5pm tonight, Friday 14th October

Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building 146. Room 2.56

Panel Discussion: Elections in Africa: A Necessary Evil?
Panelists
• Dr. Babatunde Obamamoye is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Relations,
Australian National University and a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University.
• Daniel Mugadziwa is an MPhil Candidate at Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. His research merges climate change, energy and just transition, and is currently exploring sustainable pathways through which the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Southern Africa can achieve just energy transitions, using Mozambique and Zambia as case studies.
• Anu Ayedemi is an aspiring legal scholar, with great interest in how international economic law can ensure the development of Africa, and how African states can utilise the sociocultural understanding of their environment to transform their laws into tools for
development and progress. Mr. Ayedemi is currently completing his Master of International Law and Diplomacy at ANU.
Moderator
• Ernest Akuamoah is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) at ANU. His research examines the impact of leader characteristics and personal backgrounds on electoral violence.