OYENUGA Adedeji S.

Meet OYENUGA Adedeji S., an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.

Title

Prof

Designation

SENIOR LECTURER

Department

Sociology

Office

Room 210, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State.

Visiting Hour

Tuesdays 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Awards & Prizes

  1. Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Criminology and Strategic Studies ---- 2021
  2. Ambassador of Peace, Institute of Criminology and Strategic Studies ---- 2021
  3. Core Learning Partner ---- 2019
  4. Education for Justice Ambassador (UNODC) ---- 2018
  5. CODESRIA Laureate ---- 2015
  6. TetFund Scholarship for PhD ---- 2013
  7. Lagos State Scholarship for PhD ---- 2013
  8. CODESRIA Laureate ---- 2007
  9. Face of Sociology ---- 2000

Qualifications

# Certificate SchoolYear
1 PhD University of Ibadan 2017
2 M.Sc. University of Ibadan 2005
3 B.Sc. Lagos State University 2001

Biography

Professor Adedeji Oyenuga is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, at Lagos State University. He holds a B.Sc. degree from the same University, where he graduated as a top student and M.Sc. and PhD degrees from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. His research interests are in Criminology, Social Problems, Deviant Behaviour and Critical Cybernetics. His PhD work was on Cybercrime Subculture in Lagos State and was funded by both the Lagos State Scholarship Board and the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa.
He has contributed articles to textbooks and published in learned journals both locally and internationally in both Sociology and his areas of expertise. He is the Lead Author of “Security Education”. A book is written for Basic One to Nine in the Nigerian Educational System. He is vast in Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SIA) reports, Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) Reports, Technical Report, qualitative and quantitative analysis with the use of the software.
He is a member of Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Practitioners Association (NASA), International Sociological Association (ISA), International Criminological Association, and Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) among other associations.
He is a Core Learning Partner on Education for Justice {e4j) an initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and he is also Education for Justice (e4j) Ambassador for UNODC from 2018 till date. He was involved in the documentary  HYPERLINK "https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/tertiary/cybercrime.html" “Building Digital Armour: Preventing Cybercrime through Education” ( HYPERLINK "https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/tertiary/cybercrime.html" https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/tertiary/cybercrime.html) for UNODC, and “ HYPERLINK "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/facebook-military-scam.html" Connecting the World” ( HYPERLINK "https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/facebook-military-scam.html" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/facebook-military-scam.html) with Jack Nicas for the New York Times (2019). He has also featured in the documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Bloomberg Magazine in 2021. He was a Laureate of CODESRIA in both 2007 and 2015.

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