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CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSOR CHIBUZO N. NWOKE PERSONAL DATA: Full Name: CHIBUZO NNATE NWOKE Address: 822, Ifeanyi Uba Crescent, Omole Estate II, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria Telephone: 234-1-0803-893-5478; 234-1-0802-316-2657. E-mail: [email protected] ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: B.BA (Honors) (Business Management), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA, 1975. MIM (International Management), American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona, USA, 1976. MA (Economics), University of Denver, Colorado, USA, 1978. Ph.D (International Studies) University of Denver, Colorado, USA, 1984. MAJOR ACADEMIC AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS: Dean’s Honor’s List Spring 1972 Dean’s Graduating Honor’s List Spring 1975 Departmental Honor’s Award for Special Distinction in Administrative 1972-1975 Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Kent St ate University, Kent, Ohio, USA. Ford Foundation’s Fellowship in International Relations 1979 Institute of International Education’s Internship Award for Graduate 1979 Distinction in International Relations Doctoral Fellowship Grant, Graduate School of International Studies, 1977-1984 University of Denver, Colorado, USA. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Nigerian Society of International Affairs (Secretary-General). Nigerian Economic Society. Society for International Relations and Strategic Studies. 2 Nigerian Political Science Association. Policy Commission on Governance & Institutions, Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Board of Trustees, Eme Awa Institute in Governance and Democracy. CURRENT POST: Ag. Vice Chancellor, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Professor, Department of International Relations, College of Management & Social Sciences, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ile-Ife, Osun State. PREVIOUS POSTS: Jan-April 2015: Professor, Head, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Southwestern University, Okun-Owa, Ogun State, Nigeria. 2010-2014: Professor, Head, Department of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 2007-2009: Associate Research Professor (Contract), Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos. 2003- 2006: Associate Professor (Contract), Department of History & Int’l Studies, Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos. 2002: Retirement from NIIA. 1997-2002: Associate Research Professor, NIIA. 1992-1996: Senior Research Fellow, NIIA. 1987-1991: Research Fellow I, NIIA. 1985-1987: Research Fellow II, NIIA. SOME ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT NIIA: 1994-1995: Director of Research and Studies 1995-2002: Head, Division of International Economic Relations, 3 Dept. of Research & Studies. 2007-2009: Head, Division of International Economic Relations, Dept. of Research & Studies. SOME SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AT NIIA: NIIA’s Representative at the National Committee Against Apartheid (NACAP). Served as Chairman, Sub-Committee on Documentation. NIIA’s Representative at Standing National Focal Committee on GATT and UNCTAD Matters. Visiting Research Scholar, Bennet College, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. NIIA Delegate at Two-Week International Seminar on “Democracy and Good Governance”, Sponsored by the Japan International Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan. Corresponding Advisory Editor, The Nigerian Social Scientist (A Newsletter of the Social Science Council of Nigeria). NIIA’s Representative at CODERSIA General Assembly Meeting on: “Crises, Conflicts and Transformations”, Dakar, Senegal. Produced several policy papers commissioned by the Nigerian Government, including the President’s Annual Foreign Policy Speeches, Debt Management Policy, Implications of 9/11 for International Security, etc. Lectured at several Enlightenment and Capacity-Building Programmes (for National War College, the Presidency, National Assembly, etc), mounted by the NIIA. Lectured at the Foreign Service Academy on “International Economic Relations Issues”. Chairman, Research and Documentation sub-committee, National Steering Committee, Fourth German-African Forum. NIIA Representative at National Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee, Fourth German-Africa Forum, Abuja. NIIA Representative at UN Global Compact, Nigeria Network Steering Committee. Chairman, Planning Committee for International Conference on “Facilitating International Trade and Investment Towards Vision 2020 in Nigeria”. COURSES TAUGHT AT LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY: International Economic Relations Since 1945 4 Advanced Foreign Policy Analysis Economic Development in Africa Multinational Corporations and the Third World Problems & Prospects of Regional Integration in Africa Introduction to Defense