Tunde A. Abioro
(PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University) is a Faculty Member and lectures in the Department of Local Government and Development Studies. His research interest includes: human security, border administration, and comparative governance. He has conducted research in land-related struggles that played out through religious and ethnic dimensions as well as resource control among ethnic nationalities in Africa. He is willing to expand it to transforming societies. Currently, he is researching into the Trends and Turns of Tackling Human Security through Socio-Economic Interventions in Africa.
Joseph C. A. Agbakoba
(PhD) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nigeria. He has been visiting professor at Frankfurt and Cape Coast, a Humboldt Fellow, Bayreuth Academy Fellow, Volkswagen Foundation grantee and fellow. He has been president of the Nigerian Philosophical Association. He is currently a Regional Coordinator for the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, the Vice President for Africa of COMIUCAP and a member of the Steering Committee of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP).
Omolara Victoria Akinyemi
(PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University) is a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria since 2013. She holds both a BSc and MSc in International Relations from the Obafemi Awolowo University and has been involved in research on political economy issues in ECOWAS, as well as border issues, focusing on the risks for conflicts and insecurity and factors of opportunity for international cooperation and wider integration in the West African Subregion. She has been participating and presenting academic papers in a number of local and international conferences. She is a member of African Borders Research Network.
Gabriel A. Akinbode
(PhD, University of Lagos) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Lagos, where he obtained his BSc and MSc in Industrial/Organisational/Work Psychology. His research interests are in the areas of Work Psychology: Leadership and supervision, Industrial Psychometrics, Occupational Health and Safety Psychology, Cyber-Forensic and Environmental Psychology, Human Psychological Functioning and Dysfunctional Behaviors (Territoriality/Violence/Terrorism/Aggression) as well as Psychology and Public Policy.
(PhD, University of Lagos) holds a BSc (Hons) in Sociology from the then Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti; MSc (Hons) in Marketing, and MSc (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Lagos. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Lagos. He is a Chartered Accountant and Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). His research interest is in migration, on which he has published a number of research works and participated in several local and international conferences.
Folusho Ayodeji
(PhD, University of Lagos) is a Lecturer with the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos. His expertise covers Industrial/Organisational Psychology and Social Psychology. Over the years, he has conducted several research works on change management, work-life balance and dysfunctional behaviours in organisations. He has publications in reputable national and international journals. He is a member of Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM).
Sandra Bhatasara
(PhD, Rhodes University) is a sociologist, researcher and gender expert. Her MSc is in Public Policy and Human Development which she obtained from Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Netherlands) and another MSc in Sociology and Social Anthropology from the University of Zimbabwe. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Governance and Public Management at the University of Zimbabwe. Her core research interests are in intersectionality studies of gender and social inclusion, environment, natural resources management and climate change adaptation, land, livelihoods and agrarian issues.
Craig Calhoun
(PhD) is Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University. Previously, he was Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and a Professor at NYU, Columbia, and UNC-Chapel Hill. He has published widely in social theory, comparative historical sociology, cultural and institutional analysis, and political economy. His most recent books are Degenerations of Democracy (with Charles Taylor and Dilip Gaonkar) and The Green New Deal and the Future of Work (edited with Ben Fong).
lectures in the Department of Social Studies, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. He also lectures in the Department of Social Science Education (Part-Time), Delta State University, Abraka (Agbor-Campus). He holds a MSc (Ed) and an MSc (Ed) (Social Studies Education). He began his lecturing and researching career in 2013. He has published over 45 scholarly articles between 2013 and 2022. He has presented over 30 research findings in national and international conferences/workshops in his area of interest. He is the Coordinator, Weekend Programme (NCE) College of Education, Agbor.
Okpowhoavotu Dan Ekere
is a Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos. He holds a BA (Hons) degree in Philosophy with second class upper division (University of Benin); Master of Arts (MA) degree in Philosophy (University of Lagos) and currently on his PhD research. His areas of research interest cut across Socio-Political Philosophy, African Philosophy, Ethics, Axiology, Epistemology and Philosophy of Development. He has presented papers in conferences both locally and internationally and has published scholarly articles in both local and international journals of repute. He is also a television and radio commentator, a Public/African Affairs analyst, social commentator and community leader.
Edwin Etieyibo
(PhD, University of Alberta) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). His expertise are in ethics, political philosophy, African philosophy, social contract theories/and history of, history of philosophy, epistemology, early modern philosophy, Descartes, philosophy of law, applied ethics, African socio-political economy, philosophy of education and with children. He is co-author, editor and co-editor of several books including, Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation; Perspectives in Social Contract Theory; Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum; Method, Substance and the Future of African Philosophy; Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era; Deciding in Unison: Themes in Consensual Democracy in Africa, Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person; African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy, Chair of the Wits Philosophy Department and Secretary of the African Philosophy Society.
Obvious Katsaura
(PhD, University of the Witwatersrand) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is an urban sociologist whose current research interests are in, and at the intersections of, the fields
Owen Mafongoya
(PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Great Zimbabwe University. He holds an MSc in Sociology and Social Anthropology (2011) and an Honors degree in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe (2007). He is a consultant, researcher and has published a number of journal articles and book chapters, position papers, monographs and policy briefs. His areas of interest include gender and human rights, gender mainstreaming, conflict resolution and management, food security, climate change, indigenous knowledge, and policy advocacy.
Paramu Mafongoya
(PhD, University of Florida) holds an MSc in Applied Plant Sciences as well as an MSc Agricultural Development from Wye College, University of London (UK) and a BSc (Hons) Agriculture from the University of Zimbabwe. He has vast experience of working with various international organizations and universities in the areas of agricultural research and consultancy, development, education, and integrated natural resources management. Currently he is South Africa Research Chair in Agronomy and Rural Development at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His experience is multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, multi-institutional and multicultural.
