J.T. (Jackson Tamunosaki) Jack, Dr
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
[ 2019] University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. PhD Sociology of Development
[ 2014] University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. MSc Sociology of Development
[2009] Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. BSC. Sociology (First Class Honours)
EMPLOYMENT
Employer: Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen. October 1 2024 – September 30, 2026
Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, Environmental Histories of Resource Extraction in Africa (AFREXTRACT - 201661)
Employer: Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. September 2015 – September 2024
Position: Lecturer, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences.
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
African Guest Research Fellow, Nordic Africa Institute (Sweden), March 15 – June 9, 2023
TRAVEL GRANTS AWARDED
International Africa Institute, SOAS, University of London, Travel Grant to attend European Conference on African Study (ECAS), University of Cologne, Germany, May 30 – June 3, 2023.
Program on African Social Research, New York, Travel Grant to attend the PASR Junior Scholars Workshop, Muhammed VI Polytechnic University, Rabat, Morocco. January, 11th and 12th, 2023.
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Travel Grant to attend the WIDER Development Conference, Helsinki, Finland. May 16 – 17, 2022.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Jack, J. T. (2025). A cultural perspective on the cycle of violent conflicts in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 20(1), 55–70.
Peša, I., Ndaba, T. L., Shaba, J., and Jack, J. T. (2024). ‘Pluralizing archives for histories of extraction in Africa’. Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation 3, 14–33.
Jack, J.T., and Obhuo, O.F. (2024). ‘Living Rugged, Dying Brutal’: Understanding Gang Lifeworlds through Death. (2025). Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation , 10(1&2), 74-84.
Jack, Jackson T. (2024). A Cultural Perspective on the Cycle of Violent Conflicts in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Wider Working Paper 2024/57. United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research.
Okoroba, I.A., & Jack, J.T. (2024). Participatory evaluation of Sustainable Community Development Parameters in SHELL’S Global Memorandum of Understanding model in the Niger Delta. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 1 - 18.
Amaechi, K.J., & Jack, J.T (2024). From Civil to Uncivil Society? Separatist Social Movements and the Shrinking Civic Space in South-East, Nigeria. International Journal of Comparative Studies in International Relations and Development. 10 (1), 1-18.
Jack, Jackson T. (2023). Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation in Niger Delta Coastal Communities. In Climate Change and Environmental Politics in Africa, African Social Research 3, 46-52.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Jack, Better (2022). Nigeria’s Energy Crisis and the Sustainability Question. Social and Health Sciences, 20 (1 & 2), 1 – 19.
Oladejo, Abiodun Omotayo., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2022). Of Covid-19 Transmission Control: An Analysis of Logic of Rights and Ethics of Duty. Comparative Sociology, 21 (4), 373 – 394.
Nyiayaana, K., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2021). Chinese Investments in Nigeria and the Political Economy of Trade, 1999 – 2019: A Leadership Perspective. Leadership & Developing Societies, 6 (1), 10 -29.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Jack, Better (2021). Social Exclusion and the Poverty Paradox in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: A Household Livelihood Assessment. The Quint: An Interdisciplinary Journal from the North, 13 (4), 229 – 248.
Zibima, T., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2020). Instrumenting the Arts and New Media: An Analysis of the Evolution of Environmental Activism in the Niger Delta. African Political Science Review 12 (1), 125 -139
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Zibima, T. (2020). Soot Pollution in Rivers State: An Analysis of Environmental Public Health Impacts and Coping Strategies. Social Science Review, 1 (1), 193 – 200.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2020). Collective Action: A Self-Help Approach to Building Adaptive Capacity in Oil Impacted Communities of the Niger Delta. Niger Delta Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (NDJSA), 1 (1), 36-49.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Jack, Better (2019). Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: The Impact of Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria. Social Facts: FUOtuoke Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (SOFUOJOSA), 1 (1&2), 144-156.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2019). Cultural Drivers of Climate Change in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Wilberforce Journal of the Social Sciences (WJSS). Special Issue No. 1, 43 - 51
Zibima, T., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2019). Oil Capital Expansion, Environmental Degradation and Women’s Livelihood Burdens in the Niger Delta. Otukpa, 1 and 2, 178 – 197.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Eke, P. (2019): Financial Capital and Adaptive Capacity in Oil Impacted Communities of the Niger Delta. International Journal of Innovative Social Sciences & Humanities Research, 7(1), 18-26.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., Eke, P. & Anele, K.A (2018). Does Skill Acquisition Improve Rural Household Income Levels? Evidence from Oil Impacted Communities of the Niger Delta. Development Studies Round Table (A Journal of Development), 6 (2), 159-169.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Zibima, T. (2018). Gas Flaring and the Energy Poverty Paradox in the Niger Delta. Abuja Journal of Sociological Studies, 5 (2) 168-189.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Ibekwe, C.C. (2018). Ponzi Schemes: An Analysis on Coping with Economic Recession in Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology.16 (1), 72-90
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Eke, P. (2018). Local Institutions and Adaptive Capacity of Rural Household in the Niger Delta. International Journal of Arts and Humanities. 7 (2), 105-116.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Anele, K.A. (2018). Livelihood Diversification and Income Levels Amongst Rural Households in Oil Impacted Communities of the Niger Delta. Port Harcourt Journal of Social Sciences, 8 (1), 314-332
Oli, N.P., Ibekwe, C.C., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2018). Economic Recession and Migration: The Case of Nigeria. Awka Journal of Sociology. 6 (1), 1-12.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., Ogbanga, M.M., & Odubo, T.R (2018). Energy Poverty and Environmental Sustainability Challenges in Nigeria. Ilorin Journal of Sociology.10 (1), 19-31.
