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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science & International Affairs

Obaloluwa Aka is a Ph.D. student in Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where he studies comparative politics and political methodology. His research examines political institutions, leadership emergence, and the dynamics of elections and ethnic politics in Africa.

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Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Kentucky, 2025

Bachelor of Science, Political Science, University of Ibadan, 2022

 

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Obaloluwa Ayooluwa Aka is a Ph.D. student in Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs. He earned a master’s degree in political science from the University of Kentucky and a B.Sc. in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research focuses on political parties, elections, and leadership in Africa, with particular attention to how informal institutions such as ethnicity influence formal institutions like elections and primary elections. He has worked with Afrobarometer on survey research and has published dispatches on youth, migration, climate change, and economic challenges in Africa.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science & International Affairs

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