BIO-SKETCH
TITLE(PROF/DR/):DR.
NAME: WAZIRI BABABTUNDE ADISA
POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SPECIALISATION: CRIMINOLOGY
EDUCATION/TRAINING(BeginwithBachelor’sdegreeorotherinitialprofessionaleducation,suchasnursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)
INSTITUTIONANDLOCATION | DEGREE (if applicable) | Completion Date MM/YYYY | FIELDOFSTUDY |
University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria | B.Sc. | Nov./2000 | Sociology |
University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria | M.Sc. | June/2004 | Sociology |
University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria | Ph.D. | April/2014 | Sociology |
A. PersonalStatement
I am an Associate Professor of Sociology (Criminology) in the Department of Sociology, University of Lagos. My academic and research interest has been concentrated on the challenge of organized crime and insecurity in the West African sub-region. With keen interest in political and policy reforms, I have undertaken research on corruption in the police and the judicial system in Nigeria. I am currently exploring opportunities to collaborate with colleagues around the world on reducing youth radicalism, terrorism and banditry in the global south.
B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours
- External Examiner on PhD Thesis Assessment to Faculty of Humanities, NorthWestern University, South Africa 2025
- Fellow of Institute of Security, Nigeria, 2024
- Fellow of Institute of Criminology and Strategic Studies, Nigeria, 2024
- Fellow of Lagos Studies Association, LSA, 2018
- Journal Reviewer and Article Editor (SAGE OPEN, African Security Review, International Review of Offender Therapy etc)
C. Selected Most Recent Publications/ContributionstoKnowledge(five(5)maximum)
- Adejoh, S.O. , Osazinwa, P. ; Busari-Akinbode, S.; Gborogen, R.; Awodein, A,; Adisa, W. ; Tade, T. & Badru, F. A. (2024) Insights into the Experiences of Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 18 (1-10) DOI: 1177/29768357241,SAGE publications
- Adejoh, S.O. , Wellignton, O.; Adisa, W.B.; Attoh, F. & Eliphus, T.O. (2023) Exploration of Factors that Influence Divorce: Voices of Divorcees in Lagos, Nigeria, Social Work and Society, International Online Journal, 21 (2) http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-sws-3132
- Muhammed, A. Y., Adisa, W.B., Ayodele, J., Gbadeyan, O, J., & Garba, E. (2023) State Responses to Herder-Farmers Conflict and Peace-Building in Rural Grazing Areas of Nigeria, Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 16 (2) 146-228 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JACPR-02-2023-0775/full/html?skipTracking=true Emerald Insight
- Adisa, W.B. (2023) State, Politics and Military Media Relations: A Theoretical Statement In Olunifesi Suraj and Allwell Uwazuruike In Military-Media Relations in Post-Colonial Nigeria: Clashes, Ethics and Prospects, UK, Ethics International press Ltd ISBN: 978-1-80441-247-3 197-223 https://ethicspress.com/products/military-media-relations-in-post-colonial-nigeria Ethics International Press, United Kingdom.
- Adisa, B., Ayobade, A. & Shittu, A. (2022) Street Trading and the Law: A Test of Vendors’ Encounters with Bribery and Extortion of Task Force Officials in Lagos State, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 58 (7) 1055-1075, https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221081764 SAGE Publications.
Collaborators/Networks (International inclusive, five(5)maximum)
- Davide Casciano, USA (Collaborated with him on a Six Weeks Workshop on Politics of Organized Crime in the West African Sub-Region).
