Dare Leke IDOWU
ASSISTANT LECTURER
college of Management and Social Sciences (COMSS)
POLITICAL SCIENCE Programme
An Assistant Lecturer in the Political Science Programme of Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria.
He is the publications officer of Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORNWA) and Editor of the CORN Insight Blog. His recent articles have been published in the Creative Industries Journal, the Round Table Journal, the Journal of Contemporary African Studies and The Republic: Journal of Nigerian Affairs. He has also contributed chapters to books published by Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge and Lexington Books.
Education
- M.Sc. Political Science Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria 2015—2018
- B.Sc. Education (Combined Honors) Political Science Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria 2008—2013
Research
He researches on cultural diplomacy, soft power of African States, Regional Power Dynamics, Digital Activism and Eco-violence.
Professional Service
- Conflict Research Network CORN, West Africa
- Conflict Insight Blog, Pioneer Editor 2023— date
- Conflict Research Network CORN, West Africa
- Publications officer 2022— date
- Journal of Contemporary African Studies
- Peer Reviewer 2022— date
- Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research Peer Reviewer 2022— date
Selected Publications
- Idowu, D. L. (2022). Digital activism and social change in Africa: Motivations, outcomes and constraints, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 40(4): 526–543. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2023.2177627
- Idowu, D. L. & Ogunnubi, O. (2022). Soft power in therapeutic comedy: Outlining Nigeria’s creative industry through digital comic skits. Creative Industries Journal, pp. 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/17510694.2022.2025703
- Idowu, D. L. & Ogunnubi. O. (2021). Music and Dance Diplomacy in the Covid-19 Era: Jerusalema and the Promotion of South Africa’s Soft Power. The Round Table Journal, 110(04): 461-476 https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2021.1956816
- Idowu, D. L,. & Afolabi, O. (2023). Armed banditry and humanitarian crisis in Northern Nigeria. In A. C. Okoli and S. Ngom (Eds.), Banditry and the Security Crisis in Nigeria (pp. 135- 149). Routledge: London. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350149
- Ogunnubi, O. & Idowu, D. L. (2023). Borderless Africa, Illegal Migration and Food Insecurity in West Africa. In Okunade, S. K. and Ogunnubi, O. (Eds.), ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa (pp. 169-189). Palgrave Macmillan: Singapore. https://doi.org/10/1007/978-981-19-5005-6 8
- Idowu, D. L. & Ogunnubi, O. (2023). Big Brother Naija: A Catalyst for Nigeria’s Orange Economy. In C. Isike., Ogunnubi, O., and Ukwueze, O. (Eds.), Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria (pp. 203-223). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8110-4_12
- Ogunnubi, O. & Idowu, D. L. (2023). Humour and Laughter in Reality TV: Assessing the Mental Health Effects of the Big Brother Naija Show. In: Isike, C., Ogunnubi, O., Ukwueze, O. (Eds.), Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria (pp. 83-109). Palgrave Macmillan: Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8110-4_6
- Ogunnubi, O. & Idowu, D. L. (2022). Nollywood, the Orange Economy, and the Appropriation of Nigeria’s Soft Power. In T. Afolabi, O. Ogunnubi and S. T. Ukuma. (Eds.), Re-Centering Cultural Performance and Orange Economy in Africa (pp. 141–158). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0641-1_9
- Idowu, D. L. & Agbalajobi, D. T. (2022). ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, Border Porosity, and the emerging threats to Human Security in North Central Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Influx of Migrant Fulani Herders. In Oloruntoba S. O. (Ed.), Political Economy of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Nigeria (pp. 277-296). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73875-4_16
- Idowu, D. L. (2023, August 9). Digital activism has failed in its promise to deliver social change in Africa. Africa at LSE Blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2023/08/09/digital-activism-has-failed-in-its-promise- to-deliver-social-change-in-africa/
- Idowu, D. L. (2023, June 8). The Murky Tint of Nigeria’s New President: Nigeria’s Global Image under the Tinubu-Shettima Administration. The Republic Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2023 from https://republic.com.ng/june-july-2023/tinubu-shettima-administration- nigeria/
- Maiangwa, B. & Idowu, D. L. (2022). Guinea coup highlights the weaknesses of West Africa’s regional body. The Conversation Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2021 from https://theconversation.com/guinea-coup-highlights-the-weaknesses-of-west-africas- regional-body-167650
- Agbalajobi, D. T. & Idowu, D. L. (2019). How Nigeria has got better at running elections that are freer and fairer. The Conversation Africa. Retrieved 25 February 2019 from https://theconversation.com/how-nigeria-has-got-better-at-running-elections-that-are- freer-and-fairer-112422
- Agbalajobi, D. T. & Idowu, D. L. (2019). Explainer: factors that foster conflict in Nigeria’s Kaduna State. The Conversation Africa. Retrieved 12 February 2019 from https://theconversation.com/explainer-factors-that-foster-conflict-in-nigerias-kaduna- state-109899