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Photo: Himanshu Jha and J. Tochukwu Omenma

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professors Himanshu Jha and J. Tochukwu Omenma as Co-Editors of IPSA’s new journal Governance Review. Following the recommendation of the 5XÉçÇøCommittee on Publications, the Executive Committee unanimously approved their appointments at its 150th meeting, held virtually on 15–16 November 2025. Their term will begin on 1 January 2026 and run for six years.

5XÉçÇøwill publish the Governance Review journal starting on 1 January 2027, in collaboration with Sage. Previously published by the University of Ottawa and Érudit, Governance Review is a multidisciplinary journal covering all aspects of governance. In keeping with its 21-year tradition, the journal aims to become a leading outlet for texts from across the epistemological and ontological spectrum, from the dual perspective of enriching positive and normative knowledge about governance and nurturing public debate on the challenges and issues related to its contemporary exercise.

5XÉçÇø the Co-Editors 

Himanshu Jha is an Associate Professor at the School of Liberal Studies and Humanities, UPES, India. Previously, Prof. Jha taught at the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg University (HU), Germany, and at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He holds a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore, where he held the prestigious President’s Graduate Fellowship. He has an M.Phil in Public Policy from the Australian National University, an M.A. in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a Bachelor’s degree in History (Hons.) from the University of Delhi. 

With his multidisciplinary background, Prof. Jha has developed a keen scholarly interest in politics, public policy, and governance. His research primarily focuses on institutional and policy change, historical institutionalism, public policy, governance and development, the politics of accountability, state capacity, and the politics of climate change. With over 20 years of academic and action-based research, Prof. Jha’s empirical findings and theoretical frameworks are rooted in the intersection of theory and practice. He strongly advocates field-based research and remains attuned to both the area and the discipline.

He is the co-editor of Globalization and Governance in India (Routledge, 2023), the author of Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India (Oxford University Press, 2020), and Public Policy and Governance in India (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming). In addition to several book chapters, book reviews, and contributions to popular media, Prof. Jha has published in leading academic journals.

As a co-editor of Governance Review, he aims to foster policy debates on enduring, vexing governance challenges—positioning the journal at a critical juncture to advance academic discourse while engaging broader public discussions about pressing contemporary issues.

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J. Tochukwu Omenma holds Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he currently serves as the Director of the Institute of African Studies. As full Professor at the Institute, focusing on conflict and security studies, deliberative and participatory democracy, electoral adjudication, and democratic consolidation.

His research in security studies examines the role of local defence forces, state responses to violent extremism, and the ways in which citizen participation in security decision-making can contribute to countering violent extremism. His work seeks to generate locally grounded security evidence and knowledge that can support state actors in addressing criminality, terrorism, and insurgency. While his fieldwork is primarily concentrated in the Lake Chad region, his broader research activities encompass the conflict zones of the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East. He employs both quantitative and qualitative methods across his various research projects.

Prof. Omenma has co-published and co-edited five books, written over 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, and delivered ten academic and policy-related presentations in 13 countries. He is the co‑author of °Õ³ó±ð C¾±±¹¾±±ô¾±²¹²Ô J´Ç¾±²Ô³Ù T²¹²õ°ì F´Ç°ù³¦±ð i²Ô N¾±²µ±ð°ù¾±²¹: C´Ç³Ü²Ô³Ù±ð°ù³Ù±ð°ù°ù´Ç°ù¾±²õ³¾â€¯f°ù´Ç³¾â€¯t³ó±ð‵þ±ð±ô´Ç·É (Routledge, 2026), and co-editor of Ten Years of Boko Haram in Nigeria: The Dynamics and Counterinsurgency Challenges (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).

He was an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar at Technische Universität Berlin from December 2022 to May 2025. Prior to that, he held a GES Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he currently serves as a visiting professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations. He is also working on the ASB&LCB Space Project under the sponsorship of IHE Delft in the Netherlands and has provided consulting services to numerous international agencies, including UNESCO and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

Prof. Omenma joins Governance Review as co-editor, bringing more than a decade of experience in journal management, having served as editor, associate editor, and assistant editor for several reputable peer-reviewed journals.

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