For an overview of Akinyinka Akinyoade's research and publications, visit his profile on the ASCL website.

Akinyinka Akinyoade is the Chair of the Researchers' Assembly of the African Studies Centre Leiden. Initially trained as a Hydrologist, his skills in quantification and community engagements as a Statistician altered his academic trajectory to Technical and Substantive Demography. At a much higher level, he obtained a Doctoral degree in Development Studies with emphasis on Population and Rural Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague. Akinyinka’s research activities pay special attention to fertility dynamics and pioneering futures of health in West Africa; migration process in Africa; inclusive development (productive employment in Nigeria and Kenya), and entrepreneurship in Africa.

His work experience spans Nigeria (Population Statistician at the National Population Commission); Ghana (Lectured at the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Coast, and provided professional assistance as an Editor in the 5-year multi-round survey of the Demography Unit of the UCC); and Country Coordinator Nigeria for the Tracking Development project that compared development trajectories of Nigeria and Indonesia.

A Senior Researcher at the ASCL, Akinyinka gives lectures on Quantitative Research Methodology; his latest research activities are on intercontinental migration from Africa, agricultural value chain development by multinational corporations in Africa. He is a member of the collaborative research group Governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development.

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