Dr. Ibrahim Sakawa Magara is an independent researcher and immediate former postdoctoral research fellow with the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) at the Centre for Peace and Security (CPS), Coventry University. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from Loughborough University. Before transitioning to academia, he worked for over a decade as a peace practitioner across multiple regions of Africa, collaborating with organisations such as Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Dr. Magara’s research is interdisciplinary, with a primary focus on peace and security regionalism in Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa (HoA). He has published widely on African peace processes, diplomacy, and regional governance. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Policy Leader Fellowship at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI).
