Geoffrey I. Nwaka, MA (Birmingham), PhD (Dalhousie), Nigerian, Professor of History and formerly Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; several years of teaching and research in  Nigerian universities, and   guest researcher/visiting scholar at a number of universities and research institutes in Europe, Australia and North America; research interests in historical and contemporary urban issues, environmental protection, and African development; and served in government during 1990/91 as Special Adviser to the Governor of Imo State.

Visiting Scholar, Flinders University of South Australia, (Adelaide) 1992.

Visiting Scholar, University of Economics, Vienna, Austria, 1992 - 1993.

Mellon Visiting Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Sept.

15 – October 14, 2010

Speaker, Earth System Governance Conference, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5-8 November 2018. 

Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Public Policy, National University of Singapore, June 28 – 30, 2017

Speaker, 2016 IASC European Regional Conference, University of Bern, Switzerland, May 10 – 13, 2016

Speaker, World Social Science Forum 2015, ICC Durban, South Africa, Sept 13 – 16

Some Publications

The urban informal sector in Nigeria: towards economic development, environmental health, and social harmony Global Urban Development Magazine, 2005 – (Prague)

     “The Urban Poor, the Informal Sector and Environmental Health Policy in Nigeria” in Hahn, H and K. Kastner, eds., Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African Perspectives, Bielefeld, Germany, 2012, pp. 29 - 40   

     “Planning Sustainable Cities in Africa”. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. Vol. 5 (1) 1996, pp. 119-136 (Canada).