Dr. Dennis Agelebe is a research fellow at the Environmental Law Centre of the University of Cologne under the directorship of Prof Kirk Junker. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL. B) from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, an LL.M in International Human Right Law and Environmental Protection from Charles University, Prague in the Czech Republic, Ph.D. in Environment and Trade Law from the University of Cologne. Besides the Czech Republic and Germany, he has research experience in New Zealand and India. From March to November 2020, he led the UNDP/GEF-funded project for de-risking renewable energy investment in interconnected mini-grids in Nigeria while working as Senior Fellow with SD Strategies in Berlin. He has several published articles in international journals. His research interests include sustainable development, renewable energy investment, environmentally friendly trade practices, and Foreign Direct Investment with environmental ethics in developing countries.

01/11/2020 – present                Senior Research Fellow, University of Cologne, Germany

01/09/2019 – present                Partner (on leave of absence), DAOS Law Practice, Lagos

03/2020 – 10/2020                    Senior Fellow , SD Strategies Gmbh, Berlin, Germany

11/2019 – 02/2020                    Resident Scholar/Teaching Assistant, University of Cologne, Germany

01/01/2018- 31/08/2019            Research Scholar, DAOS Law Practice, Lagos

01/04/2016-31/12/2017             UC Doctoral Research Scholar, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2/2015 – 07/2015                       Research Assistant, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

03/2013 – 09/2013                      Senior Legal Counsel, Abdulai, Taiwo & Co Abuja 

10/2012 - 02/2013                       Legal Counsel, Kenneth Gbagi & Company, Abuja 

01/2012 – 09/2012                      Akomolafe & Co, Abuja  

• sustainable development
• renewable energy investment
• environmentally friendly trade practices
• Foreign Direct Investment with environmental ethics in developing countries

• 2021
  Agelebe, Dennis (2020). Application of the Precautionary Principle in International Trade: Implications and Legal Perspectives. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln

  2021
  Agelebe, Dennis, Implementation of the ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection; Lessons from the EU GDPR. Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, 2020, Vol. 4, 1 1-18 

  2020
  Agelebe Dennis and Alexander Ochs, Derisking Interconnected Solar Mini-Grid Investments in Nigeria. 2020. Report of a research survey conducted for ECN/UNDP/GEF.

  2020
  Agelebe Dennis, Management of Epidemic in Africa; should Science Seek the Help of Law? Journal of Health, Environment, & Education, 2020; 12,23-30

  2020
  AGELEBE DENNIS, ET AL. "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS" IN Junker, Kirk Environmental Law Across Cultures; Comparisons for Legal Practice. Routledge London, 2020

  2019
  Agelebe Dennis, integrating liberal economic regulation with environmental protection: Ethiopia, Zambia, Mali and Ghana, Australasian review of African studies, 40(2), 105-118