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Godwin Uyi Ojo
Researcher at Friends of the Earth International
Publications - 11
Citations - 338
Godwin Uyi Ojo is an academic researcher from Friends of the Earth International. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental justice & Environmentalism. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 282 citations.
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Between activism and science: Grassroots concepts for sustainability coined by Environmental Justice Organizations
Joan Martinez-Alier,Isabelle Anguelovski,Patrick Bond,Daniela Del Bene,Federico Demaria,Julien-François Gerber,Lucie Greyl,Willi Haas,Hali Healy,Victoria Marín-Burgos,Godwin Uyi Ojo,Marcelo Firpo de Souza Porto,Leida Rijnhout,Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos,Joachim H. Spangenberg,Leah Temper,Rikard Warlenius,Ivonne Yánez +17 more
TL;DR: In their own battles and strategy meetings since the early 1980s, environmental justice organizations and their networks have introduced several concepts to political ecology that have also been taken up by academics and policy makers.
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Not So Natural an Alliance? Degrowth and Environmental Justice Movements in the Global South
Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos,Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos,Ivonne Yánez,Patrick Bond,Lucie Greyl,Serah Munguti,Godwin Uyi Ojo,Winfridus Overbeek +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors systematically evaluate tensions and possible analogies between the scope of action of environmental justice (EJ) organizations operating in the Global South and the main propositions of the degrowth movement.
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Community Perception and Oil Companies Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative in the Niger Delta
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on communities in the Niger Delta and conclude that CSR is only coincidental to community development.
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Bringing the other into political ecology: Reflecting on preoccupations in a research field
TL;DR: This paper argued that political ecology often appears to be a project in which work by Anglo-Americans in particular, if it is not privileged, certainly predominates, and drew on postcolonial thinking to emphasize the need to reassess and reorient the field as "other" political ecologies are feasible and desirable.
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Image Re-branding in a Fragile State: The Case of Nigeria
Godwin Uyi Ojo,Iro Aghedo +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that countries are judged not just by what they say but also what they do, and that inherent contradictions such as sectarian violence, ethnic tension, and corruption underline Nigeria's underdevelopment and its reputation at home and abroad.