Damilola S. Olawuyi is a professor and UNESCO Chair on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) College of Law, Doha, Qatar.
He is also the director of the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development at the Afe Babalola University, Nigeria.
Professor Olawuyi holds a doctorate in energy and environmental law from the University of Oxford; a Master of Laws (LLM.) from Harvard University; and another LLM. from the University of Calgary.
He is an independent expert on the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights; vice chair of the International Law Association; chair of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Middle East and North African Universities (ASSELLMU); and chair of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (AAG-SEERIL), International Bar Association.
He was formerly an independent expert on the African Union’s Working Group on extractive industries, environment, and human rights violations in Africa.
Professor Olawuyi has published several articles, books, and reports on energy, environment, and natural resources law, including Environmental Law in Arab States (Oxford University Press, 2022), which received the 2023 American Society of International Law (ASIL) Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftmanship and Utility to Practicing Lawyers.
In 2024, he received the H.E Judge Weeramantry International Justice Award.
Professor Olawuyi has been admitted as Barrister and Solicitor in Alberta, Canada; Ontario, Canada; and Nigeria. He is a regular media commentator on all aspects of energy, environment, and sustainable development.