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Department of Sociology

Eugene Emeka Dim

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Assistant Professor

Sociology

Contact:
Office: COR A330 250-721-6351
Credentials:
PhD (University of Toronto, 2024)
Area of expertise:
Criminology, Political Sociology, Gender, Quantitative Methods, Intimate Partner Violence, Gender and Political Participation, Criminality and Political Behaviour

Eugene Emeka Dim received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto (2024). He holds an M.A. in Sociology from the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan and an Hon. B.Sc. in Sociology at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Dr. Dim's research broadly focuses on the nexus of criminogenic factors, gender, and politics. He is particularly interested in how gender dynamics work within the criminal justice and political systems.

Dr. Dim's research utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods.  He has conducted several quantitative analyses on multiple surveys, including the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) (Victimization), World Value Survey (WVS), Afrobarometer surveys, and Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). He has also conducted qualitative studies including content analysis, the recruitment of participants for semi-structured interviews, and the analysis of qualitative data via NVivo.

His research has appeared in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Current Sociology, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and Victims and Violence.

Research

His current research touches on gender dynamics and criminality. The studies include:

  • How status compatibility informs the gendered trends in intimate partner violence in Canada. This study analyzes the combined repeated cross-sections of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) (Victimization) datasets from 1999 to 2019 (with Dr. Alexandra Lysova and Professor Douglas Brownridge).
  • The link between perception of governmental corruption and engagement in bribery in selected African countries. An aspect of this research analyzes the combined repeated cross-sections of the Nigerian and Ghanian Afrobarometer datasets from 1999 to 2021 (with Dr. Joseph Asomah and Dr. Yiyan Li).
  • The influence of socio-economic status, the political context, and perception of state corruption on the satisfaction of democracy and support for the military in selected African countries. This research also analyzes the combined repeated cross-sections of the selected Afrobarometer datasets from 1999 to 2021 (with Dr. Joseph Asomah and Dr. Yiyan Li).
  • The political context and motivations for engagement in the #EndSARS protest movement in Nigeria. This is a qualitative study involving 50 participants in the October 2020 #EndSARS protest movement in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Teaching

Dr. Dim teaches courses in quantitative research methods, criminology, and politics and crime. Dr. Dim is available to supervise graduate students in the areas of social movements, gender dynamics in crime, gender issues in politics, Police-citizens relations, domestic violence, corruption, political participation, and political sociology.

Publications

Dim, E. E. & Schafer, M. (2024). Political Context and Political Participation across the Life Span in Africa. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

Dim, E. E. (2024). How gender and political ideology impact women-focused aid to sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

Asomah, J. A., Dim, E. E. & Li, Y. (2024). What Influences the Propensity to Report Corruption to Relevant State Authorities? Evidence From Ghana. Journal of African and Asian Studies.

Dim, E. E., Asomah, J. A., & Li, Y. (2023). Gender and engagement in bribery: A study of the contextual impacts of gender equality and political freedom. Current Sociology, 1–21.

Dim, E. E. (2023). Media Coverage of Women’s Involvement in the #EndSARS Protest Movement in Nigeria. African Journalism Studies, 1–19.

Lysova, A. & Dim, E. E. (2023). Impact of Non-Intimate Polyvictimization on the Severity of Intimate Partner Violence Experienced by Men. Victims and Violence.

Hongming, C., Asomah, J. A., Dim, E. E., & Li, Y. (2023). What Determines Citizens’ Perception of Corruption? Evidence from Canada. Journal of Financial Crime.

Dim, E. E. (2023). Experience of Violence and Non-electoral Political Participation among Nigerians. Sage Open, 1–13.

Dim, E. E. (2023) Openness of political structures and gender gaps in protest behaviour in Africa. Cogent Social Sciences, 9:1, 2194731. 1–19, DOI:10.1080/23311886.2023.2194731.

Dim, E. E. & Lysova, A. (2022). Male Victims’ Experiences with the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(15-16): NP13067– NP13091.

Lysova, A. & Dim, E. E. (2022). Severity of Violence and Formal Help Seeking Among Men who experienced Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3 – 4): 1404–1429.

Asomah, J. A., Dim, E. E. & Li, Y. (2022). Gender and Corruption: Are Ghanaian Women Less Corrupt Than Men? Crime, Law, and Social Change, 1–19.

Dim, E. E. (2022). `Let's Agree to Disagree': Political Disagreement with Contact Ties, Social Networks, and Political Participation. Acta Politica, 57(4): 710–730.

Asomah, J. Y. & Dim, E. E. (2021). Determinants of Citizen’s Support for Democracy in Ghana. Social Science Quarterly, 102(6): 2578–2590.

Dim, E. E. & Olayinka, Z. (2021). Perpetration and Experience of Spousal Violence among Nigerian Women: An analysis of the 2008 and 2013 NDHS. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(15–16), 7298-7325.

Dim, E. E. (2021). Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Among Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 65(9): 1029–1054.

Dim, E. E. & Elabor-Idemudia, P. (2021). Social structure, Social learning, and the Severity of Physical Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Nigeria. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(5-6): 2862–2886. doi: 10.1177/0886260518764384

Dim, E. E. & Ogunye, O. (2021). Perpetration and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence among Residents in Bariga Local Community Development Area (L.C.D.A.), Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (1–2): 1029–1049. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517737555

Dim, E. E. & Elabor-Idemudia, P. (2020). Severity and Predictors of Physical Intimate Partner Violence against male victims in Canada. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 1–24.

Dim, E. E. (2019). Differentials and Predictors of IPV Against Nigerian Women in Rural and Urban Areas. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 1–23.

Lysova, A., Dim, E. E. & Dutton, D. (2019). Prevalence and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada as measured by the National Victimization Survey. Partner Abuse, 10(2): 199–221.

Adisah-Atta, I & Dim, E. E. (2019). Justification of Abortion in Africa and Interplay of Socio-Demographic Predictors: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Nigeria. Sage Open, 9(1): 1–9.

Dim, E. E. & Asomah, J. Y. (2019). Socio-demographic Predictors of Political Participation among Women in Nigeria: Insights from Afrobarometer 2015 Data. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 20(2): 91–105.

Hansen, G. H. & Dim, E. E. (2019). Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the Imperative for a More Inclusive Perspective. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 10(1): 1–18. doi:10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.2.

Dim, E. E. (2018). Ethnoregional dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Nigeria. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838018801335

Dim, E. E. & Elabor-Idemudia, P. (2018). Prevalence and Predictors of Psychological Violence against Male Victims in Intimate Relationships in Canada. Journal of Abuse, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 27(8): 846–866. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2017.1382638

Dim, E. E. (2018). Family Structure and Fertility Behaviour among Undergraduates of Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos, Nigeria. African Population Studies, 32(1): 3872–3883.

Dim, E. E. (2017). An Integrated Theoretical approach towards the Persistence of Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 12(2): 36–50. https://doi: 10.1080/15423166.2017.1331746

Dim, E. E. (2018). Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion. In Nnorom, C. C. P., Oyefara, J. L., & Kunnuji, M. O. N. (eds.), Basic Statistics for Social Scientists: University of Lagos Press: Lagos.

Kunnuji, M. O. N. & Dim, E. E. (2018). Measures of Relative Standing. In Nnorom, C. C. P., Oyefara, J. L., & Kunnuji, M. O. N. (eds.), Basic Statistics for Social Scientists. University of Lagos Press: Lagos.