Ibrahim Bangura is an Associate Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, and a 2024 Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. Widely associated with applied peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery work, his profile highlights experience spanning transitional justice, DDR (disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration), security-sector reform, gender, and conflict resolution—positioning him as a credible scholar-practitioner whose reputation is rooted in research-informed policy engagement and institution-building