Emmanuel Ogwuche Okpe is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science.

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Emmanuel Ogwuche Okpe is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University. He specialises in the study of terrorism, counterterrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency, political violence and conflicts in Africa particularly the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad. His PhD research at Leiden University explores the Nigerian government and community responses to the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria. This research is part of the broader research project on “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa: Repress, Resist & Reorder (COUNTERRR)” funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and led by Dr. Corinna Jentzsch.

Prior to joining the Institute of Political Science as a PhD candidate, he was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK where he researched why Boko Haram recruits child soldiers in Northeast Nigeria. He obtained a Master of Letters in Terrorism and Political Violence from the University of St Andrews and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science (First Class Honours) from the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria.