Department/Unit: Department of Political Science
Qualifications: Ph.D. Political Science 2000 M.Sc. Political Science (Public Administration) 1995 B.A. Hons Philosophy 1992 (i) Fellow of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council (PASRC). 27 January 2021 (ii) Life Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA), Montreal. (iii) Member, African Association of Political Science (AAPS), Pretoria. (iv) Member, Nigeria Political Science Association (NPSA), Ibadan. (v) Member, International Society for Third Sector Research, Baltimore. (vi) Member, Global Development Network (GDN), New Delhi. (vii) American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington D.C.
PhD Institution: University of Ibadan
PhD dissertation title: The Political Economy of Labour Regulation in Nigeria
Current research interests and projects: Political Institutions, Governance and Administration /Management, Elections and Accountability Structures and Institutions, Good governance / anti-corruption measures/civil Society, with focus on Africa. Security Sector Governance, Public Policy and Public Sector Administration / reforms (with focus on Social Policy, public service, the legislature, and military reforms), and Comparative Defence policy, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Africa. Research Methods and Political Theory- Social research methods, social science epistemologies, Grounded theory, case studies etc. Political Thought/ philosophy. OTHERS: Policy Monitoring and Evaluation, Development and execution of Training Programmes, Design and execution Policy Dialogues, and other Stakeholders’ participation activities.
Selected publication 1: Aiyede, E. Remi and Beatrice Muganda eds (2023) Public Policy and Research in Africa. Switzerland: Springer Nature/Palgrave Macmillan, 278pp
Selected publication 2: Aiyede, E. R. (2021) Agricultural Commercialisation and the Political Economy of Cocoa and Rice Value Chains in Nigeria, APRA Working Paper 52, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
Selected publication 3: Aiyede, E. Remi (2017). Civil Society efficacy, Citizenship and Empowerment in Africa, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organisations. First on-line 06 May 2016. Vol. 28, No. 3, 1326-1345, DOI 10.1007/s11266-016-9722-3
Selected publication 4: Awortwi, N. and Aiyede, E. R. (eds.). 2017. Politics, Public Policy and Social Protection in Africa: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programmes. London and New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis
Selected publication 5: Aiyede, E. Remi (2014). Public service Reforms and Nigeria’s Global Competitiveness in Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences. Vol. 12, No. 1: 24-44
Selected publication 6: Aiyede, E. Remi. Guest Editor 2012. Journal of African Elections, Special Edition on the 2011 Nigerian General Elections, 11(1), 192 pp. June.
Selected publication 7: Aiyede, E. Remi (2009) The Political Economy of Fiscal Federalism and the Dilemma of Constructing a Developmental State in Nigeria. International Political Science Review Vol. 30, No.3: 249-269.
Selected publication 8: Aiyede, Aiyede, E. Remi and O. M. Quadri (2022) Policy Evaluation in Africa in Gedion Onyango (editor) Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa. London: Routledge Taylor and Francis. Pp. 164-176.
Selected publication 9: Aiyede, E. Remi (2004) United We Stand: Labour Unions, Human Rights NGOs in the Democratisation Process in Nigeria, Development in Practice, Vol. 14, No. 1&2: 224-233. February
Selected publication 10: Aiyede, E. Remi (2003) The Dynamics of Civil Society and the Democratisation Process in Nigeria. Canadian Journal of African studies Vol. 37, No. 1: 1-27. April
Capstone assignment title: A Reflection on Supervisor's Feedback in Doctoral Supervision
Capstone assignment abstract: This is a reflection on my and others experience in Ph.D. Supervision in my university. It examined the various tools of feedback, the dynamics of their use, challenges and ways to improve feedback to improve effectiveness.
