Professor Oka Obono Chair Population Studies Unit, University of Ibadan

Professor Oka Obono
Chair Population Studies Unit, University of Ibadan

Oka OBONO is Professor of Sociology; Chair, Population Studies Unit; Director, Centre for Human Resource
Development (2017-9); Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (2014-7), University of Ibadan. He has
taught at the University of Calabar (1990-8, 2019-20); University of Ibadan (1998-); Brown University, USA
(2000-2); Bowen University (2006); Leiden University, the Netherlands (2010-1, 2015); the University of the
Western Cape, South Africa (2011-2), Osun State University (2021-2); and facilitated Leadership/Entrepreneurship training at numerous global Masterclasses. A Certified Management Consultant, Chartered Mediator/Conciliator, Recipient of the Calabar Distinguished Award for Academic Excellence (2010). Prof. Obono is Adviser to WHO (1996-), and consults for APOC (Ouagadougou), CODESRIA, ECOWAS, ETL, IPCR, IRI (US), Ecorys (the Netherlands), FCDO (UK), OSIWA (Dakar), Population Council (New York), SEEK (Berlin), SSRC (New York), TBWA, UNDP, UNECA, UNOWA, UNRISD, WACSI (Accra), and Yozumannion (UK). Professor Obono is CEO, Case Studies Consulting Ltd. and President, Yakurr Academic Society.