Kalu N. Kalu is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science & Management (Organizational Systems) at Auburn University Montgomery, USA; Docent Professor at Tampere University, Finland; and Fulbright Scholar. He has been a Research Affiliate at The Whitney and Betty Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies (Yale University); Post-Doctoral Fellow (Yale University, and Yale University School of Medicine, 1996-2000); FDD Academic Fellow, on Counterterrorism and Intelligence (Israel); and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. He is Visiting Professorial Fellow & Research Scholar at the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA), Kaduna. He is a recipient of two Certificates in Joint Strategic Leadership (2010), and National Security Decision Making (2011) from the United States Air War College (MAFB).

Kalu’s articles and publications have appeared in top peer-reviewed journals such as Public Administration Review, Administrative Theory & Praxis, International Review of Administrative Sciences, American Review of Public Administration, Systemic Practice and Action Research, International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Administration & Society, Contemporary Politics, Defence Studies, Air & Space Power Journal, and Journal of Political and Military Sociology. He has authored several books including State Power, Autarchy and Political Conquest in Nigerian Federalism (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008); Citizenship: A Reality far From Ideal (co-edited with Nada Kakabadse and Andrew Kakabadse, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, 2009); Technology, Culture, and Public Policy: Critical Lessons from Finland (Routledge Publishers 2017); Citizenship: Identity, Institutions, and the Postmodern Challenge (Routledge Publishers 2017); Political Culture, Change, and Security Policy in Nigeria (Routledge, 2018); A Functional Theory of Government, Law, and Institutions (Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019 – Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2020); and Beyond Westphalia: The Modern State and World Order in the 21st Century (forthcoming 2026).