Prof. Dr. Joseph Adeniran Adedeji

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsUrbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning
Keywordssustainable urban drainage systems, climate change adaptation/mitigation, climate actions, urban nature-based solutions, urban green and blue spaces
Honours and awards

2024: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow, Technical University, Berlin (1 October - 31 December, 2024)

2024: Research Fellow, Technical University, Berlin (1 October - 31 December, 2024)

2021: International Ambassador, OWN – One With Nature, Budapest 2021, Federal Government of Hungary

2021: Research Fellow, University of Applied Sciences, Nürtingen-Geislingen, Germany (1 February 2021– 31 January 2022)

2020: Georg Forster Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1 February 2021– 31 January 2022)

2019: Carson Fellow, Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany (1 October 2019 – 31 January, 2020)

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityAkure-Ondo State
InstitutionFederal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA)
InstituteDepartment of Architecture

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Roman LenzFakultät Umwelt Gestaltung Therapie (FUGT), Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Nürtingen
Prof. Dr. Norbert KühnFachgebiet Vegetationstechnik und Pflanzenverwendung, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand LudwigProfessur für Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture, Technische Universität München, München
Prof. Dr. Brigitte HelmreichInstitut für Wasser und Umwelt, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Joseph Adeniran AdedejiSchool of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA), Akure
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2021

Programme(s)

2020Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Liora Bigon & Joseph Adeniran Adedeji: Urban social sustainability and arboreal lived heritage in a West African capital city. In: Geoforum, 162, 2025, 1-18
2024Joseph Adeniran Adedeji & Roman Lenz: Christian eco-theology and urban climate adaptation in the Yorubaland, Nigeria. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 93, 2024, 1-11
2024Joseph Adeniran Adedeji & Liora Bigon: Cityscapes of hunting and fishing: Yoruba place-making and cultural heritage for a sustainable urban vision. In: Sustainability, 16, 2024, 8494
2023Joseph Adeniran Adedeji: Ecological urbanism of Yoruba cities in Nigeria: An ecosystem services approach. Springer Nature, 2023
2023Joseph Adeniran Adedeji, Adedotun A. Dipeolu and Ayodele S. Jegede (eds.): Landscape architecture and Urban studies: Emerging dimensions for city sustainability. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2023
2023Joseph Adeniran Adedeji: Sacralising landscapes: constructing ‘nature’ in Osun Grove, Osogbo, Nigeria. In Thinking With Urban Natures. In: Global Environment, 16, 2023, 191-198
2023Joseph Adeniran Adedeji: Yoruba Architectural Sites in Nigeria. In: Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, N/A, 2023, 1-14
2021Joseph Adeniran Adedeji: Socio-spatial (re)construction of open spaces of universities as gendered places in South-west Nigeria. In: Covenant Journal of Research in the Built Environment, 9, 2021, 24-45
2020Joseph Adeniran Adedeji, Adedeji, Fadamiro, J. A. and Odeyale, T. O: Design toolkits for campus open spaces from post-occupancy evaluations of federal universities in South-west Nigeria. In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10, 2020, 296-311