Bio

Chukwudi is a geographer, environmentalist, and peacebuilder, with a Ph.D. in Population and Development Studies from the University of Calabar. He has made significant contributions across science, policy, and practice in critical areas such as peacebuilding, climate change, and environmental hazard mitigation, among others. His research has been widely published and presented at prestigious conferences such as the Globelics in Accra, NetSci-X in Tokyo, United Nations University Merit’s MEIDE conference in Abidjan, the Conflict Research Society conference in Edinburgh, and so on. Currently, he serves as the Peacebuilding Program Coordinator (Capacity Building) at the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), where he coordinates the design and implementation of peacebuilding interventions. In addition to his role at PIND, Chukwudi is an adjunct lecturer at the Center for Gender, Conflict and Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, teaching postgraduate courses on research methodology and peacebuilding advocacy. As an advocate for sustainable societies in Africa, Chukwudi leads the Sustainability Pathways for Africa project, which produces and analyses environmental risks and hazards data in Nigeria. He is a Chartered Member of the Peace Institute (MPI) in Nigeria, and in his spare time, he advocates for the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies in Africa.