Work Experience
- Junior Research Fellow, July 1993
- Research Fellow II, February 1994
- Research Fellow I, November 1995
- Senior Research Fellow, October 1999
- Reader (Associate Professor), October 2003
- Professor, October 2006
- Country Director, IDASA-Nigeria, 2006-2007 [Sabbatical Appointment]
- Foundation Director, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria [a one-year assignment: December 1, 2008 to December 30 2009]
- Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (August 2010 to July 2013)
- Director, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan (September 26 2015 to July 30 2018)
- Visiting Professor (Sabbatical Appointment), West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Accra, Ghana from 2 October 2018 to 28 July 2019
- Pioneer Dean, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies (August 2 2019 – July 30 2023)
Membership of Learned and Professional Societies
- Member, African Association of Political Science
- Chairman, Board of Trustees, Society for Peace Studies and Practice (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) (2009 to 2015)
- Regional Board Chairman, West African Network for Peacebuilding, Accra, Ghana (2015 – 2017)
- Fellow, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators
- Full Member, Chatham House, London (113597)
- Fellow, West Africa Peacebuilders, Accra, Ghana
- Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters
- Member, Executive Committee, CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal
Areas of Teaching / Research Interest
- Social History of Africa
- African Political Economy
- Security Studies and Conflict Resolution
- Gender Studies
- Apr 21, 2017: Prof Albert to deliver Lecture on Insurgency Wars in Sambisa
- May 17, 2016: Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert Launches Website
