The Alliance for Sustainability and Environmental Justice (ALSEJ) applies systems thinking, integrative research, and community engagement for addressing complex sustainability challenges.
"We work at the intersection of the environment, economy, and society—ensuring that sustainability solutions are not only effective but inclusive."
A world where economic, environmental, and social concerns regarding present needs are balanced, in a way that the capacity of future generations to meet their own needs is not compromised.
To achieve sustainability balance and environmental justice through systems thinking, integrative research, and community engagement.
We believe that sustainability is not a static solution but a dynamic process of balancing competing needs, guided by evidence, principle of equity, and long-term impact.
A global sustainability scientist and systems thinker advancing just balance and sustainable futures.
Dr. Oludunsin Arodudu obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2008. He bagged his Master of Science Degree from Lund University, Sweden and University of Twente, Netherlands under the prestigious EU Erasmus Mundus program in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management (GEM) in 2012. He finished his PhD in Geoecology (Earth and Environmental Sciences) from Potsdam University, Germany in 2017 under the framework of the Prestigious EU Marie Curie Innovative Training Network CASTLE (Careers in Sustainability Excellence).
In the course of his career, he has worked for many reputable and globally recognized academic and research organizations and institutions across Europe, Africa, and the United States. He has worked previously as postdoctoral researcher at Maynooth University, Ireland and the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), United States. He has also worked previously as a Business Development Researcher at Lime Associates, Nigeria; a Junior Researcher at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany; and a Senior Circular Economy Researcher at the Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR), Ireland.
He is a recipient of several awards, grants, fellowships, honors and third party funding including the AXA Research Fund Research Leader Fellowship in Energy Transitions, Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum Scholarship, Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland and Health Services Executives Fellowship, World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) Conference Grant, US IALE Travel Award, NASA/MSU Professional Enhancement Award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Michigan State University, US IALE Foreign Scholar Travel Award, Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) Fellowship, IAIA Top 30 Under 30 Wall, EU Marie Curie Sklodowska CASTLE (Careers in Sustainability Excellence) Innovative Training Network (ITN) Doctoral Fellowship, SESYNC Travel Grant, Belmont Forum, NYSERDA etc. His receipt of the AXA Research Fund Future Research Leader Fellowship in Energy Transition and designation as Principal investigator less than one year after PhD further attests to my potential as a future research leader in the field of energy sustainability/transition and industrial ecology. He is the current Chair and Board member of the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology. He is also a member of the International Society of Biophysical Economics (ISBPE), International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA), International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE), International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net).
He has published in and reviewed for several scientific reputable journals including biomass and Bioenergy, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Renewable energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Geographies, Energies, Forests, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Applied Energy, Ecological indicators, Environmental Modelling & Software, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Sustainable Cities and Society, Sustainability, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Biophysical Economics and Sustainability, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Frontiers in Sustainability and so on. He has also published and contributed to the publishing of several technical reports, as well as industry and policy guides.
He is the founder and Scientific Director of the Alliance for Sustainability and Environmental Justice and the African Centre for Sustainability and Systems Knowledge Development. He is also the founder and Executive Director of ZionGate Café Incorporated.