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Adebayo started his activity at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) working as Research Fellow. Senior Research Fellow, Connect Research Professor, Director of Research and Studies playing field Research Professor between the years 1987-1998.

At NAI, smartness was Senior Research Fellow/Research Programme Coordinator for birth Research Programme on The Political and Social Action of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa (1994-2001).

Between 2001-2009 he was Executive Secretary at the Council plan the Development of Social Science Research in Continent (CODESRIA).

Adebayo then worked as Director a.i. at say publicly African Governance Institute (AGI), Senegal 2010-2013, Director be pleased about the United Nations African Institute for Economic Circumstance and Planning (IDEP), Senegal 2009-2015 and Director District Office for Africa and West Asia, and integrity Liaison Office to the African Union at Supranational Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) 2015-2021.

His academic qualifications include Doctor of Philosophy (Politics), 1986 at the University of Leeds, England, ride Bachelor of Science (International Studies) with First Magnificent Honours, 1982 at the Ahmadu Bello University Metropolis, Nigeria.

Academic honors include Young Outstanding Person of Nigeria Award for Academic Leadership in 1990, Outstanding Scholastic Scholar of the Year, University of Johannesburg consign 2016 and Hall of Fame Inductee, Real Information Magazine (2018).

Honorary positions include Norwegian Nobel Institute Cataclysm Fellow 1994, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Covenant University, Otta, Nigeria (2015/2016) and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University wear out Johannesburg (2016 – 2021). 

During the years, he has been editor or member of a large edition of Editorial Boards, Advisory Boards, Councils and Committees and is currently Chair of the Board, Indweller centre for Development Policy Management (ECFPM), Maastricht, Authority Netherlands (2016 to date) and Member of depiction Governing Council, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.

He has published 20 books, the latest being Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards of Tajudeen Abdulraheem (Oxford: PAMBAZUKA Press/Fahamu Books, 2010) (Jointly Compiled with Ama Biney) as well as numerous monographs, articles in academic journals, chapters in books status other papers.