Niagalé Bagayoko holds a PhD in Political Science from the Institut d’Études Politiques (IEP) in Paris. Her thesis was awarded the first prize of the Institut des Hautes Études de la Défense Nationale (IHEDN). A specialist in security system reform (SSR) in Francophone Africa, international security policies in sub-Saharan Africa, and African conflict management mechanisms, she has directed the “peacekeeping and peacebuilding” program of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, after working as a researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex (UK) and the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, France), as well as a lecturer in international relations at the IEP of Paris. She is currently President of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN). She is a frequent contributor to numerous media outlets with an international audience, including television (France 24, TV5 Monde, Deutsch Welle, VOA, Africanews, etc.), radio (France Culture, RFI, BBC, etc.) and the press (Le Monde, le Point, Jeune Afrique, The Africa Report, etc.).
Expertise
- Conflicts in Francophone Africa
- Sahel
- Security and Security System Reform
Selected Publications
- Niagalé Bagayoko, « Le multilatéralisme africain à l’épreuve de la crise sahélienne, » Chaire Raoul Dandurand/Centre Franco-Paix de l’Université Québec Montréal (UQAM), 2019.
- Niagalé Bagayoko, « La réforme du système de sécurité malien à l’épreuve des mutations du nexus “défense/sécurité intérieure” dans l’espace sahélien, » Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines 53:3 (2019): 463-468.
- Niagalé Bagayoko, Eboe Hutchful & Robin Luckham, “Hybrid security governance in Africa: rethinking the foundations of security, justice and legitimate public authority,” Conflict, Security & Development, 16:1 (2016):1-32.
- Niagalé Bagayoko & Frédéric Ramel, Francophonie et profondeur stratégique, Études de l’IRSEM, n°26, 2013 , Paris.
- Boubacar N’Diaye, Niagalé Bagayoko & Kossi Agokla, La réforme des systèmes de sécurité et de justice en Afrique francophone, Éditions de l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, 335 pages, 2010.
- Niagalé Bagayoko, Afrique : les stratégies française et américaine (L’Harmattan, 2004) 619 pages.
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