TITLE: DR.

NAME: OYEDELE ASHIRU, Ph.D

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SPECIALISATION: POLITICAL THOUGHTS, POLITICAL THEORY

EDUCATIONAL TRAINING: B.SC. POLITICAL SCIENCE (LAGOS), 1997;

    M.SC. POLITICAL SCIENCE (LAGOS), 1999;

  P.HD. POLITICAL SCIENCE (LAGOS), 2013

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

Across two decades of being an Academic, I have researched and taught courses on the History of Political Thoughts, Political Ideas, Medieval and Modern Political thoughts, Comparative Politics of Colonial and Post-Colonial States, among others. My current research focuses on Political Islam and the Democratization Process in Nigeria.

 POSITIONS, SCIENTIFIC APPOINTMENTS AND HONOURS:

  • Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos branch, 2018-2023.
  • Member of Senate, University of Lagos, 2016-2018.
  • Member, Nigerian Political Science Association Governance in Africa Project
  • Member, Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) Committee on the Documentation of its History.

SELECTED MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE

  1. Ashiru, D. (2023). Islamic Revivalism and the Struggle for Cultural Hegemony in Yorubaland. Lagos Historical Review, 23, pp.15-28.
  2. Ashiru, D. and Obasekore, G. (2023). Constitutionalism and the Challenges of Democratic Governance in Nigeria. In O. Jegede, B. Sani and R. Adimula (Eds.), Readings in Diplomacy, Democracy, Peace and Development: A Festschrift in Honour of Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. Ibadan: Spectrum Books pp. 285-297.
  3. Ashiru, D. (2023). Political Islam, Ethno-religious Cleavages and Insurgency in Central Nigeria. Zamfara Journal of Politics and Development, 4(2), pp. 288-299.
  4. Ashiru, D. (2021). Karl Popper, the Nigerian State and Democratic Consolidation. In O. Afisi (Ed.) Karl Popper and Africa: Knowledge, Politics and Development. Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp. 57-68.
  5. Ashiru, D. (2020). Political Islam and Socio-political ethics in Nimi Wariboko’s Philosophy. In T. Falola (Ed.) The philosophy of Nimi Wariboko. Austin, USA: Pan African University Press, pp. 141-156.

COLLABORATORS/NETWORKS

  1. Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA)
  2. Toyin Falola Research Network

iii. Assilah Foundation Forum, Morocco

  1. Terrorism and Extremism Studies in Europe, Asia and Africa Study Network