Daniel Agbiboa

Sharing my latest essay, “There is Nothing to See: Silence and the Atmosphere of War,” with @allegra_lab It explores how silence constitutes the afterlives of war, lingering in atmosphere, bodies and what cannot be said. Grateful to @XCEPT_Research allegralaboratory.net/there-is-nothi…

Looking forward to delivering two public lectures in Naples, Italy (April 16–17) on futures and foreclosures in African cities. At the University of Naples L’Orientale and the University of Naples Federico II. More info: scienzesociali.unina.it/en_GB/-/111258…

Delighted to receive copies of People as Protection (University of Pennsylvania Press). A heavy moment, though—recent attacks in Maiduguri are a stark reminder of how close violence remains. As David Pratten notes, we must not lose sight of the courage to resist Boko Haram.

#NLSPublicLecture NLSIU hosted a public lecture on ‘Temporary Lives: Law, Ruination, And The Right To Dwell In Lagos’ by Daniel E. Agbiboa, John & Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University on January 12, 2026. Engaging with images and visual metaphors, the talk demonstrated how blueprint utopias render the lives of fisher communities permanently “temporary,” and examined the affective costs of such precarity. Situating Lagos within broader debates on climate urbanism, law, displacement, and urban citizenship, Daniel Agbiboa traced forms of political life that persist when law governs through dispossession. Know more: nls.ac.in/news-events/th…

#NLSPublicLectures #NLSIU is organising a public lecture on ‘Temporary Lives: Law, Ruination, And The Right To Dwell In Lagos’ by @DanielAgbiboa, John & Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at @Harvard University. 🗓️Monday, January 12, 2026 ⏰5 PM 📍Allen & Overy Conference Hall, NLSIU Training Centre By bringing Lagos into conversation with broader debates on climate urbanism, law, displacement, and urban citizenship, the talk invites reflection on a pressing question for legal scholarship. What does justice look like when law itself governs through dispossession, and what forms of political life persist when redemption through law is no longer available? 👉This event is open to the public. Know more: nls.ac.in/news-events/th…

I’ll be in Paris next week for the “Cities and War” seminar at Sciences Po. The event brings together members of the IJURR editorial board and colleagues from Sciences Po to explore how war is reshaping the fabric of cities around the world. sciencespo.fr/ecole-urbaine/…

HFG #GranteeSpotlight: @DanielAgbiboa (2017 HFG Distinguished Scholar) is now a trustee at the @IJURResearch, which supports research with an emphasis on social justice & critical approaches. Learn more: ijurr.org/ijurr-foundati… #HFGGrantee #UrbanStudies #IJURR #SocialJustice

My Current History essay, "May Nigeria Not Happen to You," is now freely accessible for a limited time—courtesy of UC Press! online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…

In our latest issue, @DanielAgbiboa surveys the manifold consequences of state neglect in Nigeria, where people are calling for accountability and reform rather than more praise for their resilience. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…

More in our May issue: @TheAfricanistP1 on youth activism and democracy in Senegal, @ursulamread and @ayork6 on pluralistic mental health care in Ghana, and @DanielAgbiboa on surviving state neglect in Nigeria, plus a review of a biography of Frantz Fanon. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…

4/18: Does Africa Need Elite Cities? Eko Atlantic, Climate Urbanism, and the Surrounds of Lagos. A lecture by Assoc. Prof. of African and African American Studies at @Harvard, @DanielAgbiboa. In-person + Virtual: aap.cornell.edu/news-events/le… Daniel E. Agbiboa is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He is a Faculty Associate of @HarvardWCFIA, an affiliate of Bloomberg @CenterforCities, and a Co-chair of the Urban Conversation Series @MHCHarvard. His research explores urban and security governance in contemporary Africa, focusing on the relationship between state and non-state actors.

So honored to receive news from the Provost’s office that I have been appointed the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences. The Hazel chair is one of a small number of endowed professorships for TT faculty at Harvard 🙏🏿

Looking forward to discussing my paper “Illegal, yet Licit: Popular Transport Work in Lagos” at the Ethnographies of Work in Africa workshop, hosted by Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies. 👉🏿 Workshop details here: ias.columbia.edu/events/ethnogr…

The 2022 flood in Nigeria was devastating—killing >600, displacing >1.4M people. New research by @DanielAgbiboa reveals the human suffering in the wake of the flood and ties it to the logic of disaster as political instrument in Nigeria. loom.ly/vRYp9Kw 📸: NEMA via AP

We, at @TSUOxford, are excited to host @DanielAgbiboa for our first seminar of the Public Seminar Series 2025 on 23rd January, 14:00-15:30 GMT. The seminar will be chaired by Valentina Montoya Robledo (@I_commute_too). Please join in! eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-al…

Looking forward to my talk, "Transport Aliveness and Social Imagination in an African Megacity," at Oxford's Transport Studies Unit (TSU). Details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-al…

📸 Our Humanity's Urban Future program meeting is taking place this week in Vienna, Austria! The meeting has featured exciting discussions, including a reflection on how we can understand urban future-making and green industrial transitions in the Global South.

What would make researcher @DanielAgbiboa take on the role of minibus driver in Lagos, one of the most stigmatised jobs in Nigeria? Firsthand ethnographic research; learning by doing. Read more in our @OUPEconomics Book Series: Meet the author feature ⬇️ buff.ly/4fbmqt7

#FirstView from @ps_polisci - Deep Waters: Flooding and the Climate of Suffering in Nigeria - cup.org/3AEnGp1 - @DanielAgbiboa

Check out my latest article @ps_polisci on flooding and the climate of suffering in Nigeria: cambridge.org/core/journals/…