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Dr Olawale Ismail

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Citizenship: Nigeria
Position at SIPRI: Project Coordinator and Senior Researcher
Subject expertise: International and regional security; peace building; post-conflict reconstruction; peace support operations; security sector and justice reform; DDR; military expenditure; youth; political violence; and human security.
Regional expertise: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria
Languages: English, Yoruba
Education: PhD in Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK.
M.Phil, International Relations, Cambridge University, UK.
Contact: Email  Phone: +46 8 655 97 74

Dr Olawale Ismail has a good record of research and publication on security issues, especially on Africa and developing countries. His research interest includes regional security mechanisms, peace building and post-conflict reconstruction, peace operations, security sector and justice reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, military expenditure and youth, and political violence. Dr Ismail current work focuses on examining the impact of external actors on security and governance processes in Africa. He previously coordinated two West Africa focused-research projects at King’s College London, namely on youth vulnerability and exclusion, and militancy and violence.

Current activities
  • Coordinator, Project on Security and Governance in Africa.
  • Senior Researcher covering Africa in the Military Expenditure Project.
Former positions
  • Coordinator, ESRC funded study on Militancy and Violence in West Africa, King’s College London.
  • Research Associate and Coordinator, DFID funded study on Youth Vulnerability and Exclusion in West Africa.
  • Research Assistant, SIPRI project on Budgeting for the Military Sector in Africa.
    Dr Ismail was born in and spent his early life in Nigeria, and has lived more than nine years in the United Kingdom (Europe). He has carried out professional travel to more than 25 countries.
Professional affiliations
  • Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Member.
  • African Security Sector Network (ASSN), Member.
  • Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Member.
  • Academic Council on the United Nations Systems (ACUNS), Member.
  • Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG), KCL, London, Associate Member.
  • Africa Leadership Centre (ALC), Nairobi, Kenya, Associate Member.
  • Cambridge Commonwealth Society, Member.
Recent publications
  • Ismail, O., 'Illegal Bunkering in Nigeria: A Background and Analysis', Strategic Insight, No. 23 (April 2010), pp.7-12.
  • Ismail, O., et al, Post-war Regimes and State Reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone, CODESRIA (2009).
  • Ismail, O., West Africa and the Global Dynamics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: Between Change and Security, Nordiska Working Paper Series 41 (2009).
  • Ismail, O., 'The Dialectics of Junctions and Bases: Youth, Livelihoods and the Crises of Order in Downtown Lagos’, Security Dialogue Vol. 40, No. 5 (2009).
  • Ismail, O., 'Participation and Capacity Building in Security Sector Reform’, ed Tim Donais, in Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Yearbook 2009, pp. 127-148, (2008).
  • Ismail, O. & Alao, C. (2007) 'Youth in the Interface of Development and Security’, Journal of Conflict, Security and Development, Vol. 7, No. 1 (April 2007), pp. 3-26.
  • Ismail, O. & Ginifer, J., The Impact of armed Violence on Poverty and Development: Nigeria Case Study Report, The Armed Violence and Policy Initiative, Centre for International Cooperation and Security, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford (2005)