Dr. Sam Amadi

Dr Sam Amadi, a policy strategist, law and governance expert, is the Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts and a Visiting Professor at the Emerald Energy Institute at the University of Port Harcourt. He holds a research doctorate degree (SJD) in Law from the Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2004), a Master of Public Administration (MPA), (2003) and a master’s in law (LL.M (2001), from the same institution. He has an LL.B., from the University of Calabar, in 1992. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993 after passing from the Nigerian Law School. He was Associate Professor and head of Department of International Law and Jurisprudence at Baze University, Abuja until June 2021. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies from 2016-2018. Between 2010-2015, he was Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). He was a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. He has authored books and articles in both local and leading international journals. He presently coordinates the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts and Chief Ideas Officer of the Logosphere Advisory, a public sector policy and strategy consulting firm in Abuja, Nigeria.