Levi  Obijiofor is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He was at various times Sub-Editor, Production Editor and Night Editor of The Guardian newspapers in Lagos, Nigeria. Between March 1995 and May 1996, he worked in the Division of Studies and Programming (BPE/BP) at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO where he edited the bulletin FUTURESCO and also coordinated the future-oriented studies program.

Levi has taught postgraduate and undergraduate classes across a range of journalism and communication courses and has successfully supervised PhD, Masters and Honours students. 

He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Communication from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree (BSc First Class Honours) and a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. In May 2000, he completed a Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education) course at the University of Queensland.