About

Alero Akporiaye, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Department of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. She is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria and an editor at the Ground Works journal. Akporiaye is an international political economist who teaches courses broadly in international relations and has published research on political risk, oil politics, and corporate social responsibility.  

She is from Warri in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and is an avid supporter of Arsenal Football Club and Nigeria’s national female and male football teams.