Dr Segun Oshewolo

Dr Segun Oshewolo
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Segun Oshewolo holds a PhD in Political Science and has published widely in his areas of research interest which include foreign policy and diplomacy, democratization, environmental politics, and African affairs. His scholarly works have appeared in leading academic journals such as Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (Routledge), World Affairs (SAGE), Energy Policy (Elsevier), Third World Quarterly (Routledge), African Security (Routledge), African Identities (Routledge), Strategic Analysis (Routledge), India Quarterly (SAGE), and Geo Journal (Springer), among many others. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Before relocating to Afe Babalola University, he was the Chair/Coordinator of Landmark University - United Nation's SDG-16 Study Group (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

Publications

Journals Articles, Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

1. Return migration and the challenges of diasporic reintegration in Nigeria. Third World Quarterly (2022), 43(2), 432-451 [https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2022.2026216 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
2. ‘Citizens’ in foreign policy theorising: President Yar’Adua and Nigeria’s citizen diplomacy. African Identities [2021], 19 (4), 522-535 [https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1804827 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United States].
3. Diplomatic jobs in Nigeria: careerists v. political appointees. The Round Table [2021], 110(4), 520-521 [https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2021.1957237 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
4. A reconsideration of the Afrocentric principle in Nigeria’s foreign policy framework. Geo Journal [2021], 86 (3), 1503-1510 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10114-1 │ Springer │ Netherlands].
5. ‘Instrumentalizing’ the United Nations (UN): Nigeria and its quest for regional leadership in Africa. World Affairs [2021], 184(1), 77-100 [https://doi.org/10.1177/0043820021990551 │ SAGE │ United States].
6. Herder-farmer conflicts: The politicization of violence and evolving security measures in Nigeria. African Security [2021], 14(1), 55-79 [https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2021.1901181 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
7. Has anything changed with illegitimate electoral financing and political power contestation in Nigeria? Cogent Social Sciences [2021], 7(1), 1-21 [https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2021.1961396 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
8. Nigeria’s quest for alternative clean energy development: A cobweb of opportunities, pitfalls, and multiple dilemmas. Energy Policy [2021], 149 (February) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112070 │Elsevier │ United Kingdom].
9. The looming dangers of explosion in community transmissions of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Annals of Global Health [2020], 86(1), 1-5 [http://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2990 │ Ubiquity Press │ United States].
10. COVID-19: Projecting the national security dimensions of pandemics. Strategic Analysis [2020], 44(3), 269-275 [https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2020.1767911 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
11. Is Nigeria really fighting to win the anticorruption war? Presidential body language, “string-puppetting” and selective prosecutions. Journal of Financial Crime [2020], 27(2), 601-617 [https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-08-2019-0109 │ Emerald │ United Kingdom].
12. Nigeria’s border closure drama: The critical questions. The Round Table [2020], 109 (1) 90-91 [https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2020.1715106 │Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
13. Major contentions on Nigeria’s Afrocentric policy. India Quarterly [2019], 75 (3), 351-365 [https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928419860920 │ SAGE │ Indian Council of World Affairs, ICWA │ India].
14. Bringing back the issues: Nigeria’s Afrocentric policy under President Olusegun Obasanjo. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics [2019], 57(3), 324-342 [https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2019.1576278 │ Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
15. Rhetoric and praxis: Nigeria’s Africa diplomacy and the shaping of the African Union. The Round Table [2019], 108(1), 49-65 [https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2019.1565343 │Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
16. President Obasanjo’s response to African conflicts: Peace dividends in other places but mixed outcomes in Darfur. Jigawa Journal of Politics [2019], 2(2), 1-15. A Publication of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria.
17. Unpacking Nigeria’s peace efforts during the second cycle of the Liberian conflict. Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations [2019], 8(15), 258-277 [https://doi.org/10.22456/2238-6912.88399 │ the Brazilian Centre for Strategy and International Relations │ Brazil].
