FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi (PhD)
- Emaildolawuyi@hbku.edu.qa
- Phone+974 4454 2906
- Office locationC 03.016, College of Islamic Studies Building
Biography
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.
Research Interests
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International Petroleum Transactions
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Energy Law and Policy
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Climate Change Law and Policy
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Africa and the Middle East
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International Environmental Law
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Business and Human Rights
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Business Organizations
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Structuring Transactions: Business Practice
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Environmental Dispute Resolution
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International Commercial Arbitration
Experience
Senior Visiting Research Fellow
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2016 - PresentChancellor’s Fellow and Professor of International Law
Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
2016Senior Lecturer in Law
College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria
2012-2016David Sive Scholar
Columbia Law School, New York
2016-2016Visiting Professor of Law
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
2015, 2016
Barrister and Solicitor
Energy Practice Group, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2012-2016University Research Fellow
Energy and Environmental Law, University of Calgary, Canada
2011-2012Consultant
Energy and Environmental Law, International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy
2011
Education
DPhil
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2013LL.M
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, United States
2009LLM
University of Calgary, Canada
2008
BL(First Class Honours)
Nigerian Law School, Abuja, Nigeria
2006LLB (First Class Honours)
Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria
2005
Selected Publications
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Damilola Olawuyi (ed), LOCAL CONTENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2021)
2021 -
Practical Considerations To Negotiate An Enforceable Joint Operating Agreement Under Civil Law Jurisdictions
(2nd Edition, Kluwer Law International, 2020) with Eduardo Pereira
2020 -
‘Energy Poverty in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region: Divergent Tales and Future Prospects’
in 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.
2020 -
Sustainable Development and Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Legal Challenges and Emerging Solutions
103 (1) Journal of Environmental Science & Policy (Elsevier)
2020 -
Can MENA Extractive Industries Support the Global Energy Transition?
Current Opportunities and Future Directions (2020) Extractives Industry and Society Journal (Elsevier)
2020 -
‘Local Content Policies and Their Implications for International Investment Law’ in Julien Chaisse et al
Handbook of International Investment Law (Springer, 2019) 1-21.
2019 -
EXTRACTIVES INDUSTRY LAW IN AFRICA (SPRINGER, 2018)
2018 -
THE HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH TO CARBON FINANCE (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016)
2016 -
Local content and procurement requirements in oil and gas contracts: Regional trends in the Middle East and North Africa (2019) 37 (1)
JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) 93-117.
2019 -
‘Advancing Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies as Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Use in the Middle East: Trends, Limitations, and Ways Forward’ in Donald Zillman, Martha Roggenkamp, LeRoy Paddock and Lee Godden, (eds.)
Innovation in Energy Law and Technology: Dynamic Solutions for Energy Transitions (Oxford University Press, 2018) 354-370.
2018 -
‘Sustainable Aviation and the Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies to Africa: Paradoxes, Barriers and Prospects’ in Armand de Mestral, Paul Fitzgerald, and Tanveer Ahmad (ed),
Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation (Cambridge University Press, 2018) 154-174.
2018 -
‘Energy (and Human Rights) for All: Addressing Human Rights Risks in Energy Access Projects’, in Raya Salter, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2018) 73-104.
2018 -
‘Human Rights and the Environment in Middle East and North African (MENA) Region: Trends, Limitations and Opportunities’, in James May & Erin Daly (eds)
Encyclopaedia of Human Rights and the Environment, Indivisibility, Dignity and Legality (Edward Elgar, 2018).
2018 -
‘Advancing Environmental Justice in a Post Brexit United Kingdom’ in Oonagh Fitzgerald & Eva Lein,
Complexity's Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit (McGill-Queens University Press, 2018) 225-240.
2018 -
Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on Biological Diversity in Nigeria: Current Issues and Future Directions (2018) 7 (1) GLOBAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW (BRILL) 37-60 (With Olaitan Olusegun)
2018 -
Advancing Clean Technology Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region: Law, Education and Policy Imperatives
7 (1) GLOBAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW (BRILL) 115-133 (With Mohammed E. Tok and Cristina D’ Alessandro)
2018 -
From Technology Transfer to Technology Absorption: Addressing Climate Technology Gaps in Africa
36:1 JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) 61-84.
2018 -
Climate Justice and Corporate Responsibility: Taking Human Rights Seriously in Climate Actions and Projects
34:1 JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (Taylor and Francis, London) (2016) 27-44.
2016 -
Increasing Relevance of Right-Based Approaches to Resource Governance in Africa: Shifting from Regional Aspiration to Local Realization 11 (2)
MCGILL INT. JOURNAL OF SUST. DEV. LAW AND POLICY (2015) 113-158.
2015 -
A Proposal for a Compensation Mechanism For Small Island States: Response to Maxine Burkett 13 (1)
SANTA CLARA J. OF INTL. LAW (2015) 133-149.
2015 -
Damilola Olawuyi, Legal Strategies and Tools for Mitigating Legal Risks Associated with Oil and Gas Investments in Africa 39 (3)
OPEC ENERGY REVIEW (Blackwell Wiley) (2015) 247-265.
2015 -
Harmonizing International Trade and Climate Change Institutions: Legal and Theoretical Basis for Systemic Integration 7 (2)
LAW AND DEVELOPMENT. REV. (2014) 107–129.
2014 -
Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa through the Clean Development Mechanism: Legal and Institutional Issues Considered 17 (2)
AFRICAN J. OF INT. & COMP. LAW (Edinburgh University Press) (2009) 270-301.
2009
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