially keen on strengthening the evidence-policy nexus in her areas of interest. A natural beauty and wellness entrepreneur, Titilope holds a PhD in international affairs and is an alumna of several Social Science Research Council Africa fellowships.

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