Career Profile
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Dickson Ogbonnaya IGWE, currently, Thirteen years as a faculty in the Department of Criminology and Security Studies, National Open University of Nigeria. Three years as a Reader (Associate Professor of Criminology and Development Studies (CSS), and a year as a PGCOORD, three years faculty representative at SIWESS, RETRIDOL, Quality Assurance, committee membership, research, curriculum, promotion, and discipline. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2019. Served between 2018-2022 as head of Department, Senator, UEC member, UNOD advisory board member and activated Master and PhD programs as well as departmental journal up to third editions, championed an approved blueprint for departmental forensic laboratory and the recruitment of seven faculties to strengthen capacity. His research and teaching interests include Crime, Criminal Justice and Sustainable Development; Governance, activism and Criminality; Crime Scene Processing and Security; Corruption, Transparency and Inclusion and inequality, Identity studies, Social Change; Violent Crime and conflict; Insecurity and Security studies. TETFUND Institution Based Research (IBR) Project, 2024 lead researcher awardee. Fellows and Alumni of Humboldt, TIPS, CODESRA, IFRA, and World Rotary Peace Fellowships. Dr Igwe has authored two books (course materials) (CSS841- Policing and Law Enforcement in Nigeria and CSS381- Domestic Violence) and coauthored three others (CSS852 – (Cyber Criminology and Vulnerability), CSS849 – (Principles of Security Practice and Management). He is widely published in local and international peer reviewed journals and book chapters.
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Dickson Ogbonnaya Igwe
02276
Headquarter
Social Sciences
Criminology and security studies
Lecturer
Reader (Associate Professor)
digwe@noun.edu.ng
08058989545
” B.Sc. (Sociology), Dip (Criminal Justice Admin.), M.Sc, (Criminology) (UNILAG); Dip. (PCR) (Chula. Bangkok, Thailand); M.Phil. (Criminology) and Ph.D. (Criminology and Development) (UI).
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State PhD 2019
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State MPhil 2011
University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos State MSc 2004
University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos State PGD 2002
Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand PGD 2012
National Open University of Nigeria PGDDE 2022
University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos State BSc 2001
Government College, Afikpo – Ebonyi State SSCE/WAEC 1993
Ugwuenu Community Primary School, Onicha FSLC 1988
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“(A) University Administration
• Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator 22/11/2024 till date
• Current chairman Faculty of Social Sciences SIWES Committee 24/11/2022-till date
• Chairman, Departmental Quality Assurance Committee 24/10/2022-till date
• Current Faculty of Social Sciences Representative on the University Research board (RETRIDOL) 24/11/2022-till date.
• Two tenured Head, Department of Criminology and Security Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences 19/1/2018-16/10/2022
• Two tenured Senate Member, NOUN Senate
• Two tenured University Examination Council (UEC) Member, NOUN UEC Faculty of Social Sciences Admission Officer -2018.
• Course Material Development Committee Member, Faculty of Social Sciences – 2014
• As a seating head of department, I planned, execute, moderate, monitor, supervise evaluate human and material resources within my disposal to attend needed goals such as – quality and secured test items, ensured approval, execution and delivery of the initiatives hitherto proposed MSc, PhD, Forensic Laboratory, Departmental Journal, Promotion of three academic and two non- academic staff of the department, ensured zero tolerance to extortion, Writing/editing of course materials (EG. CSS 381, CSS 852, CSS841, ACSS810, CSS812, CSS829, CSS830).
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FSLC 1988
“Criminology: Police and Policing, Military and border security, Criminal Justice
Administration, Victimology, Criminalisation and Recidivism,
Research, Crime Statistics and Cyber Criminology, Security
Surveillance and intelligence,
Political Sociology: Inclusiveness, Power Relations, Collective action, Terrorism, Political
Violent action, Insurgence, democratization, and democracy
Development Studies: Identity, Migration, Inequality, Mediation, Peace Building and Conflict
Studies
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“ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-826X
Google Scholar citation index: (99 50) https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=lWXPPcgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&citft=1&citft=2&citft=3&email_for_op=digwe%40noun.edu.ng&gmla=AL3_ziiM1LWmzHWGCq_NwqOer4vpNrwZ-3OHYCbUqIBLEy_QB10YpXqTSV7wE7SY5pM6eWXXs5xDZ_RrH1JBw2zdvCGUv2RMpxLBGZmaqNY7FU3I21S3tbvbvZLihGNJufLhshzTuASnH37wspMHxLL22DZKfSKKV7Jhhrkydnl9j0_tlX9R3vehHR-LoysFhhA5jVuuRSC84fBh-8EaCpOqfLPVxGdoGj3XhPh1fiIC
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/results/authorNamesList.uri?st1=Igwe&st2=Dickson+Ogbonnaya&institute=National+Open+University+of+Nigeria&origin=searchauthorlookup
Web of Science: www.igwedickson.com
LinkedIn: https://www.scopus.com/results/authorNamesList.uri?st1=Igwe&st2=Dickson+Ogbonnaya&institute=National+Open+University+of+Nigeria&origin=searchauthorlookup
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“Tetfund IBR, 2024, 1.9M, Completing, Tetfund”