Raimi, L., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2017). How Does Climate Change Pose Human Security Risks in the Niger Delta? Implications for Policy Makers. Maiduguri Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. 14, 80 – 90.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Uzobo, E. (2017). Population Dynamics, Environmental Changes and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Implications for Policy Makers. Uyo Journal of Sustainable Development, 2 (2), 227- 242.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2017). Social Capital Deficit and Environmental Sustainability Challenges in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Osun Sociological Review, Vol 4 No. 1. June 2017. pp 172-185.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Ene, R.W. (2016). Cybercrime and the Challenges of Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria. Journal of Research in National Development, 14 (2), 42-49.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., Nkwocha I.B., & Odubo, T.R. (2016). Natural Resource Exploitation and Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria (1981-2015). Sustainable Human Development Review, 8 (1-4), 77-101.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., Akujobi, C.T., Dan Axe, U., & Azubuike, B.O. (2016). Crude Oil Exploration and Underdevelopment in Nigeria: A Resource Curse Analysis. TechnoScience Review, 7 (1-2), Nov. pp 31-44.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., Nkwocha I.B., & Boroh S.E. (2016). Dependency and Third World Underdevelopment: Examining Production-Consumption Disarticulation in Nigeria. African Research Review. 10 (5), 204-223.
Sibiri E.A., Ayinmoro D.A., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2014). The Socio-Cultural Effects of Internal Migration among the People of Akutupa Kiri in the North-Central Zone, Nigeria. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. 65 (15), 494-503
BOOK AND CHAPTER CONTRIBUTIONS
Jack, J.T., & Odina, N.E. (2024). Culture Contact and Social Change. In Irikana, G.S., Awortu, B.E., and Nyewusira, V. (eds.), Land and People of Contemporary Nigeria, Pg 60 – 68, Port Harcourt: Alheribooks.
Akikibofori, J.S., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2023). Understanding Culture: The Sociological Perspective. In Lasisi, R., and Michael-Olomu, O. (eds.), Exploring Society: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Sociology, Pgs 52 – 75. Yenagoa: Mindfield Publishing.
Lasisi, R., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2022). Democratic Governance and Development in the Niger Delta Region: The Sustainability Question. In Abasiekon, E., and Lasisi, R. (eds.), Culture, Environment and the Niger Delta Question: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Benjamin Ogele Okaba, 242 – 257.
Joab-Peterside, S., Nyiayaana, K., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B, (2021). Insecurity in Rivers State: The Issues, Actors, and Solutions. In Ebiede, T.M., Bassey, C.O., & Asuni, J.B. (eds.). Insecurity in the Niger Delta: Emerging Threats in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States. Pgs 347 - 433. London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Tokpo, E.C. (2021). Insecurity in Bayelsa State: The Issues, Actors, and Solutions. In Ebiede, T.M., Bassey, C.O., & Asuni, J.B. (eds.). Insecurity in the Niger Delta: Emerging in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States. Pgs 69 -175. London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2020). Contemporary Issues on Peace, Security and Sustainability. In Nwakanma, E., & Erondu, C.I (eds). Issues in Peaceful Resistance and Non-Violent Social Change, 151 – 166. Port Harcourt, Amajov and Company Nigeria.
Ene, W.R., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2018): Nigerian Indigenous Religious Institution. In Okaba, B., Okoh, N., Ibaba, S.I., Minimah, F., & Asagba, P. (eds.) General Studies Book of Readings. Chapter 45, pp 383-391. Institute of Foundation Studies, Federal University Otuoke.
Lasisi, R., & Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2018): Nigeria In the Age of Information. In Okaba, B., Okoh, N., Ibaba, S.I., Minimah, F., & Asagba, P. (eds.) General Studies Book of Readings. Chapter 47, pp 402-410. Institute of Foundation Studies, Federal University Otuoke.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2017): Environment and Society. In Abasiekong, E.M, Sibiri, E.A, Ekpenyong, N.S (eds.) Major Themes in Sociology: An Introductory Text. Chapter 24. pp 579-602.Benin City, Mase Perfect Prints.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B., & Akujobi, C.T (2017): Social Change and Social Problems. In Abasiekong, E.M, Sibiri, E.A, Ekpenyong, N.S (eds.) Major Themes in Sociology: An Introductory Text. Chapter 21. pp 494-526. Benin City, Mase Perfect Prints.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2017): Society and Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Sociology. Dimaf Publishers, Benin City, Nigeria.
Raimi, L., Jack, Jackson T.C.B & Boroh, S.E. (2016). Can Indigenous Knowledge Help in Climate Change Adaptation? Leveraging Empirical Experiences for Policy in Nigeria. In Mmoh, P.C., & Lawal, O. (eds.) Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century. Book of Proceedings, University of Port Harcourt 1st Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Pgs. 71 – 85.
Jack, Jackson T.C.B (2015): The Institution of the Family, Marriage, Kinship and Descent. In Abasi- Ekong Edet (ed.); Selected Topics in Nigeria Peoples and Culture. Benin City, Dimaf Publishers.
MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS
Interantional Sociological Association (ISA), Member.
European Association of Social Anthropologist (EASA), Member.
Petrocultures Research Group, Member
Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP), Member
International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) Japan, Member.
Conflict Research Network West Africa (CORN), Member.
International Institute of Chartered Educational Practitioners (IICEP), Fellow
Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association (NASA), Member.
Nigerian Sociological Society (NSS), Member.
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