Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

Olabisi Delebayo Akinkugbe is the Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law and Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. He is a Founding Editor of Afronomicslaw.org. Professor Akinkugbe’s research covers several topics on issues in and at the intersection of public international law, international economic law, human rights, law and development, international courts, and regional economic integration in Africa. He explores these issues from the national, regional, and international contexts. His research draws on critical traditions such as socio-legal approaches to law, post-colonialism, and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), among others. Professor Akinkugbe holds several leadership positions within international law and international economic law journals. Professor Akinkugbe is active in the governance of international societies and pro- fessional associations in his field.