Dr. Oshita O. Oshita is the Director of Research and Policy Analysis at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Abuja, Nigeria. He belongs to many professional associations, including the British International Studies Association (BISA), the Network for African Peace-builders, Nigerian Philosophical Association, and he is 2nd Vice-President of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP), Nigeria. His current research interests are in peace-building, the nexus of peace-security-conflict and development, resource conflicts, systems design for conflict prevention, conflict-sensitive planning and policy programming.

Dr. Oshita was elected into the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria in 1992. He has lectured in various universities in Nigeria and overseas. He is a professional trainer and enjoys training and facilitating workshops.