Biography:
Dr. Chigozie Jude Odum is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). He was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Early Career Award by the Global Coal Transition Network in 2024; in 2025, he was awarded a TETFund grant for a conference by UNN and the A. G. Leventis Conference Grant Conference Support, among others. He has published over twenty (20) indexed (i.e., Scopus) academic articles in both local and international journals. He is a member of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF).