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Nathanael Ojong

Nathanael Ojong

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science
Faculty Fellow

nojong@yorku.ca
https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/nojong/

Dr Ojong is Assistant Professor of International Development Studies and Deputy Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University. He is a

Dr. Ojong is Assistant Professor of International Development Studies. He is Associate Editor of the journal Sustainable Development, Associate Editor of Energy Exploration & Exploitation, and is a member of the Knowledge Network of African Experts established by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa to help shape economic and social policy in Africa.

His work encompasses renewable energy technologies and electricity capitalism, energy and sustainability, urban and rural livelihoods, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, informal economies, social determinants of health, and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa.

His work has appeared in journals such as Nature Energy, Energy Research & Social Science, Environmental Research Letters, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Rural Studies, and Journal of Business Research.