Augustine Aboh

Augustine B. Aboh is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in Global Governance and Human Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston, currently conducting his doctoral research on insurgents’ strategic leverage in Nigeria. He holds a dual Master of Arts in Global Governance and Human Security from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security from Coventry University, United Kingdom, and a B.SC in Political Science from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Before joining the UMass Boston doctoral program, he worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Calabar - Nigeria, and has participated in the review and validation of some Nigeria National Security Policies and Bills, such as the Small Arms and Light Weapons control bill, and national cybersecurity policy and strategy 2021 amongst others. With research interest in counterterrorism, national and human security, defense and strategic studies, gender, organized crime etc., he is a published author in referred international peer-reviewed journals. He has contributed policy pieces to public opinion platforms, including The Conversation US and The Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics, UK. Augustine currently serves as a steering committee member of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Atrocities Prevention Lab, providing strategic leadership in research and interventions on the use of spatial technologies in the global conflict early warning ecosystem.