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Adebayo Olukoshi was born in Nigeria. He has more than 35 years of experience in the area of international relations, governance and human rights, both in the academic sector and in intergovernmental institutions. Currently, Prof Adebayo Olukoshi is the Director of the Africa and West Asia office of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).

Professor Olukoshi graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in northern Nigeria, and Leeds University, England.

Adebayo Olukoshi was a member of the African Union Assessment Panel and Chair of the Board of several Think Tanks, including European Centre for Development Policy Management and Open Society Initiative for West Africa. He also previously served as Director of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, as Executive Director of the Africa Governance Institute, as Executive Secretary of the Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa, as Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Senior Research Fellow/Research Programme Coordinator of the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, and Senior Programme Staff at the South Centre in Geneva.

Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, Until March 2009, he was the Executive Secretary of the Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). He has also previously served as Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, Nigeria and Programme Officer at the Nordiska AfrikaInstitutet (NAI), Uppsala, Sweden. He has published extensively on the politics of economic relations, governance and development. Professor Olukoshi holds numerous academic honours and research fellowships and belongs to a number of professional associations such as the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA), London, England. He has also undertaken research studies and consultancy for various organisations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the World Bank, Ford Foundation, African Development Bank and UNDP.