and Strategic Studies Africa and the Outside World Power and Diplomacy in the Contemporary World Strategic Thought Since 1914 to Present International Organizations and World Peace Dynamics of the International Economic System International Economic Institutions The United Nations and Global Security International Political Economy Nuclear Strategy SOME SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AT LASU: Coordinator, Postgraduate (Masters and MPhil/Ph.D) Programmes, Department of History and International Studies. Chairman, Curriculum Review Committee, Dept. of History and International Studies. Supervisor, several BA, PGD, MA & MIRSS Projects. DUTIES AT LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY: Head, Department of Politics & International Relations Lecturing and Research. Member, Lead City University Senate. Member, Examinations Board, Faculty of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurial Studies. Member, Departmental Committee on Post-Graduate Studies. Guest Editor, African Journal of International Affairs and Development. Undergraduate Project Supervision (Twenty Students). Post-graduate Supervision (Ph.D & Masters) COURSES TAUGHT AT LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY: 5 International Economic Relations I International Economic Relations II Politics of International Economic Relations Research Design and Methodology Nigerian Foreign Policy: Conduct and Administration Elements of Contemporary International Studies Theories of Development and Underdevelopment Structure of International Society Foreign Policy Analysis Research Methodology and Qualitative Techniques Evolution and Structure of the Modern International System DUTIES AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Head, Department of Political Science and International Relations Lecturing and Research Member, Southwestern University Senate COURSES TAUGHT AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Political Economy Diplomacy Nigerian Foreign Policy Research Design & Methodology Foreign Policies of the Great Powers EXTERNAL EXAMINER/SUPERVISOR Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Osun State University, Osogbo. University of Abuja, Abuja. Kwara State University, Ilorin. Covenant University, Otah. 6 CONSULTANCY WORK: 1989: Consultant to the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC). Prepared Document entitled: “Trends and Prospects of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria”, being Back-ground Reading Material for UNCTC’s High-Level Workshop on “Negotiation of International Financial Agreements”, Lagos. 1990: Consultant to Standing National Focal Committee Advising Minister of Trade on GATT and UNCTAD Matters. 1991: Consultant to Commercial Law and Taxation Committee of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Prepared Lead Discussion Paper on: “The Prospects of South Africa’s Re-Entry into the World Market: Some Implications for the Nigerian Economy”. 1992: Consultant to Strategic Management Workshop, organized by the Business Education Examinations Council, in Collaboration with the University of Calabar. Prepared Discussion paper on: “Nigerian Economic and Business Environment: Present and Future Challenges”. 1995: Consultant to First Bank, Plc, Lagos. Produced paper on: “Energy Availability and Socio-Economic Development”. 2002: Consultant to Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. Produced Document: “Regionalism, Integration, Cooperation and Hegemonies in the World: Relevance to Integration of West African States”. 2005: Member (Development Economist), International Team of Consultants on Study: Assessing Impact of an Economic Partnership Agreement on the Nigerian Economy” (An EU-Funded Project for the Nigerian Government). 2005: Member (Development Expert), International Team of Consultants on Study entitled: Assessing Impact of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff on the Liberian Economy (An EU-Funded Project for ECOWAS). MAJOR DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCES ATTENDED: Nigerian-Brazilian Dialogue, July 1986 Nigerian-Soviet Union Dialogue, December, 1987 7 Nigerian-Chinese Dialogue, December, 1988 International Conference on Dismantling Apartheid in South Africa, April 1989 Nigerian-Cuban Dialogue, June 1990 Nigerian-Russia Dialogue, September 1993 Nigerian-Chinese Dialogue, August 2011. United Nations General Assembly Annual Session, September 2000 COUNTRIES VISITED: USA; Canada; Switzerland; Great Britain; France; Spain; Cuba; China; Japan; Ghana; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Cote d’Ivoire; Cameroon; Egypt; Ethiopia; Senegal; Australia; South Africa. MAJOR ACADEMIC CONFERENCES ATTENDED (SINCE 2002): May 2002: Presented paper at a Regional Conference on Gender and Poverty in West/Central African Sub-Region, organized by Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Title of Paper: “The Paradox of Poverty and Underdevelopment in Nigeria”.