Participated at the International Conference on Turkey, the Islamic World and the Experience of Modernization, Istambul, ISAV, 17-19 November 2000.

Participated at the conference �The Role of NGOs in Conflict Prevention� organised by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo, 9-10 June 2000.

Participated at the Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 31 January 2000.

Participated as a resource person for the Governance Institute of the Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa on "Security, Violence, Law and Order (1998).

Participant at the conference �Nigeria's Transition: From End to Beginning� held at the Council for Foreign Relations, New York, January 1998.

Discussant at the international conference �Dilemmas of Democracy in Nigeria� held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison November 1995.

Participated in the selection of candidates for the 1995 Summer Institute of the Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) "on Democracy and Local Governance in Africa.

Discussant at a workshop on "the Evolution on West African Cities," organized by the African Development Bank. Dakar, Senegal, November 1993.

Participant at the conference celebrating the XX anniversary of the Council for the Development of Social and Economic Research in Africa (CODESRIA). Dakar, S�n�gal. December 1993

Rapporteur of the conference "Expanding Democratic Space in Nigeria, Nigerian Institute for International Affairs," Lagos, Nigeria, December 1993.

Discussant at the international conference " Etat et Soci�t� au S�n�gal: crises et dynamiques sociales," Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire, Bordeaux, France. October 1991.

Participant at the international conference organised by the Association fran�aise d'�tudes sur le monde musulman and the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Paris 1991.