Babatunde Obamamoye is a British Academy International Fellow at the International Development Department, School of Government, University of Birmingham. He previously taught international relations and/or peace(building) and conflict (resolution) at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University and a BSc in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University. His research interests include peace interventions, peacebuilding, and local reception of international peace missions.
Babatunde’s research has received funding from the British Academy, the Australian Department of Education and Training, and Obafemi Awolowo University. His research has appeared in scholarly journals, including the Third World Quarterly, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, African Security, African Security Review, and International Journal of Conflict and Violence. He is currently a member of the editorial board for the Third World Quarterly. Babatunde’s current and past research projects involved field research in Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia, and the United States.