Mamoudou Gazibo

Gazibo attended Montesquieu University in Bordeaux, where he graduated in 1994 with a political science degree.[1] He continued to study there, and in 1995 completed a graduate diploma in political science, followed by a doctorate in political science in 1998.[1]

After finishing his doctorate, Gazibo became a post-doctoral researcher at the Université de Montréal.[1] In 2000, he joined the faculty of political science, first as an adjoint professor, and then in 2006 became a Professeur agrégé and in 2012 a Professeur titulaire (a full professor).[1]

In 2005, Gazibo published the book Les paradoxes de la démocratisation en Afrique.[1] The book studies politics in African countries using a neo-institutionalist framework, focusing on how formal and informal rules constrain group and individual behaviour including through the presences of incentives and strategies.[2] Gazibo particularly focuses on the cases of Benin and Niger, and on the interaction between economics and politics.[3] Gazibo specifically investigates the determinants of democratisation, stressing the importance of incentive structures, political institutions, and economic conditions which are favourable to the emergence of democracy.[3]

In 2006, Gazibo wrote Introduction à la politique africaine, which is a textbook intended to introduce the study of African politics.[4] The book is divided into three sections: the first on methodology in African studies, the second on the structure of government, and the third on the challenges of governance.[4] Introduction à la politique africaine was reprinted in a second edition in 2010.[1]

Gazbio published the book Un nouvel ordre mondial made in China? with Roromme Chantal in 2011.[1] They study the history of political consolidation in China leading up to its development as a world power in industry and manufacturing.[5] They investigate the ramifications of this role in international politics, including China's military development and the creation of information warfare.[5] The book also concerns China's modern involvement in multilateral diplomacy.[5]

In 2009, Gazibo co-edited Le politique - Etat des debats et pistes de recherche with Céline Thiriot.[6] With Daniel C. Bach, Gazibo co-edited the 2011 book L'État néopatrimonial : genèse et trajectoires contemporaines and the 2012 book Neopatrimonialism Africa and Beyond.[1] In 2016, Gazibo and Muna Ndulo coauthored the book Growing Democracy in Africa: Elections, Accountable Governance, and Political Economy.[1]

From 2010 to 2011, Gazibo acted as a special counselor to the Prime Minister of Niger.[1] He was also the president of the comité des textes fondamentaux, responsible for drafting fundamental text for the 2010 Constitution of Niger.[1]

In 2011, Gazibo was named a Grand officier of the Order of the Niger.[1]

Gazibo has been interviewed, or his work has been covered, in media outlets including Jeune Afrique,[7] AllAfrica,[8] Radio France Internationale,[9] Le Devoir,[10] and Agence Ecofin.[11]

• Les paradoxes de la démocratisation en Afrique (2005)
• Introduction à la politique africaine (2006; 2010)
• Un nouvel ordre mondial made in China?, with Roromme Chantal (2011)

• Grande officier, Order of the Niger (2010)[1]