Maxwell Mudhara
(PhD, University of Florida) lectures at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. He is a director of the Farmer Support Group (FSG), a community development, outreach and research centre at UKZN. His experience is in small-scale farming, research and extension, participatory approaches, and economics of smallholder farming systems and project impact assessment and food security analysis. He has published many peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters in the areas of agricultural economics, smallholder production systems, agricultural development, agricultural marketing.
William Muhumuza
(PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, School of Social Sciences, Makerere University in Uganda. He has lectured at the University since 1996, done several researches and published
Rutanga Murindwa
(PhD, Janavpur University) is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, School of Social Sciences, Makerere University in Uganda. He has lectured at the University for many years, researches and published many articles in local and internationally recognized Journals and books. He has supervised hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students and served as an external examiner for over ten universities in Africa. One of the books he has authored includes Politics, Religion and Power in the Great Lakes Region-CODESRIA. He is the founding member and a Senior Research Fellow of Center for Basic Research (CBR), a member of CODESRIA and OSSREA, among others. His research interests include political economy, political theory, social movements, democracy, labor studies and social history among others.
Muchaparara Musemwa
(PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) is a Professor of History and Head of the School of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is a past President of the Southern African Historical Society; former editor of the South African Historical Journal; serves on the executive boards of directors of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organisations; European Society for Environmental History; and International Water History Association. He serves on the editorial boards of the Water History Journal and the Environment and History Journal. He has published widely on environmental history and on water history and politics in Zimbabwe.
Julius Niringiyimana
is a PhD candidate (Political Science) and Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Makerere University, Uganda. He is a CODESRIA laureate and mentee under the College of Academic Mentors Institute. His recent publications are on oil politics, land rights, livelihoods and mandelaism. His research interests include natural resource management, conflicts, social movements, governance and political economy of development.
Victor Clement Nweke
is a PhD candidate, Interdisziplinäres Promotionszentrum (IPZ), University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. He is also an affiliate researcher/editorial assistant
Admire M. Nyamwanza
(PhD, University of Manchester) is a Research Specialist in the Inclusive Economic Development (IED) Division of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa. His research focus on and revolves around climate change adaptation, livelihoods, food and nutrition security and rural development. His research is informed mainly by social resilience and political economy theories. He has primary fieldwork experience in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa and to a limited extent, Zambia and Mozambique. He has and MA in Sociology and Social Anthropology from the University of Zimbabwe, and his PhD is Development Policy and Managemen.
Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh
(PhD, University of Derby) is a Professor at Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria. He acquired his BA from Delta State University, Abraka and MA from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is the author of Mediatisation of Nigerian Elections: Issues and Perspectives for African Democracy. He is also the co-author (with Fred Omu) of Mass Media in Nigerian Democracy; and Political Economy of Media Operations in Nigeria (with Muyiwa Popoola).
Diana Ekor Ofana
holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and currently a PhD candidate at the University of Fort Hare. She is a member of the Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP). Her teaching/research interests include (but not limited to): African philosophy, African studies, African ethics, political and social philosophy and gender studies. She has experience as a lecturer for the modules social and political philosophy, African philosophy, logic and ethics, and introduction to philosophy at the University of Fort Hare. She is driven by philosophical curiosity and the need to harness that curiosity in such a way that she can continue to grow and contribute to knowledge creation.
Lucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya
(PhD, University of Calabar) is a postdoc at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a PhD from the University of Calabar. His areas of specialization
Charles Nkem Okolie
(PhD) is from Mgbowo in Enugu State, Nigeria. He holds a BSc (Ed) in Philosophy, an MA in Philosophy and an LLB. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. He has published widely in reputable journals.
Zainab Monisola Olaitan
is a PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria where she studied for her MA as a 2019 MasterCard Foundation Scholar. She is presently researching on the impact of descriptive women’s representation on the substantive representation of women in Africa. She obtained her BSc (Hons) in Political Science with First Class from the University of Lagos. She completed her second degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics as a 2018 Mandela Rhodes scholar. She is keenly interested in contributing to research in political thought, decolonisation, conflict, and peace studies, gender, and representation.
Olakunle Lateef Olaniran
is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Educational Foundations, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He specializes in Sociology of Education with particular focus on Child Labour in Nigeria.
Adesoji A. Oni
(PhD) is a Fulbright scholar and an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He specializes in Sociology of Education and teaches Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education and Comparative Education at the University of Lagos. His area of research and focus includes: Social problems in education, Social change in education, Teacher Education, Sociology of Higher Education, social deviances/social disorganizations in education with particular emphasis on students’ secret cult in Nigeria. With over 140 publications to his credit he has published widely in these areas.
is currently an MPhil student at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He has a Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated with a First-Class Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle
(PhD, University of South Africa) lectures at the Department of Philosophy, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. His doctoral study and research was conducted in the Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology where he investigated African epistemic process as a foundation for an African Environmental Philosophy.
Takesure Taringana
(PhD) is an Economic Historian and Senior Lecturer in the Department of History Heritage and Knowledge Systems at the University of Zimbabwe. His research interest is primarily in agrarian economic history of Zimbabwe as shaped by the global capitalist economy. He has also published on environment and rural likelihoods.
Akin Tella
teaches discourse analysis, pragmatics and literary stylistics in the Department of English, University of Ibadan. He has published research articles in reputable journals. He is a member of the Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN), African Pragmatics Association (AfPra) and English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN). His current research focuses on the discursive negotiation of identities in Nigerian election campaign interviews and its implications for sustainable democratic culture.