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Bankolay Theodore Turay

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PhD Candidate, University of Lagos

Bankolay Theodore Turay is a Sierra Leonean doctoral scholar specialising in sustainable urbanisation. Based at the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, he is part of the Wits-TUB-Unilag Urban Lab, a DAAD-funded program. Holding a BA in Development Studies from Unimak-Sierra Leone and an MSc in Land Governance and Policy from KNUST-Ghana, Turay brings extensive experience in rural community research, women's land rights, and urbanization. His research interests encompass sustainable development, urbanisation, women's land rights, and land governance reforms. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD focused on "Women's Access to Land for Sustainable Livelihood: Evaluating the Effects of Tenure Conflicts in peri-urban settlements, a case study of Sierra Leone."

Experience

  • 2020–2022
    Research Assistant/Project Support Officer, University of Makeni
  • 2019–2021
    Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (Secondment), Access to Justice Law Center (AJLC)-University of Makeni
  • 2012–2020
    Community Field Officer, On Our Radar Media Development
  • 2006–2013
    Research Assistant , Institute of Research and Policy Management

Education

  • 2022 
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , MSc. Land Governance & Policy
  • 2022 
    University of Lagos, PhD Candidate Sustainable Urbanization
  • 2018 
    University of Makeni, BA Development Studies

Publications

  • 2024
    Dynamics of Large Scale Land Deals: Implications of Local Political Influence on Land Grabbing in Northern Sierra Leone, African Journal on Land Policy and Geo-spatial Sciences
  • 2023
    Improved Land Reforms to the Benefit of Women’s Access to Land to foster and support social norm change: A case study of Western Area Rural district and Bombali district in Sierra Leone, African Journal on Land Policy and Geo-spatial Sciences
  • 2022
    The Dynamics of Access and Exclusion of Women to Land Resources. A Case Study of Tambakha Simibungie Chiefdom, North-West Province, Sierra Leone, Survey Review
  • 2022
    Policy and legislative gaps in customary land revenue management in Ghana: emerging issues from Ashanti Region, Ghana, Survey Review
  • 2021
    Land tenure and its implications on Local Land Governance in Sierra Leone: A case study of Bombali District, Journal of Land Management and Appraisal