Personal Statement
Dr Amal Abu-Bakare is a lecturer in the politics of race and decolonial studies at the University of Liverpool and a Visiting Fellow at the University of South Wales’ International Centre for Policing & Security. She received her PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University. As a Saudi-born Nigerian dual citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom, Abu-Bakare is interested in all things international, particularly food and politics. Her current research profile remains centred on using anti-colonial IR theory to explore how North American and European political/security institutions continue to empower racially configured exclusions and terror.

Research Overview
Anti-colonial International Relations
Postcolonial Studies
Abolitionist Thought
Racialisation and Systemic racism in International Politics
Intersectional and Islamic feminist projects
Counterterrorism and CVE
Migration Security
Critical Security Studies
Art as a political medium