Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi is a ‘pracademic’ and independent research, training, and facilitation consultant with specializations in gender, conflict, peace and security, civil society, and social movements. Her recent work covers women and violent extremism, gender and humanitarianism, and feminist movements and norm change around gender violence. With 18+ years of experience in international development, she holds a PhD in international affairs and is currently a Research Associate with ODI’s Politics and Governance programme. Titilope was a three-time SSRC African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) fellow, having received the Next Gen Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship (2017), the Next Gen Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship (2019), and APN Individual Research Grant (2018).