Olawale Ismail

Olawale Ismail recently earned a doctorate from the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK, after receiving a Masters degree in International Relations from Cambridge University (2001) and a Bachelors degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1999). He is currently a Research Associate of the Project on Youth Vulnerability and Exclusion in Africa with the Conflict, Security and Development Group, International Policy Institute at King’s College, London. Dr. Ismail’s research interests and expertise include DDR and post-war reconstruction, security sector reform, youth and child soldiers, political violence and terrorism, conflict and security analysis, and military expenditure.