About us
About SHEN
A professional body of human ecologists advancing research, policy and practice for Nigerian families and communities.
Who we are
The Society for Human Ecologists in Nigeria (SHEN) is a professional body of scholars and practitioners in human ecology, drawn from universities and research institutions across the country. We exist to connect research with the policies and programmes that shape the life of the Nigerian family.
The society was formed out of a desire to build a network between research that is meaningful to government policy and programmes and, at the same time, to create a forum for productive academic gathering and the exchange of ideas. Those two aims still describe the work: research that is useful, and scholarship that is seriously debated.
Our members' concerns run across agriculture, family, industry, health and education. Much of that work returns to the same question — how families meet the needs of their members, and what families contribute to the development of their communities. Food insecurity, poverty, changing family structures, rapid technological change and insecurity all bear directly on it.
Human ecology is well placed to answer that question, because it studies the family in its whole setting rather than in isolation. The society's position is that research gaps must be bridged and consolidated for positive family development, and that the findings should reach the public and the policymaker, not stop at the conference floor.
The society publishes the Journal of The Society for Human Ecologists in Nigeria (JSHE), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal carrying research articles, communications, review papers and book reviews.
Membership is open to academics, researchers, practitioners and students working in human ecology and related fields.
The society was formed out of a desire to build a network between research that is meaningful to government policy and programmes and, at the same time, to create a forum for productive academic gathering and the exchange of ideas. Those two aims still describe the work: research that is useful, and scholarship that is seriously debated.
Our members' concerns run across agriculture, family, industry, health and education. Much of that work returns to the same question — how families meet the needs of their members, and what families contribute to the development of their communities. Food insecurity, poverty, changing family structures, rapid technological change and insecurity all bear directly on it.
Human ecology is well placed to answer that question, because it studies the family in its whole setting rather than in isolation. The society's position is that research gaps must be bridged and consolidated for positive family development, and that the findings should reach the public and the policymaker, not stop at the conference floor.
The society publishes the Journal of The Society for Human Ecologists in Nigeria (JSHE), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal carrying research articles, communications, review papers and book reviews.
Membership is open to academics, researchers, practitioners and students working in human ecology and related fields.