I am a PhD student in Development studies at the University of Jyväskylä. My research title is " From humanitarian response to Development: Dynamics of localizing aid in protracted Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh".

I am researching on the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Namibian tourism business sector, its governance and the achievements in the implementation of the SDGs.

PhD candidate in Political Science at University of Lapland (since 2025), specializing in resilience and restorative justice. My research explores how restorative justice can add to resilience research in context of conflict and development policy to address structural inequalities, power dynamics, and sustainable conflict resolution.

UN WOMEN Project (Preventing Forced Migration and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria: Build Resilience, Promote Sustainable Development), Development of a NAPTIP Gender Policy and Capacity building on the Implementation of the Policy. February– August 2021. UNHCR Global Compact on Refugees (National Focal Person), February 2019– December 2020. Kolo, L. Ladidi (2009) “Building more effective work teams at Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons”. A thesis written in fulfillment of an MSc in Human Resources Development (International Development). University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Published by University of Manchester Press Kolo, L. Ladidi (2019) “Statelessness. Nigeria’s realities and implications”. A paper presented at the Regional Strategic Meeting on Statelessness in Abidjan, 9th May 2019. Kolo, L. Ladidi (2019) “Mitigating Protection Concerns in Mixed Movements”. A paper presented at the UNHCR Regional Protection Dialogue 2 held in Abuja, 29th January 2019. https://reliefweb.int>report>niger Kolo, L. Ladidi (2020) “Implementing a Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Nigeria”. A paper presented at the Country Meeting for the Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, 9th December 2020.

I am interested in responsible entrepreneurship and building inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems and practices, especially in developing contexts. I am curious about institutions, corruption, intersectionality, and sustainability. I am interested in doing research that contributes to finding solutions to grand challenges, and building a more just and sustainable world.

After my retirement I'm on professorial contract continuing to conduct research and supervise PhD students in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. My own research areas include histories of global development, Finnish development cooperation and Tanzanian long-term development history. I supervise students whose topics are in some way related to any of these.

Access to water and sanitation services remains low for most sub-Saharan African countries, and the progress towards achievement of this access for all by 2030, as per the SDG targets is stunted. The state of low access to water and sanitation has dire socioeconomic repercussions that scientific research can contribute to untangling. My research aims at providing recommendations for enhanced citizen participation in water and sanitation services as a remedy to accelerate water and sanitation services development, the case of Kenya.

I am a  PhD student in Human Geography, in the department of Geographical and Historical Studies at UEF. I am originally a political scientist and I do my research on Geopolitics and International Relations. However my PhD dissertation is The Finnish Influence on International Peacebuilding, where I will be focusing on two cases of conflicts "Russo-Ukrainian War and Palestinian Crisis" 

Adefunke Koyejo is a Doctoral Researcher in the Materials Chemistry Research Group of the University of Turku. Her doctoral research is focused on the “synthesis of materials for electrocatalysis”She holds a Masters Degree in Chemistry from the University of Eastern Finland and has a wealth of experience in synthesis and characterization of functional and hybrid materials. Her current research interests include; electrochemistry, photochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, polymers and their composites and CO2 conversion: with respect to climate change. She has worked as a teacher and has industrial pharmaceutical experience. She has spoken at a number of scientific and non-scientific conferences.

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