Dr. Irekpitan Okukpon

Biography

Irekpitan is an Assistant Professor and currently Interim Director of Research at the School of Law, Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences (FOMLSSS), University of Bradford, United Kingdom.

Her core areas of research include wider International Marine & Environmental Law (specifically Electronic/Plastic Waste Governance), Business & Human Rights, with additional research in Criminal Justice Responses to Violent Extremism. Since the attainment of her PhD, her research focuses on inclusive waste management governance and development, and the intersections between the governance of electronic/plastic waste and human rights in Africa and the European Union. Her research has been highly impactful and cited by various policy and industry stakeholders.

Irekpitan has led several research projects with international organisations such as the MacArthur Foundation,  Heinrich Boll Foundation,  Ford Foundation, International Labour Organisation, among others. She has facilitated trainings and collaborative projects with national institutions such as the Nigerian Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS); Ministry of Justice, Nigeria and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

She is also an expert in curriculum development, with a track record of work with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Institute, the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Currently, she is an Academic Advisor for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and Member, Steering Committee of the African-Focused Research Network

Teaching

Waste Management & the Circular Economy

International Environmental Law

Business, Human Rights & the Environment

Sustainable Development Law in Contemporary Business & Society

Employment Law

Modules

• International Environmental Law (Distance Learning) - LAW7052-B
• Environmental Law - LAW6021-B
• Business Human Rights and Environment - LAW7041-B
• Employment Law - LAW6025-B
• Waste Management Law - LAW7091-B
• International Environmental Law - LAW7021-B
• Business Human Rights and Environment (Distance Learning) - LAW7064-B
• International Waste Law and the Circular Economy (Distance Learning) - LAW7092-B
• Sustainable Development Law in Contemporary Business and Society - LAW7030-B
• Sustainable Development Law in Contemporary Business and Society (Distance Learning) - LAW7054-B

Professional activities

Publications