Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale

Biography

Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale (PhD) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Ibadan. Prof Omobowale studies Development in Context. He has won the University of Ibadan Postgraduate School Award for scholarly publication, 2007, Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique Research Fellowship 2009, American Council of Learned Societies-African Humanities Programme Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2010 and African Studies Association (USA) Presidential Award 2014. Prof Omobowale was also a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for African Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA in November 2014. His works have appeared in peer review journals and edited volumes locally and internationally. He served on the Board of Editors of the International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest (2009) and he is the author of The Tokunbo Phenomenon and the Second-hand Economy in Nigeria (2013). Prof Omobowale is the Editor of the Ibadan Journal of Sociology and he is also an International Partner and Participant in the International Network on Women on the Move COST Action (CA19112) 2020-2022 https://www.cost.eu/cost-action/women-on-the-move/#tabs|Name:overview (ao.omobowale@gmail.com)