Dr. Ojong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science. He is an Associate Editor for Business Strategy and the Environment, an Associate Editor for Sustainable Development, and a member of the Knowledge Network of African Experts, established by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, to help shape economic and social policy in Africa.

His work can be divided into three streams. The first of these asks questions related to how people make sense of credit and debt as well as how they engage in borrowing and lending practices. This work involves a critique of the very narrow economic and technical conception of credit and debt which is prevalent in mainstream economic literature.

His second research stream focuses on the effects of low-carbon electricity generation technologies (e.g., solar parks and solar home systems) in sub-Saharan Africa. This research stream adds a critique to the dominant literature on these technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, which often frames them as technical fixes to the ongoing problem of energy poverty.

His third research stream explores the economic-sociocultural processes and conditions that shape entrepreneurship in the Global South. He is also interested in all facets of small business management in the Global South.

His work has appeared in Journal of Business Research, Nature Energy, Energy Research & Social Science, Environmental Research Letters, Social Science & Medicine, and Journal of Rural Studies.

Research Interests

Dr. Ojong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science. He is an Associate Editor for Business Strategy and the Environment, an Associate Editor for Sustainable Development, and a member of the Knowledge Network of African Experts, established by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, to help shape economic and social policy in Africa.

His work can be divided into three streams. The first of these asks questions related to how people make sense of credit and debt as well as how they engage in borrowing and lending practices. This work involves a critique of the very narrow economic and technical conception of credit and debt which is prevalent in mainstream economic literature.

His second research stream focuses on the effects of low-carbon electricity generation technologies (e.g., solar parks and solar home systems) in sub-Saharan Africa. This research stream adds a critique to the dominant literature on these technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, which often frames them as technical fixes to the ongoing problem of energy poverty.

His third research stream explores the economic-sociocultural processes and conditions that shape entrepreneurship in the Global South. He is also interested in all facets of small business management in the Global South.

His work has appeared in Journal of Business Research, Nature Energy, Energy Research & Social Science, Environmental Research Letters, Social Science & Medicine, and Journal of Rural Studies.

Degrees

Appointments

Professional Leadership

•Deputy Director, Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on African and its Diasporas, York University (2021-2023).
•Co-chair, Academic Petitions & Appeals Committee, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (2021-2023).
•Associate Editor, Sustainable Development
•Associate Editor, Energy Exploration & Exploitation

Manuscript reviewing for journals:

Resource Policy
Small Business Economics
Sustainable Development
Journal of Rural Studies
Energy Research & Social Science
Renewable Energy  
Journal of Business Research
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Journal of Small Business Management
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
Sociological Forum
Journal of Environmental Management
Energy Economics
Africa Journal of Management
International Social Science Journal
Frontiers in Public Health
American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
BMC Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Quarterly of Community Health Education
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Healthcare
Progress in Environmental Geography
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
World Development Sustainability
Forum for Development Studies
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Telecommunications Policy
International Journal of Finance and Economics
African Review of Economics and Finance
Journal of Trust Research
Forum for Social Economics
Africa Journal of Management
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
Social Dynamics
SN Business & Economics
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies

Research Interests