Daniel Agbiboa
Former Fellow
Professional affiliation
Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Expertise
- Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
- Governance
- International Development
- Security and Defense
- Society and Culture
- Urban Studies
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Cameroon
- Niger
- Chad
Wilson Center Projects
Civilian Defense Groups and Counterinsurgency in Northeastern Nigeria: The Role of the Civilian Joint Task Force
Full Biography
Daniel E. Agbiboa is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Oxford and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the relationships between state and non-state actors in West and Central Africa. His books Mobility, Mobilization and Counter/Insurgency: The Routes of Terror in an African Context (University of Michigan Press) and They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria (Oxford University Press) are forthcoming.
Major Publications
- "Youth as tactical agents of peacebuilding and development in the Sahel," Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 10(3): 30-45
- "Protectors or predators? The embedded problem of police corruption and deviance in Nigeria," Administration & Society, 47(3): 244-281
- "Borders that continue to bother us: The politics of cross-border security cooperation in Africa's Lake Chad Basin," Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 57(4): 403-425