Rate My Professor Muhammad Suleiman

Dr. Muhammad Suleiman serves as an Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. He earned his PhD in International Relations from the University of Western Australia in 2019, Master of Research in Political Science from Macquarie University in 2015, Master of Arts in International Law from the University of Sydney in 2012, and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Geography from the University of Ghana in 2017. His career includes roles as Lecturer and Research Associate at Curtin University from 2022 to January 2024, and Associate Lecturer and Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia from 2017 to 2021. Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of Global Studies at KFUPM Business School.

Suleiman's research focuses on Africa’s international relations, Gulf-Africa relations, security in West Africa, political violence, and terrorism. He has received notable awards, including the 2020 Fellowship of the United Nations Fellowship Program for People of African Descent, designation as an Emerging Leaders in Australia-Africa Diplomacy (ELAAD) Programme Ambassador, and status as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His key publications include 'The jihadists are coming! Abyssal thinking and spatial politics of un/knowing in Ghana’s terrorism discourse' (Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2023), '“No Colonial Baggage”: Imagining a Decolonised Australia-Africa Relations' co-authored with Isike and Mickler (Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2023), 'The production of a fragmented and ungoverned Libya' co-authored with Malito (Mediterranean in dis/order, 2023), and 'What makes Islamist movements different? A study of Liberia’s NPFL and Nigeria’s Boko Haram in West Africa' (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2020). Other significant works feature 'The nation as corporation: British colonialism and the pitfalls of postcolonial nationhood in Nigeria' (Peace and Conflict Studies, 2018), '“Weak State”, Regional Power, Global Player: Nigeria and the Response to Boko Haram' (African Security, 2019), and contributions to The Conversation on West African coups and conflicts. With over 285 citations on Google Scholar, his scholarship impacts understandings of African security dynamics and postcolonial challenges.