Taiwo Adeagbo is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Temple University, USA, specializing in comparative politics and international relations. His research focuses on African politics, Democracy promotion and development, party system institutionalization, populism and polarization, and the process of regime change and regime transformation. His current work examines how populism and polarization shape democratic consolidation in Africa. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, including recent articles such as “Taking Populism Seriously” and “Pathways to Violence: A Reanalysis of the Relationship Between Elections and Civil Violence in Authoritarian Regimes