Stories

In hindsight: Former Chairholders on the impact of the tenure on their career and lives. #4 Dr Ali Bilgiç.

Professor Bilgiç was a Chairholder between 2017 – 2019. His work focused on the relations between migration and the ‘human security approach’ to understand migration more comprehensively as a social, political and economic process. Ali is now a Reader (Associate Professor) in International Relations and Security and Director of Global Engagement at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University i

Read more

In hindsight: Former Chairholders on the impact of the tenure on their career and lives. #3: Dr Alcinda Honwana

Professor Honwana was Chairholder from 2007 – 2008 at ISS. Her research focus was on conflict and post-conflict social reintegration in specific regions in Africa. She’s currently Principal Inter-Regional Advisor on social development policy at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) at the United Nations Secretariat in New York. A Pleasant Surprise Before…

Read more
Photo of Dr Jumoke Oduwole

In hindsight: Former Chairholders on the impact of the tenure on their career and lives. #2: Dr Jumoke Oduwole

In hindsight: Former Chairholders on the impact of the tenure on their career and lives. #2: Dr Jumoke Oduwole. Dr Jumoke Oduwole was Chairholder from 2013 – 2015. Her research focus was on the right to development in the African context and in relations to trade and human rights. In 2022 she is, amongst other things, Special Advisor to the President of Nigeria on Ease of Doing Business.

Read more