Ayodele Oloko

Researcher, University of British Columbia
I am a Yoruba-speaking Nigerian woman who has lived and studied in Africa and abroad. My academic training so far has focused on the application of both natural and social science methodologies to critically examine human-ecological interactions within rural communities, where small-scale fishing and agriculture are both essential components of rural livelihood sustainability. My interest in this research topic stems from decades of research on traditional ecological knowledge, gender, climate change adaptations, and fisheries sustainability. I have been involved in international research collaborations, including the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries Society, the Food Climate Biodiversity Project, and the Illuminating Hidden Harvests project, a collaboration between the FAO, World Fish, and Duke University. I own responsibility and have a passion for speaking for vulnerable fisherfolk and indigenous people in fisheries through my scholarship and publications.

Presently, I am a research assistant at the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries (UBC). I am also a biology undergraduate diversity research mentor. I mentor, coordinate, and supervise undergraduate research programmes. My doctoral research revolves around the impacts of climate change and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing on women fisherfolk and fishermen.

Education
Bachelor of Science: Fisheries and Aquatic Biology:
Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria (2012)

Master of Science: International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology
University of Bremen, Germany.(2019).

PhD, Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2022-present)

Research Institutions/Affiliations

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Lagos State University, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Biology (2008-2012)

Research Assistant
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project (Lagos State Case Study) (2015)

Researcher
The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
Funder: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) - German Academic Exchange Service (2018-2019)

Researcher
Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries Society.(2019-Present)

Researcher
Illuminating Hidden Harvests project, a collaboration between the FAO, World Fish, and Duke University (2019-Present)

Researcher
Too big to ignore (2020-Present)

Research Consultant
Gender and Fisheries, World Fish (Malaysia) (2020)

Researcher
Fisheries Economic Research Unit-Institute for Oceans and Fisheries (UBC) (2022-Present)

Researcher: West Africa Case Study
Food Climate Bio-diversity Project at the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia (2022-present)