Dr Damilola Adegoke is a Lecturer in Leadership, Peace, Security and Development at the African Leadership Centre, King’s College London. He holds a BA in Philosophy and an MSc in Sociology of Development from the University of Ibadan, as well as an MSc in Security, Leadership and Society from King’s College London. He was also a Peace, Security and Development Fellow at the African Leadership Centre.

Dr Adegoke has taught Africa in International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis at the University of Buea, Cameroon, and is an alumnus of the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, Brown University, USA.

He is the Head and Chief Data Analyst of the Data Lab and has served as a Research Fellow at the Centre. He has also served on the Steering Committee and Board of the Digital Sociology Group of the International Sociological Association and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Buea, Republic of Cameroon.

Research

• Leadership and peacebuilding in conflict-affected and post-conflict societies
• Indigenous and relational ontologies of peace and conflict
• Digital sociology, digital sovereignty, and the politics of knowledge production
• Artificial intelligence and computational methods in peace and security research
• Digital and computational Leadership
• Big Data, Critical AI and security leadership decision analysis
• Mixed and innovative methodologies, including qualitative analysis, data science, and computational social science
• Bridging academic research, policy, and practice in leadership and peacebuilding

Dr Adegoke's research examines leadership and peacebuilding in conflict-affected and post-conflict societies, with a particular focus on Africa. It advances indigenous and relational ontologies of peace and conflict that challenge externally imposed frameworks and foreground local agency, knowledge systems, and political settlements. Methodologically, his work integrates digital sociology, artificial intelligence, and computational social science to interrogate the politics of knowledge production, digital sovereignty, and decision-making in peace and security contexts.

Dr Adegoke develops and applies digital and computational approaches to leadership studies, including big data analytics, critical AI, and security leadership decision analysis. By combining qualitative inquiry with data science and computational methods, his research generates empirically grounded and conceptually innovative insights. Across these strands, he is committed to bridging academic research, policy, and practice, ensuring that leadership and peacebuilding scholarship remains analytically rigorous, context-sensitive, and operationally relevant.

Further details

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