Gbemisola Animasawun holds a PhD and MA in peace and conflict studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a BA in Russian language from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has been teaching at the Center for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, since 2011. His research interests include peace processes, autochthony and fault line conflicts, human security, neopatrimonialism, interfaith relations, radical Islamism, and protests. He is a recipient of an APN residential postdoctoral fellowship (2014).