Felix Oludare Ajiola | Economic History | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Felix Oludare Ajiola | Economic History | Best Researcher Award

Felix Oludare Ajiola, Ph.D. is a Nigerian historian specializing in African, economic, and social history, with a focus on urban and environmental studies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan (2021), and has held various academic positions at the University of Lagos since 2015, currently serving as a Lecturer 1. His research explores themes such as cocoa production in Southwestern Nigeria and urban crime in Lagos. Dr. Ajiola has forthcoming publications in notable journals and a book chapter on Nigeria’s structural adjustment programs, contributing significantly to African historical scholarship.

Publication profile

scholar

Research Interests:

  • African History
  • Economic History
  • Social History
  • Urban & Environmental Studies

Education:

Ph.D. in African History (2014-2021), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. M.A. in History (2010-2012), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. B.A. in History (2004-2009), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Recent Academic Employment:

Lecturer I (2023 – present), Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Lecturer II (2019 – 2023), Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Assistant Lecturer (2015 – 2019), Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos. Research Assistant (2012 – 2014), Justice S. A. Akintan (Retired Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria)

Publication

  • Early geography of the coronavirus disease outbreak in Nigeria
    Authors: A Olusola, B Olusola, O Onafeso, F Ajiola, S Adelabu
    Journal: GeoJournal
    Year: 2020
    Citations: 26

 

  • Deforestation, Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in South-west, Nigeria, 1960-2015
    Authors: F Ajiola, T Ilesanmi
    Journal: Unilag Journal of Humanities
    Year: 2017
    Volume: 5(1), Pages 206-226
    Citations: 5

 

  • Accumulation and Dispossession: Cocoa Production, Rural Development and the Structural Adjustment Programme in Southwest Nigeria, 1986–1996
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Journal: A Journal of the Department of History & Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
    Year: 2018
    Citations: 3

 

  • British Colonial Land Use Policies and Housing Development in Lagos
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Journal: Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development
    Year: 2022
    Volume: 2(1)
    Citations: 2

 

  • Public Health and Political Governance: The Colonial State and Disease Control in Lagos, 1924–1935
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Journal: Africa Review
    Year: 2024
    Citations: 1

 

  • Cocoa Production and Rural Development in Idanre, Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1996
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Year: 2021
    Citations: 1

 

  • Economies of African States Since Independence
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Publisher: Unilag Press & Bookshop Ltd
    Year: 2021
    Citations: 1

 

  • The development of Afro-Jazz Culture and the Role of Agency in Nigeria
    Authors: FO Ajiola, P Williams
    Publisher: National Institute for Cultural Orientation
    Year: 2020
    Citations: 1

 

  • Michael M. Ogbeidi, Business History and the Lagos School of History, 1962-2016
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Publisher: University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
    Year: 2018
    Citations: 1

 

  • Globalization and the Nigerian Youths
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Publisher: Dahomey International Business, ESEP Le-Berger Université, Republic of Benin
    Year: 2016
    Citations: 1

 

  • Urban Crime in the Lagos Traffic: An Ethnography at the Crossroads of Multiple Codes of Ethics
    Author: FO Ajiola
    Journal: Journal of African Cultural Studies
    Year: 2024
    Citations: 0

 

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