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Department of Peace & Conflict Studies
School of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (MMUST)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. ABA 302
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-2551
ResearcherID: ABD-1756-2020
Dr. Amakanji Oluteyo
Dr. Graham Oluteyo Amakanji is a Lecturer in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies , School of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance. He is an early career scholar and a recipient of the Social Science Research Council’s 'Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program 2021 Doctoral Dissertation Research and 2022 Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship awards. Graham is also a Rotary Peace Fellow at the Rotary Peace Center of Makerere University in Uganda and is quickly establishing himself as a trailblazing researcher, particularly in the field of Afrocentric trans-disciplinary studies.
His recent study focused on the intricate interplay between peace and climate change, shedding light on the critical issues surrounding land use and natural resource conflicts, as well as the complex dynamics of governance, homegrown extremism, and development.
Some of his key published works include: -
- Amakanji, G. O., & Were, E. M. (2024). Land, Identity and Homegrown Extremism: A Micro-Level Analysis of n Kenya’s Mount Elgon Region, 1970-2021. Journal of Land and Rural Studies. (Accepted and awaiting publication).
- Amakanji, G. O. Socio-Demographic Determinants of Intractable Communal Land Use Conflicts in the Squatter Enclaves of Mount Elgon Region. Conflict Studies Quarterly: Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Volume 49 (To be published in October 2024).
- Amakanji, G. O., Okoth, P. G., & Maloba, E. W. (2023). The Cursed Promised Land? Demographic Risk Factors for Homegrown Extremism in the Squatter Enclaves of Mount Elgon Region of Western Kenya. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231197777.
- Amakanji, Graham Oluteyo; Okoth, Pontian G.; and Were, Edmond Maloba (2023) "Leveraging Devolution as a Pathway to the Management of Homegrown Extremism over Intractable Land-use Conflicts in Chepyuk Settlement Schemes, Kenya," Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies: Vol. 5: Iss. 2,.Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jacaps/vol5/iss2/4.
- Amakanji, O. G., Okoth, P. G., & Were, E. M. (2023). “Living Under the Volcano: Historical Risk Factors for Homegrown Extremism over Intractable Land-use Conflicts in Mount Elgon Region of Western Kenya.” African Journals Online: African Journal of Empirical Research. (Accepted as a book chapter).
- Amakanji,O. G. (2023). Understanding Pathways for Homegrown Extremism: Socio-Demographic Determinants of Intractable Communal Land Use Conflicts in the Squatter Enclaves of Mount Elgon Region. Routledge Journal of Agrarian Change. (Manuscript accepted for publication).
- Amakanji, O. G., Were. E. M., & Simiyu, R. N. (2018). Nature of Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (SARA) Based Response Strategies in the Management of Youth Radicalization in Nairobi County, Kenya; International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2018 (ISSN 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.8.8.2018.p8074
