Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran holds a PhD degree in Social Sciences and presently works as a Professor/Senior Researcher in sociology, migration, crime, conflict, regional integration, sustainable development and research methodology at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria. He is also the Chair/Head of the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and Communication and Media Studies at the University. He is a National Research Consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Anti-Corruption and Migration (Trafficking-in-Persons (TIPS) and Smuggling-of-Migrants (SOMs)) in Nigeria. He is a Visiting Scholar at Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Toronto, Canada. He specializes in social research design, field investigation and data management. He has received copious academic awards, in forms of scholarship, fellowship, study and research grants, from notable academic and research based institutions, such as University of Oxford, United Kingdom, University of Pittsburgh, United States, York University, Canada, University of Oldenburg, Germany, Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Sweden, South-South Exchange Program on History of Development (SEPHIS), The Netherlands, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). He has used cogent social science methods to research and publish over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters and reviews that focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. He has participated in more than 100 distinguished academic fora (conferences, workshops, symposiums and trainings) in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. He is the conveyor of the 1st African International Conference on Transnational Organized Crimes (AICTOCs) hosted at OAU in 2023.