Cecy Edijala Balogun is a Research Fellow in the Social Policy Department, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria. She holds an M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development and is currently enrolled for her Ph.D. in Rural Sociology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is the author of several book chapters, including Coropoverty (In: Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Abdul Karim Bangura (ed), Coromedia (Ibid), Gender and Sexuality Perspective (In: Black Lives VS. All Lives Matter, Abdul Karim Bangura (ed), Women Studies (In: Great Books Written by Africans Across the Academic Disciplines (In: Emmanuel, D. Babatunde and Abdul Karim Bangura (eds). She is a prestigious scholar of the CODESRIA College of Mentors and Mentees (2019), a laureate of the CODESRIA Gender Institute (2021), and also a laurate of the CODESRIA Governance Institute (2021). She is also a fellow of Writing and Researching the Political Economy of Inequality in Africa (WARIA) (2021), sponsored by the British Academy, and a fellow of Ife Summer Institute (2021). Her research interests span public policy, rural sociology, livelihoods, and women and youth development studies.

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Publications

• Balogun, C.E. (2022). Social capital: A panacea for farmers and herders conflict management in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology 22(2):2022
• Balogun, C.E. (2022). Coropoverty. In. Bangura, A.K. (ed). Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. pp.91-116
• Balogun, C.E. (2022). Coromedia. In. Bangura, A.K. (ed). Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. pp.301-324
• Balogun, C.E. (2022). Women Studies. In. Emmanuel, D. Babatunde and Bangura, A.K. (eds.). Great Books Written by Africans Across the Academic Disciplines. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.478-496
• Balogun, C.E and Adeoye, A.O. (2021). Perspectives of government’s policies on rural security in Nigeria: Implications for rural livelihood. Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology 21(2):2021
•  Balogun, C.E. (2021). Rural crime: the social cost of youth unemployment in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology 21(1):62-68
• Balogun, C.E. (2021). Balogun, C.E. Government responses to sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria: Gaps and expectations. International Journal of Advanced Research in Public Policy, Administration, and Development Strategies 5(1):98-115
• Balogun, C.E. (2021). Balogun, C.E. Gender and Sexuality Perspective. In Bangura, A.K (ed.).  Black Lives vs. All Lives Matter: A Multidisciplinary Primer. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group pp.153-180
• Balogun, C.E. (2020). Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on rural farm families in Nigeria through innovative information transfer. International Journal of Development Strategies in Humanities, Management and Social Sciences 10(2):40-51

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