Nationality Nigeria/USA Website alpha.fdu.edu/~ojo | Name Bamidele Ojo Role Author | |
Born April 7, 1960 (age 64) ( 1960-04-07 ) Ibadan, Nigeria Alma mater Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Bordeaux 1, University of Nottingham | ||
Bamidele Adesegun Ojo (born April 7, 1960) is a Nigerian and American political scientist, author and professor of political science and international studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.
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Education
Ojo holds B.Sc, M.Sc., M.phil, LLM, and Ph.D.degrees. He received his degrees; a B.Sc in Political Science, an M.Sc in International Relations and Diploma in French from the University of Ife, Nigeria (now Obafemi Awolowo University); An M.phil (DEA) in African Studies and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bordeaux 1 in France; An LLM in international Law from the University of Nottingham, England and a Ph.D in International Humanitarian law, among other degrees.
Career
Ojo's areas of expertise include African politics, geography and world issues, globalization, human rights, international law,international relations, political violence, and terrorism. He is actively involved in Nigerian politics and was appointed by President Obasanjo as the chairman of the Governing Council of the Michael Imodu National Institute for labour studies (2005–2006) and appointed by former Nigerian President Yar'Adua as member of the National Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research in 2009. A Fulbright senior scholar for teaching and research at the University of Lagos in 2001-2002, Adesegun Ojo was a governorship aspirant in Ekiti state, Nigeria in 2003 and 2006 under the Nigerian ruling party, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ojo was also a member of the Nigerian national delegation to the annual conference of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2006.