Selected Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge
Unah, JI. (2024a). “Ontological Issues and Dimensions in the Philosophy of Food,” in ESSENCE: An Interdisciplinary and International Journal of Concerned African Philosophers: Philosophy, Science and Society, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2024,
Unah, JI. (2024b). “The Role of Philosophy: Principles, Character and Critical Thinking in Recalibrating Nigeria,” in The Making of a Modern Nigeria: A Humanistic Perspective, Faculty of Humanities, Rivers State University, Port-Harcourt, pp. 11-22 (Invited Lecture).
Unah, JI. (2023). “Dimensions and Manifestations of Corruption in Nigeria: An Ethical Proposal for a Reversal,” in Marie Pauline Eboh and Maraizu Elechi (Eds.). Anthology of Authentic African Philosophy: A Reconstructionist View, Port-Harcourt: Bereko Multinational Limited.
Unah, JI. (2022a). “The Oxymoronic Rhetoric of Asking Inhuman Humans to be Human,” in Humanity and Social Order: Annals of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (Invited Lecture).
Unah, JI. (2022b). “Taking African Virtue Ethics and Character Training Principles to the Schools,” in Jonathan o Chimakonam, Edwin Etieyibo and Ike Odimegwu (Eds.), Essays on Contemporary Issues in African Philosophy, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 163-168. ISBN 978-030-70435-3 ISBN 978-3-030-70436-0 (eBook).
My Contribution to Knowledge is largely in the area of Metaphysics of Innovation (Change), Critical Ethical Thinking, and Moral Character issues in Applied Ontology, focusing principally on downloading philosophical abstractions to address quotidian problems of human existence.
Collaborations / Networks
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). We have ongoing collaborations in book projects on Development in Africa (2019 till date)
UNESCO: I am a Consultant and Resource Person with this organization on issues of Bioethics and Global Ethics, Philosophy for Children, and also function as an Expert at the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab (2018 till date).
I collaborate with the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Asokoro, Abuja, on Intelligence and Security issues, and double as a Resource Person and Fellow (2019 till date)
The Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA) is one of my Regional Networks (Headquartered in Ghana), and I am a member of the Scientific Committee (2017 till date).
The World institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA, has been my global network in Phenomenological Philosophy since
