Olaniyan, A. (2020). Hiding under COVID 19: State actors and lockdown enforcement excesses in Nigeria. Paper presented at the African Studies Association’s Virtual Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2020.

Olaniyan, A. (2020). Adding fuel to the fire: Fake news and farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria. Paper presented at the African Studies Association’s Virtual Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2020.

Olaniyan, A. (2019): The Ekiti State social security scheme and the limits of ‘too meagerly’ narrative in Nigeria”, at the International Conference for Research on African Challenges (ICRAC), organized and sponsored by the American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt, 4 – 5 December 2019 

Olaniyan, A O (2018): “Bringing peace to a troubled region: Boko Haram insurgency, post-conflict peacebuilding strategies and challenges in northeastern Nigeria” at ‘IPRA General Conference’ on Innovation for Sustainable Global Peace at Ahmedabad, India, 24-28 November 2018

Olaniyan, A. O (2018): “Less-governed spaces of the Sahel and the trajectories of Boko Haram Insurgency”, Paper presented at the Conference on the Sahel, organized and sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 8 May 2018

Olaniyan, A. O (2018): “Multinational Joint Task Force and the war against Boko Haram insurgency”, paper presented at the Conference on Space, Borders, Conflict, and Insecurity in West Africa at the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix (EMP) in Bamako, Mali, May 4-5, 2018.

Olaniyan, A. O (2018): “Ethnic militia formation and peacebuilding challenges in oil bearing communities of Ondo State, Nigeria”, paper presented at the 4th Dubai International Conferences on Social Sciences and Humanities, sponsored by the African Peacebuilding Network (APN), New York, in Dubai, 17-18 February 2018

Olaniyan, A. O (2017): Resource redistribution strategies and peacebuilding process in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, paper presented at the 60th Meeting of the Africa Studies Association (ASA), in Chicago, USA, 16-18 November 2017

Olaniyan, A. O & Dare Arowolo (2017): Innovative anti-corruption measures and institution building in Nigeria, paper presented at the 60th Meeting of the Africa Studies Association (ASA), in Chicago, USA, 16-18 November 2017

Olaniyan, A. O (2017): Boko Haram insurgency and the spectre of female suicide bombings in Nigeria, paper presented at the international conference organized by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR), sponsored by Carnegie Corporation, at Festival City, Dubai, 25-28 February 2017

Olaniyan, A O (2016): “Nigeria’s 2015 general elections and the limits of bad party-good candidate narratives”, paper presented at the Summer School Training/Workshop on the Political Psychology of Populism, organized, and partly funded by the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary from 05 to 13 July 2016.

Olaniyan, A. O (2015): “Rebellious sons, grieving fathers: tempestuous godfather-godson relations and violent conflicts in Nigeria”, paper presented at the international conference on Between Democracy and Big Man Politics: The Micro-level Dynamics of Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, organized and sponsored by The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden 23-24 October 2015

Olaniyan, A. O (2014): “The Lebanese community of Ibadan: A portrait of intra-peripheral interaction”, paper delivered at the AEGIS Thematic Conference on Africa in the Global South: Biographies of Mobility and Aspirations of Success, organized and sponsored by Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, 15-17 May 2014

Olaniyan, A. O (2014): “Beyond the narratives of disaster: Africa’s youth bulge and the prospect of demographic dividends”, paper delivered at the Advanced and Intensive Methodological Training Workshop and Conference on Political Economy Analysis, sponsored by PASGR at Nairobi Kenya, 23-25 September 2014.

Olaniyan, A. O (2014): “Africa’s great green wall project and the challenges of history”, paper presented at the international conference on OAU/AU at 50 and Beyond: The Quests for African Solution for African Problems (ASAP) at University of Tshwane, Pretoria, South Africa, 22-23 May 2014

Olaniyan, A. O (2012): “Nigerian Diaspora, social media and the challenges of sustainable governance”, paper presented at the international conference on Africa and the Diaspora in the New Millennium organized and sponsored by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA, from October 30 to November 1, 2012.

Olaniyan, A. O (2012): “Panel of the wise and the future of conflict resolution in Africa”, paper presented at the international conference on Second Scrabble for Africa organized by the African Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, from 23rd to 25th May 2012.

 Olaniyan, A. O (2010): “Tax and Zakat: An examination of religious taxation in Nigeria”, paper presented at the international conference on Politics, Poverty and Prayer: Global African Spiritualities and Social Transformation, at the African International University, Nairobi, Kenya from 23 -25 July 2010.

Olaniyan, A. O (2010): “Unorthodox peacemakers and responses in Africa”, paper presented at the International Conference on The Involvement of the Private Security Sector in African Conflicts, Peacekeeping Missions and Humanitarian Assistance Operations, organized, and sponsored by the Institute for African Studies, Pretoria at the ISS Headquarter, Nairobi, Kenya from 21-22 July 2010.

Olaniyan, A. O (2010): “Proxy border wars and management strategies in Darfur and Mano River regions of Africa”, paper presented at Experts Roundtable Meeting on Proxy Border Conflicts and their Impact on Peace Processes in Africa; organized and sponsored by the Conflict Prevention Programme of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, at the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Prevention, Accra, Ghana from 19th -22nd April 2010.

Olaniyan, A. O (2009): “The demographic nightmare: population boom and security challenges in Africa”, paper presented at the Experts Roundtable on the State of the Union 2030: Security Threats and Responses; organized and sponsored by the Conflict Prevention Programme of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Addis Ababa Office at Speke Hotel (Munyonyo Resort), Kampala, Uganda, July 21-22, 2009.

Olaniyan, A. O (2009): “Emergent religious elites and socio-economic development in Nigeria”, paper presented at an international conference on The Role of Elites in Economic Development organized and sponsored by the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) at Helsinki, Finland on 12-14 June 2009

Olaniyan, A. O (2008): “Standing History on its Head: Deconstructing Africa’s Encounter with the Fourth Epoch”, paper presented at an international conference on Teaching and Propagating Africa’s History to the Diaspora and Teaching and Propagating Diaspora History to Africa; organized and sponsored by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 10th to 14th, 2008.

Olaniyan, A. O (2008): “Ethnic militancy as a redistributive mechanism in Nigeria’s federal system”, paper presented at an International Workshop on “Citizenship, Human Rights and Identity Formation” organized and sponsored by the Factory of Ideas Programme (Eleventh Session), Centre for Afro-Asian Studies, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, from 4th to 29th August 2008

Olaniyan, A. O (2007): “The Spiritual Foundations of Africa’s Underdevelopment and the Imperative of Cultural Revitalization”, paper presented at an International Colloquium on Global African Spirituality, Social Capital and Self-Reliance in Africa, organized and sponsored by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) at CASA del PaPa, Ouidah, Republic of Benin, November 4th – 8th 2007.