TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROFESSOR

NAME: ADELAJA ODUTOLA ODUKOYA

POSITION: PROFESSOR                            SPECIALISATION: COMPARATTIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY

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Personal Statement

As a scholar activist, I am driven by a passion for social justice and popular empowerment rooted in a liberatory pedagogy and epistemological orientation that frontally addresses the crisis and contradictions of the African condition and its imperialist undercurrents. With a research focus on comparative political economy, I explore the intersections of power, politics and accumulation as a basis of understanding the African condition within the global political economy. Through my research, I aim to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the complex challenges of humanity as shaped by global capitalism with particular reference to Africa and people of the global south. I believe in the transformative potential of education and I am committed to accessible education for all. I have a serious concern for the mentoring of students and colleagues. I am committed to rigorous scientific research as a vehicle for radical social transformation. With the trinity of teaching, research and community service rooted in critical thinking and inclusive dialogue I am dedicated to the advancement of humanity in Africa and the world at large.  Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, 1^st August 2023 to date
• Chairman, Joint Board of Studies, Administrative Staff College, Topo, Badagry, Lagos state.
• Acting Head, Department of Political Science, 2019-2020
• Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. July 2007-July, 2008.
• Fellowship, International Secretariat for Human Development (ISHD), York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2007-July, 2008.
• External Assessor for various Universities at various time such as University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Babcock University and Chrisland University.
• Managing Editor, Unilag Journal of Politics, 2015-2020
• Managing Editor, ASUU Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-2021
• Managing Editor, Scholar, 2021-2023
• Coordinator/Consultant, Establishment of Department of Political Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, 2023/2024
• Oyo State Government Award of honour and meritorious service as Convener of Secretariat, Committee for the negotiation of the Sole Ownership of the Lagoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, jointly owned by Osun State and Oyo State, 2021.
• Reviewer of several journals in the Social Sciences
• Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Odukoya, A. O. (2025), Armageddon? Inaugural lecture, University of Lagos. Lagos: University of

Lagos Press.

2. Odukoya, A. O., T, Ebijuwa and K, A, Adedeji (2025, in press), Demoluwabi: Ontologizing the Idea of Democracy in Africa”, in U. S. Akpan (ed,), Theorizing Nigerian Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Communication, Media and Culture. Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Odukoya, A. O. (2024), Culture, Power and Development: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics of

Indigenous Knowledge Devaluation in Africa, School of Postgraduate Studies, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Public Lecture, 28 November. Ogbomosho :LAUTECH Press.

4. Odukoya, A. O. and Ishola, E. (2023), “Political Economy of Nigeria’s Elections: 2023 General

Election in Focus”, in Warisu, A. and Odukoya, A.O. (Eds.), Federalism, Election and Democratic

Governance in Nigeria: A Festscrift in Honour of Prof. Adele L. Jinadu. Lagos: Academic Press (South West). 

5. Odukoya, A. O. and Momoh, A. (2022), “Democracy and Demilitarization in Africa: Towards a Reconceptualization”, in Oloruntoba, S. O. (Ed.), The Political Economy of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Nigeria. N. Y: Palgrave Macmillan.  Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)
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1. Toyin Falola, University of Texas in Austen, Texas, USA
2. Uwafiokun Idemudia, University of Guelph, Canada

• Olu Ojedokun, Protestant University, Rwanda

1. Samuel Oloruntoba, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2. Shijuan Wang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.