[1] He is the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi in Nigeria, a Fulbright scholar, former Director of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies of the University of Ilorin, an ex-member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association and a cultural ambassador to the US under the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York.

[2][4][7][8] Mahfouz A. Adedimeji started his academic career in 2000 at Ladoke Akintola University where he was an Instructor for the Pre-Degree Science Programme from July – December 2000.

[8] Between 2005 and 2006, he was a cultural ambassador and Fulbright Scholar to Governors State University (GSU), Illinois, where he studied and taught.

[8] He eventually joined the University of Ilorin where he rose through the ranks ( of academic ladder) to become a professor in October, 2019.

[2] Apart from peer-reviewed journals, he has also published different genres of books;[8] He is a Fellow and Knight of the World Institute for Peace.