Experience:
Dr. Miguel Mbiavanga Ajú is originally from Angola and has extensive international experience in complex conflict and post-conflict contexts in Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau and Central African Republic) through Southeast Asia (Timor-Leste) and the Caribbean region (Haiti). He also has professional experience in Europe (The Netherlands), the North Pacific region of Micronesia (Republic of Palau and Federated States of Micronesia) and the United States of America.

Academic Background:

He obtained his PhD and Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Political Science and International Relations from the University Institute of Lisbon (IUL-ISCTE), Portugal. A Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Business and Management from Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Scotland. He also studied Philosophy previously at the Diocesan Major Seminary of Saint Paul, Uíge, in his native home country of Angola.

Affiliation:
He is a Researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CEI-ISCTE) in Lisbon, Portugal. His areas of interest include geopolitics, conflicts and security dynamics in the Horn of Africa, regional peace operations and international politics.

Languages:
He speaks fluent Kikongo, Portuguese, English, French, Lingala and has good command of Spanish.

Publications

1. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2019) A ONU de António Guterres: os desafios de uma reforma. Jornal de Angola, Edição de 19 de Janeiro de 2019. Newspaper Article.

2. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2019) A Angola herdada por JLo: Uma falta de patriotismo?. Jornal Folha 8 de Angola, Edição de 27 de Julho de 2019. Newspaper Article.

3. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2022). Reshaping the African Union Mission in Somalia: From AMISOM to ATMIS. The Horn International Institute of Strategic Studies, The Horn Bulletin, Volume V, Issue III May-June 2022.

4. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga and Franco, Ana Carina S. (2022). Response to the Somali and Malian Jihadist Movements: What Lessons for Mozambique?. Portuguese Journal of Political Science, Issue No. 17, pp. 91-105. https://doi.org/10.33167/2184-2078

5. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga and Aleksi Ylönen (2022). The Middle East and Eastern Africa Intersected: Discussing Contemporary Connections, Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, Vol. 43, pp. 11-37, Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE), Portugal.

6. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2024). A Missão de Apoio à Paz da União Africana na Somália: Implicações, Riscos e Desafios nas intervenções regionais, Lisbon International Press, Lisbon, Portugal.

7. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2024). Relations Politiques de la Corne de l'Afrique avec les pays MENA, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Afkar/Ideas Issue No.72, Barcelona, Spain.

8. Ajú, Miguel Mbiavanga. (2024). Relaciones políticas del Cuerno de África con los países MENA, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Afkar/Ideas Issue No.72, Barcelona, Spain.