With a PhD in geography from the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne since 2004, Djibril Diop has been a professor at the School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, since 2007, and at the Department of Political Science, since 2018, at the University of Montreal. 

Previously, Dr Diop was a research manager for a better operationalization of the concept of Proximity Security Governance (PSG) in Senegal before becoming, between 2019 and 2020, the Principal Consultant for the Senegalese National Gendarmerie as part of the preparations for the Presidential Council on Internal Security (2019-2020).  

Throughout his career, he has focused on development challenges, urban management and governance, particularly in the fields of security and the environment. 

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