Rhoumour Ahmet Tchilouta is a political geographer, consultant and associate researcher at Grenoble Alpes University. He researches EU–Sahel cooperation on migration and border management, human trafficking and smuggling, border violence, and the socio-political dynamics of artisanal gold mining in the Sahara–Sahel. He holds a PhD in political geography from Grenoble Alpes University and Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey.