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YEAR
2025

department of international and strategic studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Relations
Political Science
Peace studies

RESEARCH KEYWORD
Global politics, African politics, Muslim in
Europe and EU politics, Regionalism,
Islamic/Western Philosophy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bakare, Najimdeen. “Self-determination and
Secessionism in Nigeria: A Contextual Analysis
associate prof. dr. Through Edward Azar’s Protracted Social Conflict
Theory.” Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Najimdeen Ayoola Bakare (2024). (JCR-SSCI - Impact Factor)
Bakare, Najimdeen; Sadaf, Lubaba; Wahaj, Zujaja;
bakare@um.edu.my Khan, Kainat; Anwar, Sundus, “Human Security and
Sustainable Development Goals: The Voices of
Afghan Women Refugees in Pakistan.” Journal of
EDUCATION Asian and African Studies (2024). (JCR-SSCI -
PhD in Politics and International Relations Impact Factor)
International Islamic University, Islamabad Arif Khan Hajira and Bakare Najimdeen. “Health
security, Vaccine Hesitancy and Post-truth: A Case
MPhil in Politics and International Studies of COVID-19 in Pakistan.” Journal of Asian and
International Islamic University, Islamabad African Studies 59 (4) (2022):1135-1153.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221130344 (JCR-
SSCI-Impact Factor)
Bakare, Najimdeen Khan Faryal, and Syed Ali Akash,
Beyond return and resettlement: The impact of
UMEXPERT LINK exposure and interactions on the post-conflict
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/bakare.html development of North Waziristan, Migration Studies,
2022; mnac017,
https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnac017 (JCR-
RESEARCHER ID SSCI - Impact Factor)
AAY-2342-2021 (Web of Science)
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
University Best Researcher Award 2022
SCOPUS ID
Collaboration with HETS-FR, Switzerland – Study
57217097940 on Slum Development in Islamabad 2023
Head of Research, CIPS, NUST, Islamabad, 2021–
2024.

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