ISSN: 1595-5842 | E-ISSN: 3043-5463 | Google Indexed | DOI via Zenodo | Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal
Alvan Journal of Social Sciences International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal
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Alvan Journal of Social Sciences (AJSS)

ISSN: 1595-5842 | E-ISSN: 3043-5463 | DOI via Zenodo | Google Indexed

A scholarly platform for interdisciplinary research in governance, procurement, sustainability, education, development studies, environmental management, logistics, and the wider social sciences.

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Manuscripts pass through editorial screening, similarity checks, and peer-review evaluation before publication. This keeps the journal focused on originality, clarity, citation quality, and academic contribution.

Selected Articles

Volume 3, Issue 1 (2026)

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Research Article

Transparency and Accountability in Public Procurement

N. O. Chibundu, B. U. Dike, U. Chris-Ejiogu

Pages 14-23 Read Article
Research Article

Urban Mass Transit and Socio-Economic Development in Abuja

Mohammed G. Yusuf et al.

Pages 35-49 Read Article
Research Article

Library-Led Open Access Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Essor Gospel Chisa, Mercy Douglas

Pages 186-193 Read Article

Editorial Leadership

AJSS is guided by scholars and researchers committed to rigorous peer review, ethical publication practice, and credible social science communication.

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Prof. Ngozi Casmir Ebomuche

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Ambrose O. Abaneme

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Publication Ethics

AJSS maintains strict publication ethics, double-blind peer review, originality checks, conflict-of-interest disclosure, and responsible scholarly publishing standards.

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Authors should prepare manuscripts according to AJSS formatting, citation, originality, abstract, keywords, and submission requirements.

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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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