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some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull,
some have weird names, and all are different colours ....
but they all exist very nicely in the same box."

 
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EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Soc. Sc.                                                                
University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences. Finland.

M.Sc.                                                              
University of Tampere. Department of Political Science and International Relations.
Finland.

Two Years Marketing Program.                      
International Centre of Business Studies,
Thessaloniki Greece.

                  

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English (official language).

Edo (mother’s tongue).

Greek (fluent).

Finnish (good).


WORK EXPERIENCE

2017 Introduction to Criminal Justice.
(30 h). Lectures. University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences.

2017 Comparative Criminal Justice.
(35 h). Lecture & Prison Excursions. University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences

2016 Introduction to Criminal Justice.
(30 h). Lectures. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2016 Comparative Criminal Justice.
(35 h). Lecture & Prison Excursions. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2015 Introduction to Criminal Justice.
(30 h).Lectures. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2015 Comparative Criminal Justice II.
(35 h). Lecture & Prison Excursions. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2014 Comparative criminal justice.
(30 h). Lecture & Prison Excursions. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2013 Contemporary Criminological Theory and Comparative Crime & Punishment.
(30 h).Lecture & Prison Excursions. University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

2011 Politics, Penology & Corrections.
(20 h). Lecture. University of Tampere. School of Management/Politics.

2011 Tutorial Seminar and Consultation for International Ph.D. Students.
(20 h) Lecture. University of Tampere. ISR (YTI).

2010 Workshop Coordinator: Current Issues in Crime and Punishment Students.
(20h). Lecture. University of Tampere. ISR (YTI).

2010 Tutorial Seminar and Consultation for International Ph.D. Students.
(20 h). Lecture. University of Tampere. ISR (YTI).

2009 Tutorial Seminar and Consultation for International Ph.D. Students.
(20 h). Lecture. University of Tampere. ISR (YTI).

2009 Sept. till Dec. Visiting Assistant Professor.
Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin. USA.

2008 Lecture (24 h) (Politics, Penology & Corrections II).
University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2007 Lecture (30 h) Politics, Penology & Corrections I (Prison excursion + research paper). University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2006 EWPS9. Lecture (30 h) Crime and Deterrent policy (Prison excursion + research paper).
University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2005 Lecture (30 h) Crime and Political Impacts (Prison excursion + research paper).
University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2004 Lecture (30 h) (Crime and Deterrent Policy)
University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2004 Lecture (30 h) (Nature & Causes of Crimes) Seminar and Excursion. University of Tampere, Department of Political Science & International Relations.

2003 Lecture (4 h) (Social Dimension of Globalisation). University of Tampere, International School of Social Sciences. (ISSS).

1992-1993 Export Manager. 
Fenno Alutrading Oy.Pirkkala   (Tampere) Finland.

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Re-entry Problems and Qualitative Methods.

Convict Criminology Theory.

Deviance & Social Control.

Social Problems.

Identity.

Prison Experience.


PUBLICATION

SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH

Refereed Journal Articles:
2016 Stephen C. Richards, Michael Lenza, Daniel S. Murphy, Greg Newbold, Ekunwe, I.O. and Richard S. Jones: A Convict Criminology Essay Comparing the Prison Experience in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Finland. In edited book THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND JUSTICE STUDIES.
(Accepted for publication, forthcoming. (2017).

2012 Ekunwe I.O. & Jones R.S.: Finnish Criminal Policy: From Hard Time to Gentle Justice. In Stephen C. Richards and Michael Lenza edited JOURNAL OF PRISONERS ON PRISONS. Volume 21. #1 & 2. Pp. 173-189. University of Ottawa Press.
http://www.press.uottawa.ca/journal-of-prisoners-on-prisons-v21-1-2.

2010 Ekunwe I.O., Jones R.S. & K. Mullin.: Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Incarceration in Finland.” in The Jackson State University RESEARCHER. PP.1-21. Jackson State University. Jackson, MS 39217. December 2010 Edition. http://www.jsums.edu/researcher/.

2006 Ekunwe I.O: Doing Time in Open Prison in Finland. In JOURNAL OF MODERN SCIENCE. (1/3/2006 Edition) Pp. 383-412. Alcide De Gasperi, University of Euroregional Economy Publishing House. http://www.wsge.edu.pl/files/1-3-2006.pdf.

 

Chapters in Books:
2016 Ekunwe I. O & Stephen Egharevba: The Spiral Effect of Incarceration Bridging the Gap between Inmates and Families. In Stephen Egharevba (Ed.) Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System. By Igi-globlal. December, 2016.
http://www.igi-global.com/book/police-brutality-racial-profiling-discrimination/158182

2014 Richards S. C., Lenza M., Murphy D. S., Jones R. S., & Ekunwe I. O.: Convict Criminology. In M. Miller (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology, First Edition. 2014. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Published 2014 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc106/abstract.

2011 Ekunwe I O.: Re-entering Society Begins Prior to Release, pp. 414-442 in I. Ekunwe and R. Jones (eds.), Global Perspectives on Re-entry. Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press. http://tampub.uta.fi/tulos.php?tiedot=450.

2011 R.S. Jones and I.O. Ekunwe: Doing Re-entry: Accounts of Post-prison release in Finland and the United States, pp. 443-467 in I. Ekunwe and R. Jones (eds.), Global Perspectives on Re-entry. Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press.
http://tampub.uta.fi/english/tulos.php?tiedot=449.

 

Books:
2007 Ekunwe, I.O.: Gentle Justice: Analysis of Open Prison Systems in Finland. A Way to the Future? Acta Universitatis Tamperensis; 1254: Tampere University Press. 2007.
http://acta.uta.fi/english/teos.php?id=10990.

 

Edited Books:
2011 Ekunwe, I.O. and R.S. Jones. (Editors.) Global Perspectives on Re-entry. Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Press. 2011.
http://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedot.php?tuote_id=21226.

 

Other Publications:
2009 Berki E, Ekunwe I and Pöyhtäri R.: Equal Career Opportunities, Acceptance and Tolerance for Foreign Academic Workers in Acatiimi Vol. 8. http://www.acatiimi.fi/8_2009/08_09_04.php

 


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of AJCJS Review Board.

Member of European Society of Criminology.

Member of Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology.

Member of Convict Criminology Association.

Member of the National Graduate School of Political Studies [Politu].

Former Deputy Contact Person of Foreign Scholars in Tampere in University Association of Researchers and Teachers (TATTE).

 

POSITIONS OF TRUST

Editorial Board Member.      The African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies. 
                                               http://www.umes.edu/ajcjs/

Reviewer.                            European Journal of Cultural Studies.
                                            http://ecs.sagepub.com/

1993 - Till now: Nominated the “Eminent Nigerian Personality in   Scandinavia” (ENPIS).
By Nigerian Embassy in Stockholm. Sweden.      

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LECTURES
ISSS

Political Science

RESEARCH

Abstract of Doctorate Dissertation

Abstract of Post-Doctorate Project

Conference on Global re-entry


LEASURE

Fun Quotations

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