Dr. Okunade holds a doctorate degree in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Specifically, he researches on borders and youth out-migration most especially as it concerns human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Africa. He is also interested in thinking through ways in which social and ethnic cleavages in border communities could be used for economic integration and social cohesion in Africa. He equally advances the course of border communities that have an age long history of marginalization and neglect by the government. His fields of interest cut across borderland studies, security studies, peace and conflict studies, development studies, migration, and refugee studies and Higher Education in Africa. He has published in high impact factor journals which can be accessed online freely.