DrEmeka Dumbili
Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)
School of Sociology
- Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)School of Sociology
- 01 716 7461
- University College Dublin, School of Sociology, James Joyce Library Building Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
Emeka Dumbili, a Medical (Public Health) Sociologist, is an Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in the School of Sociology, University College Dublin. His specific interests span alcohol and other drug use, gender and identity, the commercial determinants of health (CDoH), social policies, leisure studies, environmental health and sustainability, and qualitative methodologies. Before joining University College Dublin, he held senior teaching and research positions at universities and research institutions in Nigeria, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
He is a mentor on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Scientific Research and Writing Mentorship Initiative towards diversity in research on alcohol control policies: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/less-alcohol/news/mentorship-flyer.pdf?sfvrsn=6cc7d99f_26
He welcomes PhD applications focusing on, but not limited to, alcohol and other drug use, cannabis medicalisation, gambling studies, gender, sociology of leisure/consumption, youth studies, the commercial determinants of health, and environmental health and sustainability.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)School of Sociology, Dublin, Ireland1 Mar 2023
- Member, UCD Human Research Ethics Committee (Humanities)University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandMar 2023
- Member, Research, Innovation and Impact CommitteeUCD School of Sociology, Ireland1 Mar 2023
- Ethics OfficerUniversity College Dublin, School of Sociology, Dublin, IrelandSep 2024
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Georg Forster Research Fellow)Institute for Therapy and Health Research,, Kiel, Germany, Germany1 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2022
- Association of Commonwealth Universities- ACU Blue Charter FellowBrunel University London, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2019
- Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Research FellowBrunel University London, London, United KingdomMar 2016 - Mar 2017
- Newton International Fellow (awarded by the British Academy but not taken)Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom15 Jan 2023
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ConsultantLess Alcohol Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandNov 2022 - Dec 2022
DEGREES
- PhDBrunel University UK
- Prof Cert University Teaching & LearningUniversity College Dublin
CERTIFICATIONS
- Prof Cert University Teaching & LearningUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- IgboCan read, write, speak and understand