Fagbayibo, Babatunde

Babátúndé Fágbàyíbọ́ is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS since July 2025.  He is currently Professor at the University of Pretoria, where he teaches international law. His research focuses primarily on the institutional development of the African Union, in particular the process of empowering AU institutions with supranational powers. Other research interests include African politics, transnational policy analysis, critical approaches to international law, and governance and democratisation in Africa. He has written extensively on these topics. He is the author of the book: "Transcending Member States: Political and Legal Dynamics of Building Continental Supranationalism in Africa" (Springer, 2022). He also provides commentary on African affairs in print and broadcast media. He is a South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher. He has been invited to lecture at institutions and platforms within and outside the African continent.

During his research associate fellowship at UNU-CRIS, he will work primarily on projects exploring how non-state actors engage in preference formation for continental supranationalism in Africa. He will work closely with Frank Mattheis within the RE-LAB cluster on this.