Tetsekela M. Anyiam-Osigwe

Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, specialising in international relations with a regional focus on Africa. She is a fellow of the Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab and the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination's Africa Program. She is also a resident student affiliate of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance.  

Her research examines the political economy of international cooperation in Africa. She focuses on African international organisations and development finance. Methodologically, she uses in-depth interviews combined with the analyses of quantitative data and archival research. Other strands of her research investigate foreign aid preferences in recipient countries, the role of the private sector in development, and Africa-EU and Africa-Asia (China and Japan) relations. She has conducted field research in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and Kenya. 

Prior to Princeton, Tetsekela received a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford.