The OGEES Institute is proud to announce the appointment of seven international sustainable development scholars into the editorial board of its Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (JSDLP).
The JSDLP is Nigeria’s first interdisciplinary sustainable development journal, published by the fastest growing private University in Africa- Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti. The journal hopes to foster the rapid dissemination of preliminary research results and other work in progress by teaching and research scholars in Africa and across the world in the area of sustainable development law and policy. The OGEES Institute hopes to publish two issues per year.
Following the success of the maiden edition, which was published this year, the Institute has now moved to sustain the momentum and to solidify the reputation of the journal by appointing leading experts and scholars in sustainable development law and policy. The Editorial Board, now composed of international development scholars and experts from Italy, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Nigeria, Canada and the United States would provide leadership and lend their expertise to promoting the journal internationally. By this appointment, plans are now in top gear to release the second volume of this international refereed journal in September.
According to the Editor in Chief of the Journal, Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi, “It is a remarkable feat that these leading scholars have agreed to support the journal and to work with us. This only confirms the potentials and promise of this journal and of OGEES Institute itself as Africa's center for sustainable development research. We thank Aare Afe Babalola for his vision and for supporting the Institute, we shall not rest on our oars”
The Executive Director of OGEES Institute, Mr. Patrick Tolani also noted that “this is another positive step that confirms that the OGEES Institute has come to stay and prosper; and that it will continually provide credible leadership in the area of sustainable development in Africa. This journal is one of the vehicles the institute is using to deliver on its four-pronged mandate of research, training, consultancy and publication".
With the level of insightful submissions received already, the second edition promises to be yet another collection of insightful articles in the field of sustainable development law and policy.
A call for submission has been released. We welcome submissions until 30 August 2013. All enquiries and submissions are to be directed to info@ogeesinstitute.edu.ng
EDITORIAL BOARD
Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Ph.D (Oxford), LL.M (Yale), LL.B (McGill)
Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is a leading international jurist and scholar in the field of sustainable development law and policy. She is the Senior Legal Expert in Sustainable Development at the International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy, a Senior Director of the Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) Montreal Canada and a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chile, Santiago. She has authored and edited over eighty publications in sustainable development law, including eighteen books in three languages
Prof. Alastair R. Lucas QC, B.A., LL.B., (Alberta.), LL.M., (British. Columbia.), Professor and former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada
Prof. Alastair Lucas is a Professor of Energy and Environmental Law at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has been a consultant and policy advisor to several government departments, and held numerous professional appointments internationally. He is a Special Legal Advisor to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and as a member of the Governing Council of the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL). He has over fifty publications in the area of international and comparative environmental and energy law.
Prof. Melda Kamil Ariadno, LL.M (Washington), Ph.D (Washington)
Prof Ariadno is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia and the Editor-in-Chief of the Indonesian Journal of International Law. She has over three dozen publications in international environmental law, law of the sea and international maritime law.
Prof. Ezendu Ariwa, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Prof. Ezendu Ariwa is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. His research and publication interests cover areas of clean technology, renewable energy, Green Computing and Healthcare Informatics . He serves as a Visiting Professor at Gulf University, Bahrain, Visiting Professor at University of Lagos, Nigeria, Visiting Professor in Management Sciences and Computer Science at the International Karakurum University, Gilgit and Visiting Professor in Management Information Systems at European School of Economics, London Campus, as well as Visiting Professor of the Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Green Computing, the Associate Editor of the International Journal of E-Politics and the Associate Editor of International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST).
Dr. Ebenezer I. Adodo LLM, PhD (National University of Singapore)
Dr. Adodo is an expert in International Trade Law with special focus on international banking including the mechanics of international syndicated bank loans agreements, inter-bank electronic funds transfers. He currently teaches at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom where he convenes seminars in Contracts Law, and International trade law.
Bukola Faturoti LL.M (London School of Economics), LL.M (Robert Gordon), Ph.D (Durham)
Mr. Faturoti is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the Online MBA and MBA Oil and Gas Management Programmes at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. He has extensive publication and teaching interests in mediation, negotiation and arbitration. Bukola had taught Telecommunications and e-Media Law and Comparative Company Law. Presently his teaching responsibilities include International Commercial Dispute Resolution, Arbitration Laws, International Trade Law, International Business Law and Advanced Business Law.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi – Editor-in-Chief and Director for Research and Training
Dr. Bayo Oluduro – Associate Editor, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Studies
Dr. Rhuks Ako – Associate Editor, Natural Resources, Energy and Environment
Dr. Chilenye Nwapi – Associate Editor, Oil and Gas Law and Policy
Mr. Ayo Olaniyan – Associate Editor, Climate Change, International Environmental Law
Mr. Ifeoluwayimika Bamidele –Associate Editor, Health, Agriculture and Renewable Energy
Ms. Omolola Olarinde – Managing Editor (Design, Logistics and Production)
Mr. Moronkeji Kolawole – Editorial Secretary.