About

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law. Before joining the University of Derby, I was a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. My research interests are in the areas of international, environmental and human rights law. 

I have collaborated with international organisations, national governments and civil society organisations on research in the areas of international environmental law and human rights law. My most recent research is in the areas of oceans law and governance. Through funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund/UKRI,  I have conducted research exploring oceans law and governance frameworks in Ghana to support sustainable utilisation of ocean resources.

Teaching responsibilities

• Law of Tort
• Administrative Law and Human Rights
• Sustainable Development and International Business

I also supervise PhD students in areas related to my research interests.

Professional interests

I accept advisory and consultancy roles from state and non state actors in international environmental law and human rights. 

Research interests

• International Environmental Law
• Human Rights and the Environment
• Environmental and Climate Justice

Membership of professional bodies

• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Environmental Law
• Global Network on Human Rights Education
• Socio-Legal Studies Association
• International Law Association
• Society of Legal Scholars 

Qualifications

• LLB, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• BL, Nigerian Law School, Nigeria
• LLM, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• PhD, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

In the media

• Incorporate voices of local people in policies that govern the ocean - Climate change experts - MyJoyOnline

Recent publications

Erinosho B, Hamukuaya, Lajaunie C., L et al (2022) ‘Transformative Ocean Governance for Biodiversity’, In I.J Visseren-Hamakers & M. T Kok (eds.). Transforming Biodiversity Governance (pp313-338). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press  

Christoffels-DuPlessis, A., Erinosho, B., Major, L., et al (2022) Navigating a Sea of Laws: Small-Scale Fishing Communities and Customary Rights in Ghana and South Africa In R. Boswell, D. O’Kane & J. Hills (Eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage (pp325-356). Chams, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillian 

Golo, H.K., Ibrahim, S. & Erinosho, B. (2022) Integrating communities' customary laws into marine small-scale fisheries governance in Ghana: Reflections on the FAO Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries. Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law.31(3) 349-359  

Golo, H.K & Erinosho B. (2023) Tackling the challenges confronting women in the Elmina fishing community of Ghana: A human rights framework. Marine Policy 147, 105349, 1-8 

Selman Ayetey, J & Erinosho, B. (2003)International Law in Ghana: A study of the Attitudes, Knowledge and Use of International Law by Judges and Lawyers African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 31(2) 253-274

Lombard, A.T., Clifford-Holmes, J., Goodall, V. Erinosho, B et al.(2023) Principles for Transformative Ocean Governance. Nature Sustainability  6, 1587–1599

Erinosho Bolanle (2024) ‘Access to Judicial Review, Standing and Other Procedural Issues in Climate Litigation’ Sindico, F., McKenzie, K., Medici-Colombo G., and Wegener, L. (eds) Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Climate Change Litigation forthcoming 2024