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lawal, olawale

olawale
lawal

Olawale Lawal is a Migration and Refugee Studies Professor and holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's premier University. He worked with the Royal Netherlands Embassy from 1997-2005 before joining the Department of History and International Studies, at Lagos State University from 2005 to date He is a senior lecturer of the Department. Dr Lawal was a member of the Lagos History Project established by the former Governor of Lagos Mr Raji Babatunde Fashola from 2012-2015. He was a member of the Lagos State research team at the National Archives, Kews Garden, London. Olawale is a member of the newly formed Lagos State Task Force against Human Trafficking by the Governor of Lagos State. He has published 23 articles in learned journals (including the Pariah State which Wikipedia has used majorly for its publication of the term) both local and international, Chapters in 3 books and 6 works completed and waiting for publication. He has attended a number of academic conferences, some of which are: the 30th Camden Conference on Refugees and Global Migration, Maine. USA, the 19th International Academic Conference, Florence, Italy, World Conference on Climate Change Paris, France, and many conferences locally. He is a member of the Refugee Council, London. Dr Olawale Lawal is the former Deputy Director of LASU Foundation Programme. He got the Research grant of the Tertiary Education Intervention Fund to embark on the Research 'Migration Industry in Nigeria". The research has since been concluded and published. He participated in the HOMSS Migration proposal to the European Commission which engaged 15 scholars from different parts of the world. Olawale Lawal is a Professor of Refugee and Migration Studies
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1386
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1989-3569
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Roles

  • Lagos State University

    University, Ojo, Nigeria
    Lecturing

  • Lagos State Task Force On Human Trafficking

    Governmental Organisation, Lagos, Nigeria
    Member

Research

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Migration Industry in Nigeria: The Cartels, the Capital and the Oaths

Authors Olawale Lawal
Year 2020
Journal Name THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES
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1 Journal Article

The Abidat and Arabu: The Nigerian Migrants in Libya and International Migration Law

Authors Olawale Lawal
Year 2021
Journal Name LAJOHIS
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2 Journal Article
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