Imrana Buba
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oslo
I am a political scientist researching civilian self-protection, political violence, and post-conflict recovery. My PhD dissertation, funded by the ResilienceBuilding project, examines variation in civilian self-protection strategies during conflict, their protective effects, and their unintended negative consequences in Nigeria. I submitted my dissertation for evaluation on 16 November 2025 and began a one-year Postdoctoral Researcher position with the ResilienceBuilding Project at the University of Oslo.
My work has been published in Global Studies Quarterly and is currently under review at International Studies Review, Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Political Geography, Security Studies, and other leading journals. I received the Conflict Research Society’s 2024 Cedric Smith Prize for the best peace and conflict research by a PhD candidate, and the International Studies Association’s 2026 Kenneth Boulding Award for the best graduate student paper in peace studies presented at the annual ISA conference.
I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Oslo, and I regularly engage in policy discussions with organizations such as the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations.