Prof. Dr. Joseph Adeniran Adedeji

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsUrbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning
Keywordsclimate actions, urban nature-based solutions, urban green and blue spaces, sustainable urban drainage systems, climate change adaptation/mitigation
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
InstitutionFederal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA)
InstituteSchool of Environmental Technology/Department of Architecture
Homepagehttps://arc.futa.edu.ng/home/profile/450

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
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