18. President Buhari’s diplomatic gaffes and negative comments abroad. The Round Table [2019], 108(2), 207-208 [https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2019.1592855 │Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
19. Ugly at home and abroad: An account of contemporary Nigerian foreign policy. Political Science Review [2019], 9(1), 1-25 [Department of Political Science │ University of Ilorin │ Nigeria].
20. Nigeria’s peace interventions in Sao Tome and Principe and the Republic of Togo under President Olusegun Obasanjo. African Identities [2018], 16(4), 383-395 [https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2018.1467750 │Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United States].
21. Nigeria in African affairs: Hegemonic and altruistic considerations. The Round Table [2018], 107(3), 291-305 [https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2018.1476095 │Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group │ United Kingdom].
22. Election governance and consolidation in Nigeria: An assessment of the 2011 and 2015 Presidential elections. University of Uyo Journal of Humanities (UUJH) [2017], 21(2), 387-410 [Faculty of Arts │ University of Uyo │ Nigeria].
23. Nigeria’s new diplomatic ‘soldiering’ in Africa: The Obasanjo example. POLAC International Journal of Humanities and Security Studies [2015], 1(1), 203-217 [Nigerian Policy Academy │ Nigeria].
24. Peace and governance in Africa. Covenant University Journal of Politics and International Affairs [2014], 2(2), 45-57 [A Publication of the Department of Political Science & International Relations │ Covenant University │ Nigeria].
25. Deciphering the phenomenon of elite corruption in Africa. International Journal of Politics and Good Governance [2013], 4(4.4), 1-17.
26. Limited policy engagement of NGOs: A guilt trip on the Nigerian state. Contemporary Journal of Social Sciences [2013], 1(1&2), 39-54 [A Publication of the Faculty of Social Sciences │ Kogi State University │ Nigeria].
27. Designed to fail? Nigeria’s quest for biofuel. Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences [2012], 3(3.3), 1-15.
28. Poverty reduction and the attainment of the MDGs in Nigeria: Problems and prospects. Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and the African Diaspora [2011], 5(2), 211-238 [African Studies Centre │ Boston University │ United States].
29. Miseries and fortunes: The interface between globalization and poverty. Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences [2011], 2(2.4), 1-21.
30. The financing gap, civil society and service delivery in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa [2011], 13(2), 254-268 [Clarion University of Pennsylvania │ Clarion │ Pennsylvania │ United States].
31. Politics of integration and marginalization in a federation: The south-south question in Nigerian politics. International Journal of Politics and Good Governance [2011], 2(2.1), 1-15.
32. From hell: The surge of corruption in Nigeria. Academic Leadership Journal [2011], 9(1), 1-8 [College of Education │ Fort Hays State University │ Kansas │ United States].
33. Galloping poverty in Nigeria: An appraisal of government’s interventionist programmes. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa [2010], 12(6), 264-274 [Clarion University of Pennsylvania │ Clarion │ Pennsylvania │ United States].
34. Nigeria’s foreign policy: Continuity, change and contradictions. In R. Ajayi & J.Y. Fashagba (Eds.), Nigerian politics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Pp. 407-426 [2021] [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50509-7_23 │ Print ISBN: 978-3-030-50508-0 │Online ISBN: 978-3-030-50509-7 │ Switzerland].
35. Debt crisis, structural reforms and debt relief. In R. Ajayi & J.Y. Fashagba (Eds.), Nigerian politics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Pp. 259-272 [2021] [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50509-7_13│ Print ISBN: 978-3-030-50508-0 │Online ISBN: 978-3-030-50509-7 │ Switzerland].
36. African development strategies: Wither NEPAD? In Samuel Oloruntoba and Toyin Falola (eds.), The Palgrave handbook of African political economy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 503-517 [2020] [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38922-2_27 │ Print ISBN 978-3-030-38921-5 │Online ISBN 978-3-030-38922-2].
37. Gender representation in Nigeria’s national assembly under the fourth republic. In J.Y. Fashagba, R.M, Ajayi, & C. Nwankwor (eds.), The Nigerian national assembly. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Pp. 189-198 [2019] [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11905-8_11 │ Print ISBN 978-3-030-11904-1 │ Online ISBN 978-3-030-11905-8 │ Switzerland].
38. Primus inter pares: Nigeria and the burden of peacekeeping in Africa. In m. Gaur (ed.), Studies on Nigeria. New Delhi, India: Paragon International Publishers. Pp. 121-135 [2018] [ISBN 978-93-83154-75-3 │ India].
39. Reflections on water and wellbeing: The political imperatives in Nigeria. In M. Muchie & A. Baskaran (eds.), Solutions to access safe and drinking water in Africa. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. Pp. 157-170 [2017] [ISBN 9781569025611 │ United States].
