Abdourahmane Idrissa is a Nigerien political scientist. Born and brought up in Niger, he studied Philosophy (Masters) and political science (Diplôme d’études approfondies) at the University of Dakar, in Senegal, before moving to the United States with a Fulbright to carry on his political science studies. He obtained a doctorate from the University of Florida in 2009. Postdoctoral work as a Global Leadership Fellow at Oxford and Princeton led him to develop an expertise in the political economy of West Africa, in addition to his earlier focus on African democratization, political Islam and political theory. Idrissa has published several papers in both English and French as book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, chiefly on Niger and the Sahelian region. He currently works on West African regionalism and Francophone (African) political philosophy. Idrissa has founded a Niamey, Niger-based training program in political economy and governance which focuses on the Sahel and West Africa region.  He also teaches political science courses at the University of Niamey.