A Nigerian postdoctoral researcher, Dr Ernest Udalla, will join St Antony’s College Ladipo Adamolekun Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oxford in Hilary, 2024.
A statement by the university said that the Adamolekun Postdoctoral Fellowship supported research on Nigerian public administration, adding that it was opened to those who had been awarded their PhD at a Nigerian university to prepare publications based on their dissertation which should be focused on the study of public administration in Nigeria.
It revealed that the Fellowship was established in perpetuity by Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun (St Antony’s, 1972).
“He is a Nigerian public administration scholar, former Dean of the Faculty of Administration at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and a former lead public sector management specialist at the World Bank.
“The inaugural Ladipo Adamolekun Postdoctoral Fellow is Dr Ernest Udalla. He will take up his fellowship in January 2024. He was appointed from a strong field of over 40 eligible applicants by a committee chaired by three St Antony’s Fellows who work on Africa and social policy, Professors Miles Larmer, David Pratten and Thomas Hale.”
The statement added, “Udalla holds a PhD in Political Science with specialisation in Public Administration from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, and a Junior Research Fellow, at the Institute for French Research in Africa, University of Ibadan.
“He has published in both local and international journals and has many book chapters to his credit. His research interest areas include public administration and public policy.”
