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John Peter Okoro

Department of Environment and Sustainability Sciences · University for Development Studies, Tamale Ghana

https://researchid.co/j.p.okoro
@uds.edu.gh
217Google Scholar Citations
6Google Scholar h-index
4Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Crime, Policing, Conflict, peacebuilding and development, humanitarianism, environmental sustainability, and higher education studies

Biography

Hail from Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area in Ebonyi state of Nigeria. The founder and director of the Better-Tomorrow for the Helpless Foundation (BTHF) and a research/teaching assistant at the University for Development Studies, Tamale Ghana

Education

Diploma: Tropical Health and Disease Control, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola B.Sc: Criminology and Security Studies, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja PGD: Education M.Sc: Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja MPhil: Development Management, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana PhD: Environmental Management and Sustainability

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Efficacy of Traditional Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Facilitating Peacebuilding Between Herdsmen and Farmers in the West Mamprusi Municipal of Ghana
    Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Sustainable Food Systems … , 2025, 2025
  2. Exploring the scale and scope of community policing in North-Western Ghana
    Journal of Planning and Land Management 3 (2), 27-36 , 2024, 2024 | Citations: 2.0
  3. From the Sustainable Development Goal 16 to the African Union Silencing the Guns Agenda: Why It Is So Difficult to Achieve Sustainable Peace and Stability in Africa?
    Africa's Engagement with the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century … , 2024, 2024 | Citations: 6.0
  4. Perceptions on farming as a profession: teenagers under the spotlight in Kwakyekrom in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality, Ghana
    Scientific Electronic Archives 16 (1) , 2023, 2023 | Citations: 1.0
  5. Entrepreneurship education and youth unemployment challenges in Africa: Ghana in perspective
    International Journal of management & entrepreneurship Research 4 (5), 213-231 , 2022, 2022 | Citations: 25.0

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