6e. African Perspectives on the Old and New World Challenges for Sustainable Development

Track Chairs

Olawale Emmanuel Olayide. Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. waleolayide@yahoo.com; oe.olayide@ui.edu.ng

Peter Ras. Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. raspj@tut.ac.za

Goals and Objetives of the track

Africa, being the world's second largest continent in both population and size, faces enormous challenges of sustainable development. The challenges could be contextualized to two periods: colonialism (slavery trade) and neo-colonialism (brain-drain, land-grabbing and political underdevelopment). Therefore, sustainable development of the continent would require massive reconstruction of decades of misrule, resource mismanagement as well as visioning for peaceful and prosperous continent. These elements would involve the amalgamation of workable old and new methodologies that are adaptable to current realities of the continent. There would be need for paradigm shifts in the social, economic, and environmental aspects, including promotion of region hegemony for sustainable partnerships.

Papers are invited in the following subject areas in relation to Africa:

Perspectives on colonialism and neocolonialism
Indigenous peoples and struggles for renaissance
Leadership and followership
Social and economic development
Natural resources and sustainable development
Education, science and technology
Governments, institutions and legitimacy
Causes and effects of conflicts and wars
South-south cooperation and partnerships for sustainable development
The sustainable development goals and prospects for Africa

You may submit your abstract by visiting the Ex Ordo abstract submission system (you will be required to setup an account first): http://isdrs2017.exordo.com

Olawale Emmanuel Olayide holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He works at the University of Ibadan Centre for Sustainable Development. He is currently a Research Fellow and Sub-Dean at the Centre. He is a diligent, versatile and enterprising scholar. He possesses demonstrable competencies in academic leadership, research and administration. Olawale has authored over 30 publications in form of edited books, chapters in books, peer-reviewed journal articles and monographs (https://goo.gl/llYLkt, https://goo.gl/l7E7dl, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-0807). Olawale is a Member of the Board of the International Sustainable Development Research Society and the Chairperson of the Thematic Working Group on Africa. He is also the Editor of the African Journal of Sustainable Development. Olawale is a Member of the Continental Group on the Biennial Reporting Process of the Malabo Declaration of the African Union Commission.

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