Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN (QC), FCIArb, is a Professor and UNESCO Chairholder on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at the College of Law. He is also Chancellor’s Fellow and Director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Nigeria.
A prolific and highly regarded scholar, Professor Olawuyi has practiced and taught law in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Professor Olawuyi has published close to 100 articles, book chapters, and books on petroleum law, energy, and international environmental law.
Professor Olawuyi serves on the executive committees and boards of several organizations. He is Vice Chair of the International Law Association; co-chair of the Africa Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (2016-2019); and member of the Academic Advisory Group of the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy.
Professor Olawuyi holds a doctorate (DPhil) in energy and environmental law from the University of Oxford; a master of laws (LLM) from Harvard University; and another LLM from the University of Calgary. He has been admitted as Barrister and Solicitor in Alberta, Canada; Ontario, Canada; and Nigeria.
Professor Olawuyi is a regular media commentator on all aspects of natural resources, energy and environmental law.
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2016 - PresentAfe Babalola University, Nigeria
2016College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
2012-2016Columbia Law School, New York
2016-2016China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
2015, 2016Energy Practice Group, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2012-2016Energy and Environmental Law, University of Calgary, Canada
2011-2012Energy and Environmental Law, International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy
2011University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2013Harvard Law School, Cambridge, United States
2009University of Calgary, Canada
2008Nigerian Law School, Abuja, Nigeria
2006Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria
2005(2nd Edition, Kluwer Law International, 2020) with Eduardo Pereira
2020in Inigo Del Guayo, Lee Godden, Donald N. Zillman, Milton Fernando Montoya, & Jose Juan Gonzalez (eds.), Energy Law and Energy Justice (Oxford University Press, 2020) 254-272.
2020103 (1) Journal of Environmental Science & Policy (Elsevier)
2020Current Opportunities and Future Directions (2020) Extractives Industry and Society Journal (Elsevier)
2020Handbook of International Investment Law (Springer, 2019) 1-21.
2019JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) 93-117.
2019Innovation in Energy Law and Technology: Dynamic Solutions for Energy Transitions (Oxford University Press, 2018) 354-370.
2018Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation (Cambridge University Press, 2018) 154-174.
2018Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2018) 73-104.
2018Encyclopaedia of Human Rights and the Environment, Indivisibility, Dignity and Legality (Edward Elgar, 2018).
2018Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit (McGill-Queens University Press, 2018) 225-240.
20187 (1) GLOBAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW (BRILL) 115-133 (With Mohammed E. Tok and Cristina D’ Alessandro)
201836:1 JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) 61-84.
201834:1 JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) (2016) 27-44.
2016MCGILL INT. JOURNAL OF SUST. DEV. LAW AND POLICY (2015) 113-158.
2015SANTA CLARA J. OF INTL. LAW (2015) 133-149.
2015OPEC ENERGY REVIEW (Blackwell Wiley) (2015) 247-265.
2015LAW AND DEVELOPMENT. REV. (2014) 107–129.
2014AFRICAN J. OF INT. & COMP. LAW (Edinburgh University Press) (2009) 270-301.
2009