Dominic Okoliko
Researcher (Environmental communication; Environmental management; Environmental politics)
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Dr Dominic Ayegba Okoliko is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in environmental communication, environmental governance, and public engagement, with a regional focus on Africa. Trained in public and development management, political science, international relations, and philosophy, his work explores how climate change, sustainability, scientific knowledge, and innovations are communicated, interpreted, and contested in society. He draws on qualitative and mixed methods—including media analysis, stakeholder interviews, and policy evaluation—to understand the role of communication in shaping public attitudes and institutional accountability. Dominic has published widely on climate communication and African epistemologies and currently serves as Associate and Review Editor for Environmental Communication. Beyond academia, he actively engages with civil society, the media, and students to advance inclusive and evidence-based approaches to environmental decision-making.
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Publications
- Media(ted) Climate Change in Africa and Public Engagement: A Systematic Review of Relevant Literature
- Ubuntu and climate change governance: Moving beyond conceptual conundrum
- From “Communicating” to “Engagement”: Afro-Relationality as a Conceptual Framework for Climate Change Communication in Africa
- Climate Change, the Journalists and “the Engaged”: Reflections from South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya
- Reflecting on Care within an African Relational Framework for Environmental Communication
- Exploring Transition Tensions in Public Opinion on the COP26 Coal Phase-out Deal for South Africa as Expressed on Facebook