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Ph.D. (O.P. Jindal Global University)


M.A. (United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica)


B.Sc. (Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria)

Prof. (Dr.) Rita Iorbo

Assistant Professor

Email riorbo@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-5995-4760
Key Expertise Peace and Conflict, Humanitarian Affairs, Human Security, Forced Displacement

Ph.D. (O.P. Jindal Global University)


M.A. (United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica)


B.Sc. (Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria)


Biography

Rita Iorbo is a Sociologist with interests in peace and conflict studies, forced displacement, human security, victimology and humanitarian affairs. She holds a doctorate in Behavioural Sciences of the O.P. Jindal Global University, India; a Master of Arts in International Peace Studies of the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica and Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Benue State University, Nigeria. Her doctoral research focused on the Social Inclusion and Psychosocial issues of internally displaced persons. She is an Assistant Professor in the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) of the O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India, a member of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), and an Affiliate of the Refugee Law Initiative (https://rli.sas.ac.uk/people/rita-iorbo), at the University of London.

  • Combating Human Trafficking
  • Conflict and Global Humanitarian Crisis
  • Human Security: Theory and Practice
  • Humanitarian Response to Conflict
  • Introduction to International Organisations & UN System
  • Restorative Justice and Victimological Jurisprudence

Iorbo, R. and Andzenge, D.T. (2025). A study of the management of the herders-farmers conflict-induced internal displacement in Nigeria. Peace and Conflict Studies, vol. 32(1). Pp 1-20

Iorbo, R., Sahni, S. P., Bhatnagar, T., & Andzenge, D. T. (2024). Social inclusion and justice for the internally displaced by the Herdsmen-Farmers conflict in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal on Migration and Human Security, 12(2), 96-109.

Iorbo, R. (2024). Lessons on protracted internal displacement from the Herdsmen-Farmers conflict in Benue State, Nigeria. Notre Dame University, USA.

Aver, T. T., & Iorbo, R. (2023). The Dynamics of Victims of Farmers-Herdsmen Violent Clashes in Benue State, Nigeria. Global Advances in Victimology and Psychological Studies, 2-11.

Andzenge, D. T., & Iorbo, R. (2022). Victimisation by Policy Exclusion: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria. Global Advances in Victimology and Psychological Studies, 55-60.
Email riorbo@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-5995-4760
Key Expertise Peace and Conflict, Humanitarian Affairs, Human Security, Forced Displacement