Leonardo Villalon: Instability in the Sahel Region of Africa and Implications for the West

Biography

Leonardo A. Villalón is Professor of Political Science and African Studies and founder and coordinator of the Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida. He is a specialist on the countries of the African Sahel (Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Chad), where he has carried out research on the role of religion in politics, democratization, electoral issues, education, and political stability. His current research focuses on the impact of climate change in the highly vulnerable countries of the region.

Villalón holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and degrees from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University, and Louisiana State University.

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