Jean-Marie Kasonga MBOMBO

After many years of ministry as a trained clergyman in the Catholic Church, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with higher degrees in international peace studies and embraced the teaching profession. Currently, Dr J.M.K. Mbombo is Senior Lecturer in the postgraduate programme of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He has participated actively in several workshops and conferences locally and internationally with papers that are now published in reputable journals around the world. His research interests include Liberal Peacebuilding, Conflicts in the great lakes region of Africa, United Nations Organisation, Sustainable Development Goals, among others. A member of many societies, he is also a founder/ president of Peace People Network, a Nigerian-based NGO, that promotes alternative model of peace through words and deeds.

EDUCATION

Doctoral degree (PhD), Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin;
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), International Peace Studies, TCD;
Master of Arts (MA), Applied Theology in Peace and Justice, Middlesex University, London;
BA in Theology, Universita Teresianum, Rome;
BA in Philosophy, Institut Saint Augustin, Kinshasa.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Arts and Humanities, Political Science and International Relations, Development

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Education for Peace and Security in a Virtual World: A Nigerian Perspective
IAJ Jean Marie Kasonga Mbombo
Reading in Policing Peace & Security, 34-52 2024



Nigeria: Security Concerns of Internally Displaced Persons Living in Non-Camp Settings in Kwara State.
JMK MBOMBO, OM SHITTU
Conflict Studies Quarterly 2024



AN APPRAISAL OF THE LIBERAL PEACE MODEL IN CONFLICT-PRONE AFRICA: A STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
JMK MBOMBO
A Publication of Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Faculty 2023



Interrogating the Commoditization of Force in the Sahel Region: A Case Study of Mali
JMK Mbombo, SA Raji
Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Востоковедение и африканистика 15 2023



EXAMINANDO A FORA REGIONAL DA COMUNIDADE DA FRICA ORIENTAL NO KIVU: OUTRO CASO DE TESTE DE" SOLUES AFRICANAS PARA PROBLEMAS AFRICANOS”
JMK Mbombo
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos 8 (16) 2023



SKIMMING THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY REGIONAL FORCE IN THE KIVU: ANOTHER TEST CASE OF ‘AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN PROBLEMS’
JMK Mbombo
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos= Brazilian Journal of African 2023



A Rework of the P5 as a Cornerstone for Peace Through Multilateralism
JMK Mbombo
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 2022



Peace in the Face of the COVID- 19 Pandemic: Making Sense of the Paralysis at the UN Security Council
JMK Mbombo
Peace and Change, 1-11 2022



MANAGING POLITICAL IMPASSE THROUGH DIALOGUE: A VALIDATION OF CLIENTELISM IN AFRICA
JMK Mbombo
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos 6 (12) 2021



GESTO DO IMPASSE POLTICO ATRAVS DO DILOGO: UMA VALIDAO DO CLIENTELISMO NA FRICA
JMK Mbombo
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Africanos= Brazilian Journal of African 2021



Reforming the United Nations for Sustainable Peace, Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy
JMK Mbombo
International Relations and Diplomacy 2020



No Peace without Forgiveness, Scanning'Operation Safe Corridor'in Northeast Nigeria
JMK Mbombo
Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin 2020



Peaceful Protest and Democracy in Nigeria: The# EndSARS Experience
JMK Mbombo
Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin 2020



REFORMING THE UNITED NATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE
JMK Mbombo
Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy (JCIRD) 1 (1 2020



Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Lakes Region: Breaking the Pack of impunity
JMK Mbombo
In Search of Peace & Security in Africa: Essays in Honour of Professor Amadu 2020



Re-Integrating Child Soldiers in Africa through Peace and Education
JMK Mbombo, A Sesay
Centre for Peace & Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin 2019



Congo: Nonviolent Struggle in the DRC. Making Sense of the Consent Theory of Power
JMK Mbombo
Conflict Studies Quarterly, 49-67 2018



Disaster Management, Sustainable Development Goal 16 and Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria
JK MBOMBO, RO Ejechi
AJSD 2018



MAKING A CASE FOR HUMAN PEACE MODEL FROM BELOW
JMK Mbombo
Ibadan Journal of Peace & Development 8 (No 1), 65-77 2018



Disaster Management, Sustainable Development Goal 16 and Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria
RO Mbombo, Jean-Marie Kasonga and Ejechi
African Journal For Security and Development 2 (3), 38-50 2018

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Winning Boko Haram with Restorative Justice.
JMK Mbombo
Conflict Studies Quarterly, Special Edition, 74-91 2015
Citations: 7



Peace in the Face of the COVID- 19 Pandemic: Making Sense of the Paralysis at the UN Security Council
JMK Mbombo
Peace and Change, 1-11 2022
Citations: 3



Congo: Nonviolent Struggle in the DRC. Making Sense of the Consent Theory of Power
JMK Mbombo
Conflict Studies Quarterly, 49-67 2018
Citations: 3



La Republique Democratique du Congo au seuil du constitutionnalisme: defis et perspectives au-dela de 2016
JMK Mbombo
African Journal of Democracy and Governance 4 (1-2), 65-84 2017
Citations: 1



Borders that continue to bother us: Rethinking Cross-Border Security and Cooperation in East and West Africa
A Sesay, JMK Mbombo
The quarterly journal of administration / 35 (1), 1-22 2016
Citations: 1



Re-opening the NEPAD Debate from a Peace Perspective
JMK Mbombo
Journal of Peace, Security & Development 1 (4), 101-119 2015
Citations: 1