{"id":9882,"date":"2026-06-04T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=9882"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:40:10","slug":"ms-ibukunoluwa-akinola-wins-the-apdd-doctoral-dissertation-research-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/ms-ibukunoluwa-akinola-wins-the-apdd-doctoral-dissertation-research-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibukunoluwa Akinola wins the APDD Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9882\" class=\"elementor elementor-9882\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55a3d22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55a3d22\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15db5d9\" data-id=\"15db5d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca7e84b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca7e84b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos, is delighted to announce that Ms. Ibukunoluwa Akinola, a doctoral researcher at the Institute, has been awarded the 2026\u20132027 African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (APDD) Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6faff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6faff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">The award has a value of up to US$12,000. It is to support twelve months of fieldwork, data collection and dissertation writing of a proposed thesis, titled: \u2018Climate Change and Medicinal Plants: Implications for African Traditional Medicine and Health Resilience in Nigeria\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-256634c\" data-id=\"256634c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9133e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9133e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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assessed originality, methodological quality, thematic alignment and scholarly relevance. \u00a0As a fellow, she will also participate in APDD workshops across Africa and join a network of distinguished African scholars working at the forefront of peacebuilding and development research.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf13b9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf13b9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd932c9\" data-id=\"cd932c9\" 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