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Dr Uche Okpara @uche4purpose

Director @nextpathwayslab | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow #UKRIFLF | Senior Lecturer @NRInstitute @UniofGreenwich

Joined November 2009
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New #preprint focused on #transnational #conflict #economies in the #Sahel @nextpathwayslab
New SocArXiv Papers@socarxivpapers
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#SocArXiv: Spatial and Interpretive Mapping of the Sahel Transnational Conflict Economies osf.io/q9p4e
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Prosperity and Peace Pathways Project@nextpathwayslab
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🆕📚 New Paper Released! The nexus of climate and conflict in the Lake Chad Region: what we know, don’t know and need to know | Climatic Change @uche4purpose and team rdcu.be/eNPUj
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New preprint: "Conflict transformation (CT) is well studied but peace-centred development pathways remain under-researched. We present a new #knowledgeproduct @nextpathwayslab advancing systemic use of CT to embed #peace within #development #strategies."
New SocArXiv Papers@socarxivpapers
17 Jul 2025
#SocArXiv: Linking Conflict Transformation to Peace-Centred Development: Pathways and Lessons osf.io/7sjeh
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From Medway to Maiduguri - stories of resilience and victory. Excellent blog from my postdoc Dr Laila @NRInstitute @nextpathwayslab nri.org/latest/news/2025/fro…

From Medway to Maiduguri: stories of resilience in the face of conflict and development challenges

Laila Shahzad, a postdoctoral fellow in peace-centred development at NRI, recently visited Nigeria.

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Congratulations to our brilliant #MSc graduates! Your hard work and dedication have brought you to this remarkable milestone. Wishing you boundless #success ahead! Proud to have been part of your academic journey @NRInstitute #AcademicSuccess #Transformers #university
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From my doorstep to my neighbourhood: #Leeds dressed in its pristine winter silence amidst nature's silent protest against our daily hustle - turning our familiar streets into a breathtaking canvas of white. ❄️🏡🌨️ #uksnow #snow #ClimateAction #bbcbreakfast
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Register to join @nextpathwayslab event on "Connecting and Innovating to Advance Peace-Centred Development Pathways", holding 27 - 28 January 2025 eventbrite.com/e/connecting-…

Connecting and Innovating to Advance Peace-Centred Development Pathways

Join us in-person and online to innovate and advance pathways towards peace-centred development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

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I am excited to introduce the entire @nextpathwayslab project team members. We are advancing research, policy and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of peace-centred development and socially-just futures @NRInstitute #LakeChadRegion #COP29Baku youtube.com/watch?v=-kgr0Sev…
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Excited to share @nextpathwayslab documentary revealing how we are using #bottomup approaches to co-create meaningful prosperity-peace pathways for the #LakeChad region @NRInstitute #UKRIFLF #COP29 #WorldBank #Peace youtu.be/gg1KTRlK4a4?si=4XGs… via @YouTube

Borno Citizen Lab Documentary Part One

Poverty and violence are highest in rural areas in the Lake Chad re...

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As we @nextpathwayslab continue to uncover paths to #prosperity and #peace, the need for 'a reformed multilateral system' is increasingly evident to address complex global challenges and ensure equitable representation of diverse voices in international decision-making processes
UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳
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23 Sep 2024
"I am a committed multilateralist.” “A reformed multilateral system is the path to peace and prosperity on a livable planet." UK Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy at @UN's Summit of the Future.👇
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New article alert! "Negative social tipping dynamics resulting from and reinforcing Earth system destabilization" esd.copernicus.org/articles/…

Negative social tipping dynamics resulting from and reinforcing Earth system destabilization

Abstract. In recent years, research on normatively positive social tipping dynamics in response to the climate crisis has produced invaluable insights. In contrast, relatively little attention has...

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World Resources Institute
@WorldResources
18 Sep 2024
Why are the next 3 months critical for people, nature and climate?🌱 Decision-makers from nearly every country on the planet will attend a series of high-profile international summits between now and the end of the year. Together, they have an unprecedented opportunity to finally put the world on track for a livable future. More from WRI's President & CEO @AniDasguptaWRI▶️ bit.ly/4e7JXKe #ClimateWeekNYC #UNGA #COP16 #COP29
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🚨 Job Alert! New #postdoc position in the area of Peace-Centred Development is immediately available in my group @NRInstitute @nextpathwayslab #UKRIFLF Details here > jobs.gre.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?…

Jobs at Greenwich

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Another year and another #birthday! I'm truly thankful to God for another year of life. Happy birthday to me. And thanks @KLM @LeedsAlumni @UniversityLeeds for your warm birthday wishes early this morning youtu.be/zBc91-ilWMg?si=K8Rx…
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Had #lunch with a few of my #MSc students @NRInstitute several months ago during our field trip to #Wales. Wishing them good health and speed as they write up their #dissertations
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Happy to announce that my PhD students @NRInstitute and I will host a panel session on "defueling violent conflict and climate crises in drylands" tomorrow at the Environmental Peacebuilding Conference in the Hague @EnvPeacebuild. Exciting times ahead!
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Recently presented @nextpathwayslab research on "the nexus of climate & conflict in the #LakeChad region: what we know, don’t know and need to know " at the @ussee 2024 conference in #Albany New York State. ▶️Talk is accessible here in our research brief sway.cloud.microsoft/tXWxA5T…
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In #Albany New York this week with #ecologicaleconomics colleagues debating new ways to tackle the #collectivedelusion that characterise current #economicsystems & #conflicteconomies in order to save the #world nytimes.com/2024/06/08/books…

Shrink the Economy, Save the World? (Published 2024)

Economic growth has been ecologically costly — and so a movement in favor of ‘degrowth’ is growing.

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Our @nextpathwayslab "YOUNG CITIZENS PANEL" is starting right now in the city of #Maiduguri. Our goal is to track the politics of knowledge underpinning prosperity and peace using two rounds of panel meetings involving young people with an expert workshop in between
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Our "constructivist citizen labs" in #Nigeria, #Niger & #Chad are underpinned by constructivist principles, meaning they're not like normal workshops, seminars or world cafes where expert facilitators control the flow of ideas & reinforce "banking models" of #knowledge generation
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