Biography
Adeoti Dipeolu is a Research Assistant and PhD student at the African Leadership Centre (ALC) at King’s. She is also the coordinator of the ALC’s Leading Practitioners Project that convenes Senior Practitioners in the field of Peace, Security and Development to offer mentoring sessions and lectures. Adeoti’s roles include research, coordinating research-related events and assisting with the fellowship programme.
She holds an MA in Public Policy from the University of East Anglia and a BA in International Relations from Agnes Scott College.
Research
Thesis title: The Leadership Dimensions of Diaspora Involvement in Peace Process: US Liberian Diaspora and the Politics of Peacebuilding’.
Adeoti's thesis attempts to understand the relationship between the diaspora and various actors in Liberia’s peacebuilding processes.
She has also contributed to several research projects including the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) funded the project, ‘Reframing Narratives of State-building and Peacebuilding in Africa’.
In 2014, Adeoti contributed to a FEMNET Beijing 20 plus report which reviewed the progress of African states on women’s empowerment. She has, in addition, contributed to other research work on gender and youth for several international organisations. Adeoti has also worked as a research intern with International Alert focusing on peacebuilding issues.
PhD supervision
Further details
See Adeoti's research profile