Ernest Arinze Udalla is the 2024 Ladipo Adamolekun Post-Doctoral Fellow at St, Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science with specialization in Public Administration from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He also holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Degrees from the University of Ibadan and Anambra State University, respectively. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State. He is a Junior Research Fellow, Institute for French Research in Africa (IFRA), University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He has attended many local and international conferences, including Inaugural Commonwealth Summer School/Conference, University of Buea, Cameroon in 2011. He is widely published in both local and international journals and also has many book chapters to his credit. His research interest areas include Public Policy, Public Administration, Research Methodologies, Democracy and Development Studies, Governance, and Youth Studies.