40. Religion in democratic Nigeria: A Janus-faced phenomenon. In F. Omotosho and M. Kehinde (eds.), Democratic governance and political participation in Nigeria, 1999-2014. Denver, United States: Spears Media Press. Pp. 283-292 [2016] [ISBN 978-1-942876-11-3 │ United States].
41. The national assembly. In R. Ajayi and J. Fashagba (eds.), Understanding government and politics in Nigeria. Omu-Aran, Nigeria: Department of Political Science and International Relations, Landmark University. Pp. 99-126 [2014] [ISBN 978-978-942-003-2 │ Nigeria].
42. Ghaddafi and the African Union: The end of an era? In M. Muchie, P. Lukhele-Olorunju, and O. Akpor (eds.), African Union ten years after: Solving African problems with pan-Africanism and the African renaissance. South Africa: Africa Institute of South Africa. Pp. 3-16 [2013] [ISBN 978-0-7983-0387-3 │ South Africa].
43. Historicizing the African development crisis. In A.O. Odukoya (ed.), Alternative development strategies for Africa. A festschrift for Gabriel Olatunde Babawale. Lagos, Nigeria: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC). Pp. 1-26 [2013] [ISBN 978-978-932-671-6 │ Nigeria].
44. Structure and organization of government. In R. Ajayi and Y. Fashagba (eds.), Introductory text in political science. Omu-Aran, Nigeria: Department of Political Science and International Relations, Landmark University. Pp. 133-160 [2012] [ISBN 978-978-057-330-5 │ Nigeria].
45. Book review: Mario J. Azevedo (Ed.), Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora (4th Ed). Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, 2019, pp. 743 [2021], ISBN 159460732X. Insight on Africa, 13(1), 116-119, [https://doi.org/10.1177/0975087820971490 │ Sage │ United Kingdom].
46. Book review: Nwando Achebe and Claire Robertson (Eds.), Holding the World Together: African Women in Changing Perspective. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. 384 pp., ISBN 978-0-299-32110-9. African Studies Quarterly, 19(2), 63-64 [2020] [Centre for African Studies, University of Florida, United States].
47. Book review: Joseph Y. Fashagba, Ola-Rotimi M. Ajayi, and Chiedo Nwankwor (Eds.), The Nigerian National Assembly, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019, xiii + 198 pp., ISBN 978-3-030-11904-1. Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review [Institute for Political Research of the Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest │ Romania].
48. Book review: Jonas B. Bunte, Raise the debt: How developing countries choose their creditors, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, xiii + 276 pp., ISBN 9780190866174. African Studies Quarterly, 18(4), 66-67 [2019] [Centre for African Studies, University of Florida, United States].
49. Book review: Challenges of sustainable democracy in Nigeria, Emmanuel O. Ojo (Ed.), Ibadan, Nigeria: John Archers Publishers, 2008, x + 389 pp., ISBN 97836421045. Academic Leadership Journal, 4 [College of Education, Fort Hays State University, Kansas, United States].
50. Nigeria’s leadership role in Africa and the limits of diplomatic ‘compellence’. Accepted for presentation at the 79^th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 7-10, 2022.
51. A political strategy for the post-pandemic world. A paper presented at the Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit (ISDS), organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. August 16-17, 2021 (Theme: Building resilience for the attainment of the SDGs in the face of COVID-19 pandemic and a changing world).
52. Transition to green energy and sustainable development in Nigeria: A prospective and evaluative analysis. International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment, held at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 23-25 June 2021. [IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science │10.1088/1755-1315/665/1/012029│ IOP Publishing Ltd │Reviewed and Published].
53. Democracy and law under President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure. Second National Conference, Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University of Lafia. Pp. 708-716. Held at the Main Auditorium from Sunday 22 to Wednesday 25 September, 2019.
54. Energy poverty and environmental sustainability in Nigeria: an exploratory assessment. International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment, held at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 18-20 June, 2019. [IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science │https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/331/1/012033 │IOP Publishing Ltd │Volume  331, Conference 1 │Reviewed and Published].
55. Contending views on Nigeria’s quest for dominance in Africa. 30^th Annual Conference of Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) at the Department of Political/Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with the theme: Elections, Security Challenges and African Development. June 26-29, 2016.
56. African Development Strategies: An Assessment of NEPAD. The 2015 Africa Conference at the University of Texas, Austin, with the theme: Development, Urban Space and Human Rights in Africa. April 3-5, 2015.  

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