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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).

Academic positions

Research Fellow/ part-time lecturer

School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Tampere University, Finland.

Research Partner/Host

(Sept. 2019- Dec 2019)

In “Problems of Re-Entry in Finland faced by previously Incarcerated Individuals using the services of KRIS and KRITS”; A Finnish-American Fulbright commission funded research lead by Professor Richard S. Jones

Visiting Assistant Professor:
(Sept. 2009-Dec. 2009)

Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Focus of work there was on policing, public attitude towards crime and the process of ex-offender re-entry.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
(2009-2011)

Tampere University School of Management/Politics. A Finnish Academy of Science Funded project. “Making It in the Free World: Strategies for Successful Re-Entry”.

Major Research Funded

2009

Three Years Post-Doctoral Research Project. Finnish Academy of Science Fund. (2009-2011). “Making It in the Free World: Strategies for Successful Re-Entry.”

2006

The Scientific foundation of The City of Tampere grants (June 2006-May 2007).

2006

University of Tampere Study Grant (January 2006-May 2006).

2005

University of Tampere Study Grant. (January 2005-December 2005).

2004

VAKAVA. National Graduate School for Political Science and International Relations. Tampere. 2 months 2 weeks grants, from (1st of .March 2004 till 14^th of May 2004).

2003

University of Tampere Ph.D. 3 months "start-up grants" (June till August 2003).

Students Supervision

2013

Tutored a graduate student: Petra Suontausta on her Master’s Degree thesis in School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her focus was on the process of desistance of juvenile offenders in Finland.

2011

Tutored a graduate student: Dimitrios Sannas on his Master’s Degree thesis in Comparative Social Policy in the department of Social Sciences. His focus was on rehabilitation for ex-offenders, and living conditions inside prisons in Greece.

Organized Conference and Guest Speaker

2013

Guest Lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences “Comparative Perspectives in Crime Control week”. Helsinki Finland. Delivered two hours lecture on “Convict Criminology”.

2010

Principal –Conference organizer, “Global Perspectives on Re-entry” at the University of Tampere, June 9-12, 2010, with Professor Richard S. Jones, Marquette University. Researchers and practitioners from 13 countries participated in this conference. Work on this conference included advertising, recruited participants, and raising funds to support the conference. In addition, I developed a workshop for graduate students that ran congruently with the conference.

2010

Guest Speaker to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, in March 2010. During the University’s Criminal Justice week. Delivered two hours lecture on “Finnish Gentle Justice” (Correctional System in Finland).

Conference Papers

2019

Ekunwe, I. and R.S. Jones. “The Professional Ex: The role of KRIS Finland in the re-entry process.” presented at Convict Criminology for the Future. In a two-day conference at University of Padua, Italy

2011

Ekunwe, I. and R.S. Jones. “Looking at the effects of human dignity in prison reform: a comparative study of Finland and United States of America,” presented at The 5^th International Cure World Conference on Human Rights and Prison Reform, Abuja Nigeria.

2010

Ekunwe, I, “Re-entering Society Begins Prior to Release” at Global Perspectives on Re-entry” in University of Tampere, Finland.

2009

Ekunwe, I. and R.S. Jones. “The Role of Education in the Re-entry Process,” presented at the annual meetings of the American of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston. USA.

2008

Ekunwe, I. and R.S. Jones. “The Problems of Re-entry: A comparative study of Finland and USA,” presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis. USA.

2007

Ekunwe, I. “The Spiral Effect of Incarceration: Bridging the gap between inmates and families,” presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta. USA.

2006

Chaired the third panel in the second International Conference of European Universities, Security in Multicultural Europe. April 24-25 2006. Jozefow. Warsaw. Poland

Scientific and Societal Impact of Research

Refereed Journal Articles:

2020

Ekunwe, I. and R.S. Jones: “The Professional Ex: The role of KRIS Finland in the re-entry process. In edited book Convict Criminology for the Future by Jeffrey Ian Ross & Francesca Vianello. (Accepted for publication, forthcoming. (2021))..

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.

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

Work Experience

WORK EXPERIENCE

2026- to date CEO of Teghese Global Ventures Limited

Nigeria

www.tgvfarms.com

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.

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.

Reviewer.

1993 - Till now:

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

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

Nominated the “Eminent Nigerian Personality in Scandinavia” (ENPIS) by Nigerian Embassy in Stockholm. Sweden.