Remi Adekoya’s main research interests include the discursive strategies used to construct national and sub-national identities by political actors, the politics and emotions around identity in the 21st-century and its role in international relations, and developmental issues affecting Africa.

Before joining academia, Remi was a political journalist and has written on national and international affairs for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, Politico, Spectator, UnHerd and Standpoint among others.