Adeniran Akanni

PhD Global Governance    

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Adeniran Akanni

PhD Global Governance

aakanni@balsillieschool.ca

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Adeniran  Akanni is  a PhD student in Global Governance  at Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University specialising in Global Environmental Governance.  Adeniran started his scholarship in environmental governance in 2006 when he won the UNEP/UNESCO/BMU fellowship for training in Urban Environmental Governance at the Centre for the International Postgraduate Studies in Environmental Governance for Emerging and Developing Countries (CIPSEM) at the Technische Universitat, Dresden, Federal Republic of Germany.

In 2011, and during the course of his career,he won another fellowship at the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Japan for an MSc degree in Environmental Governance with specialization in biodiversity.

Adeniran is a seasoned environmentalist and has worked in the last twenty years  with the Lagos state Ministry of Environment and Water Resources in Nigeria  where he  coordinates sustainable Development Planning as the Head, Environmental Planning Unit within the Ministry. His area of interest is science-policy interface in the area of food, water, energy and biodiversity having received training in this area in 2018 at the EC -JRC facility in Ispra, Italy.

Adeniran has worked with Institute of Global Environmental Strategy(IGES) and International Tropical Timber Organisation(ITTO) both in Japan as an intern.

Awards

  • Balsillie Doctoral Fellowship,2023
  • United Nations University Scholarship,2011
  • UNEP/UNESCO/BMU Fellowship,2006

Select Publications

  • Akanni A, Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Suberu A (2022). A Checklist of Plants Growing in Lagos Wetland Ecosystems, Lagos, Nigeria. Version 1.1. University of Lagos. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uag8kf accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-12-03.
  • Akanni, Adeniran et al. (2020). A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, p. 219–230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01358-z
  • Akanni, A. (2006). An Assessment of Social and Economic Indicators in Pilot REDD+ Communities of Afi/Mbe in Cross River State, Nigeria. Ecosystem Services (PES), 3, 4.
  • Agboola, J. I., Ndimele, P. E., Odunuga, S., Akanni, A., Kosemani, B., & Ahove, M. A. (2016). Ecological health status of the Lagos wetland ecosystems: Implications for coastal risk reduction. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 183, 73-81.

Book Chapters

  • Ndimele, P. E., Akanni, A., Shittu, J. A., Ewenla, L. O., & Ige, O. E. (2018). Trade-off analyses of ecosystem services in Nigerian waters. In The political ecology of oil and gas activities in the Nigerian aquatic ecosystem (pp. 229-256). Academic Press.
  • Akanni, A., Onwuteaka, J., Uwagbae, M., Mulwa, R., & Elegbede, I. O. (2018). The values of mangrove ecosystem services in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. In The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem (pp. 387-437). Academic Press.

Education

  • University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1990 – 1994, BSc (Hons) Zoology
  • University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,  1995 – 1997,  M.Sc. Virology
  • Technische University Dresden, Germany 2006, Cert. urban Environ.Governance
  • United Nations University-Inst. of Adv. Studies, Japan, 2013
  • MSc Environmental Governance  (specialization in Biodiversity)
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