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Alvan Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS)

ISSN: 1595-5842  |  E-ISSN: 3043-5463

AJSS is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing research in procurement, environmental, and broader social science disciplines.

Current Edition: Vol. 3, Issue 1 (March 2026)

About the Journal

The Alvan Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary social science research.

Publisher: AJSS Publishing
Frequency: Quarterly

Aims and Scope

  • Public Procurement
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Social Sciences Research

The journal welcomes empirical, theoretical, and policy-oriented papers.

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Volume 1 (2026)

Issue 1

Editorial Board

  • Prof. A. B. – University of Lagos, Nigeria
  • Dr. C. D. – University of Ghana, Ghana

Publication Ethics

AJSS follows COPE guidelines and uses a double-blind peer review model.

Article Processing Charge

₦30,000 payable after acceptance.

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Alvan Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS) Alvan Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS) | Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal

PROFESSOR MBALISI ONYEKA FESTUS
Consulting Editor

About

Mbalisi Onyeka Festus is a Professor of Adult and Environmental Education in the Department of Adult & Non- Formal Education, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt.

He holds a Certificate in Adult Education, B.Ed in Adult & Non-Formal Education/Chemistry, M.Ed and Ph.D in Environmental Adult Education, all from the University of Port Harcourt. He joined the services of the University of Port Harcourt in 2007 as an Assistant Lecturer and rose to the rank of Professoriate in 2023. He was a scholar in the Health of Mother Earth Foundation’s (HOMEF) School of Ecology where he got a certification in Ecological Justice and Resilience in March, 2025.

Summary of Major Contributions to Knowledge

v Environmental education has been found to be of paramount importance in attempts towards addressing various world’s environmental problems such as global warming and climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation, waste generation and disposal, etc.

v Professor Mbalisi advocates that environmental education contents in various disciplines and in various forms of education (formal, non-formal and informal) be articulated and streamlined into a common course or subject of study otherwise known as environmental education.

v This will carefully direct the focus and attention of students towards the environment and adequately raise their consciousness about the environment. This approach will develop environmentalists who shall be saddled with developing and transmitting relevant knowledge, attitudes and skills required for sustainable environmental protection and conservation.

v These positions and many others in adult and environmental education are crystallized in many of his academic articles published in reputable national and international journals as well as in many papers he presented at conferences that had to do with issues that bother on adult and environmental education.

Areas of Research Interest:

Climate Change

Environmental Pollution

Waste generation and disposal

Environmental ethics

Environmental Literacy

Responsible Environmental Behaviour

Studies in Environmental Qualities

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