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Lere AMUSAN

Professor
college of Management and Social Sciences (COMSS)
Political Science and International Relations Programme

Lere Amusan is a professor of International Relations with research focus on food politics and policies. He also has interest in political economy and foreign policy analysis. He has published widely and attended conferences in five continents. Lere is currently the Provost of the College of Management and Social Sciences. He is serving on several committees in the University.

Education
  • B.Sc., International Relations (1990), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1990.
  • M.Sc., International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1993.
  • D.Litt. et Phill (PhD), International Politics, South Africa University (UNISA), 2006
Research

Presently, my research focuses on food security and food sovereignty. These have taken me to the issue of Genetically Modified food where I am vigorously pushing for organic food as against unhealthy food that only satisfy agro-businesses for healthy profit.

Institutional Service
  • Provost, College of Management and Social Sciences.
  • Member, Committee of Provost and Directors.
  • Chair, Abstract Committee, College of Management and Social Sciences.
  • Member, Board of Post-graduate school, Bowen University.
  • Member, Senate Committee on NUC Accreditation
Professional Service
  • Member, Mid-West Political Science Association, USA.
  • Editorial Board member, Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of African and Global Issues Quarterly.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Affairs and Development.
  • Guest Editor, African Renaissance, Special Issue.
  • Guest Editor, Journal of African Foreign Affairs.
  • Editorial Member, Journal of African Union Studies.
  • Editorial Reviewer, Journal of Asian and African Studies.
  • Editorial Reviewer, Indian Quarterly.
  • Editorial Reviewer, Journal of Administrative Sciences.
  • Editorial Reviewer, Politeia: Journal of Political Science and Public Administration.
  • Reviewer, Regional and Federal Studies.
Selected Publications
  1. Lere Amusan and Olufunke I. Ajoje. 2023. Local Community, Food security and Environmental Sustainability: A Study of Chinese Expulsion from Tourmaline Mining Sites in Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria. African Renaissance. `Special Issue October: 13-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2023/sin1a1.
  2. Samuel Chukwudi Agunyai, Lere Amusan and Remi Ajibewa. 2023. Local Government, COVID-19 and Food Security at the Grassroots Level: Any Hope for the Vulnerable in West Africa?. African Journal of Development Studies. Special Issue 2: 75-91.
  3. Samuel Chukwudi Agunyai and Lere Amusan. 2023. Implications of Land Grabbing and Resource Curse for Sustainable Development Goal 2 in Africa: Can Globalization Be Blamed? Sustainability. 15(14): 10845.
  4. Lere Amusan, Thabang Motsweledi and Oladiran Afolabi. 2023. Flooding in KwaZulu Natal and its Impacts on Food Security between 2021 and 2022 among Women in Rural Areas. Gender and Behaviour. 21(1): 21020-21031
  5. Samuel Chukwudi Agunyai, Lere Amusan and Oladejo Oluwatobi. 2022. Fulani Pastoralism and National Integration Question in South Western Nigeria. Journal of Nation-building & Policy Studies. (si1): 81-100.
  6. Ipeleng Mamokete Nwafor and Lere Amusan. 2022. An Assessment of Women’s Participation in South Africa’s Foreign Policy Decision-Making and Execution. Politicon: Jurnal Ilmu Politik. 4(2): 159-182. DOI :10.15575/politicon.v4i2.18067
  7. Lere Amusan and Samuel Oyewole. 2022. Precision Agriculture and the Prospects of Space Strategy for Food Security in Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2022.2090224 .
  8. Lukman Saka and Lere Amusan. (2022). ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of People and Goods: Is Implications for Nigeria’s National Security. African Journal of Development Studies (AJDS). Special Issue, January, pp. 99-119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2634-3649/2022/SIv2a6.
  9. Lere Amusan and Victor O. Okorie. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 Regime on Labor Within Food Systems: Wither BRICS Now and Beyond? Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies. 14(1), pp. 32-42. DOI: https://doi-org./10.1177/09749101211067094.
  10. Lere Amusan. (2021). Climate of Fear and Food Insecurity in Africa. African Journal of International Affairs and Development (AJIAD). 25(1-16)..
  11. Lere Amusan and Samuel C. Agunyai. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis of lockdowns in Nigeria: the household food security perspective. Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review. 9(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v9i1.484.
  12. Lere Amusan, Akokuwebe, Monica E and Odularu, G. (2021). Women Development in Agriculture as Agency for Fostering Innovative Agricultural Finance in Nigeria. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. 21(7), pp. 18279-18299. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.102.19345 .