Dr Babatunde Obamamoye BSc, MSc, PhD

Babatunde Obamamoye

International Development Department
British Academy International Fellow

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International Development Department
School of Government
Muirhead Tower
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Babatunde Obamamoye is a British Academy International Fellow at the International Development Department, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. He previously taught at the Obafemi Awolowo University and Australian National University. His research interests include peace interventions and local reception of international peace missions.

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PhD in International Relations, Australian National University, 2021

MSc in International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2017

BSc (Hons) in International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2010

Biography

Babatunde ObamamoyeÌýis a British Academy International Fellow at the International Development Department, School of Government, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. 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 theÌýThird 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.

Teaching

Undergraduate:

  • Understanding Peace and Conflict (ANU)
  • Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution (ANU)
  • Introduction to International Society (OAU)

 

Postgraduate:

  • Issues and Concepts in IR (ANU)
  • Interventions and Statebuilding (ANU)
  • Key Debates in Peace and Conflict Studies (ANU)

  

Doctoral Supervision:

I am interested in supervising postgraduate research in international peacekeeping/peacebuilding interventions and (critical theory of) international relations.

Doctoral research

PhD title
PhD in International Relations, Australian National University, 2021

Research

  • International peace interventions
  • international peacekeeping/peacebuilding
  • local reception of international peace missions
  • IR and critical theoryÌý

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Obamamoye, BF 2023, '', Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1380-1397.

Obamamoye, BF 2023, '', Alternatives, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 115-132.

Obamamoye, BF 2020, '', African Security Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 152-174.

Obamamoye, BF 2019, '', International Journal of Conflict and Violence , vol. 13.

Obamamoye, BF 2018, '', African Security, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 397-417.

Ako-Nai, RI & Obamamoye, BF 2018, '', Modern Africa, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 61-84.

Obamamoye, BF 2017, '', African Identities, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 428-440.

Chapter

Lemay-Hébert, N & Obamamoye, BF 2023, . in D Carment & Y Samy (eds), Handbook of Fragile States. Elgar Handbooks in Political Science, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 39-52.

Comment/debate

Lemay-Hébert, N, Deprez, M, Kent, L, Obamamoye, B, Simangan, D & Wallis, J 2025, '', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 46-54.