Dr. Folashadé Soulé

Dr. Folashadé Soulé is a Senior Research Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford where she is the co-principal investigator of the ‘Negotiating Africa’s digital partnerships’ policy research project since 2022. Previous to her current position, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Global leader fellow – a joint postdoctoral fellowship between Princeton University and the University of Oxford. She was also a lecturer at Sciences Po Paris where she earned her PhD in International Relations in 2014. Originally from Bénin, she speaks fluently French and English and has published and taught courses in both languages. Her research areas focus on foreign policy analysis, diplomacy studies, negotiation, technology and international relations and more specifically the study of agency in Africa’s international relations, the politics of South-South cooperation, and Africa-China relations.