Adebowale Akande is one of the world's best-known scholars of cross-cultural studies. As a researcher on SCOPUS, he has been cited numerous times with an H-index of 132/23. With 36,025+ Google Scholar citations, placing Prof. Akande, among the top two percent of research scientists worldwide. Prolific author/editor of many global books in assorted fields. Co-recipient of the 2005 SIOP’s M. Scott Myers Award; 2007 and 2009 Ursula Gielen Global Book Award, the GW. Allport Prize (2005). Akande’s major research interests mainly focus on relationships among transnational populism, globalization, human rights, identity politics, social justice, self-esteem, learning, power, political influence, and prejudice. He is also known as a popularizer of global cross-cultural research, based on the recognition of the socio-historical, political, sociological and cultural forces acting on the communities and societies of focal individuals. He currently serves asan international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to a number of Canadian and American Universities.