AJAYI Lady Adaina

Contents

  1. College
  2. Department
  3. Research Interests
  4. Awards & Honours
  5. Teaching Areas
  6. Selected Publications (12)
  7. Collaboration/Linkages
  8. Conferences Attended
  9. Summary of Profile
  10. Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Lady Adaina AJAYI

Lecturer II

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D International Relations

College

College of Leadership Development Studies

Department

Political Science & International Relations

Research Interests

Gendered Violence, International/Homegrown Regimes, Women's Rights, Cultural Diversity.

Awards & Honours

1. The African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) 2018 Junior Researcher Grant.

2. The 2018 Academic Challenge Grant by the Office of the Provost Ithaca College, New York, United States titled " Mutating Patriarchies and the Struggle against Domestic Violence: Decoding the Politics of Silencing and Disbelief in West Africa and the United States" (Collaborative research).

3. Covenant University Strategic Student Association (CUSSA) Meritorious Award as Lecturer of the Year 2019

4. Covenant University Strategic Student Association (CUSSA) Staff Award of Excellence 2018.

5. Ph.D Thesis Report Writing Grant from School of Postgraduate Studies, Covenant University, 2017

6. Three (3) weeks Visiting Fellowship in the Department of Politics, Ithaca College, New York, United States, 7-28 June, 2016 which led to a symposium on “Evaluating International Collaboration in Struggles for Rights and Justice: Gendered Violence and other Challenges”

7. M.Sc. Thesis Report Writing Grant from School of Postgraduate Studies, Covenant University, 2011

8. Covenant University Strategic Student Association (CUSSA) Staff Award of Excellence 2017

Teaching Areas

European History in Diplomatic Scene(1300-1945), Developing Countries in International System, Gender in Politics, Foreign Policies of the Powers, Foreign Policy Analysis, Elements/ Organs of Government, and Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Selected Publications (12)

1. Insurgency and the Invisible Displaced Population in Nigeria: A Situational Analysis

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2. Key Triggers of domestic violence in Ghana: A victim centered analysis

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3. “Cultural Plurality, National Integration and the Security Dilemma in Nigeria”

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4. “The Impact of Remittances on Nigeria’s Economic Growth: A Study of Nigerian Diasporas in Ghana”

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5. “Rethinking Nigeria’s Strategic Relationship with its Immediate Neighbours”

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6. Socio-cultural influence of gender roles in women’s health care utilization in South West Nigeria

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7. “Nigeria’s Foreign Policy and Codification of National Interest: A Prescriptive Analysis”

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8. South Africa in Ojukwu, C. C. &Alumona, I.K. (eds) Comparative Politics:.

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9. South Africa in Ojukwu, C. C. &Alumona, I.K. (eds) Comparative Politics:.

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10. Post-Conflict Peace- Building in SoremekunKayode, Folarin Sheriff, Gberevbie Daniel &Duruji Moses (eds) Readings in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

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11. Rethinking Good Governance: African Politics at a Cross Road

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12. Interrogating Nigeria’s International Role Conceptions in an Age of Global Climate Change

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Collaboration/Linkages

a. International Political Science Association (IPSA)
b. African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF).
c. Classroom Beyond Borders (CBB) Program with Ithaca College (United States), Covenant University (Nigeria), UNISA (South Africa) and An Najah University (West Bank) in 2011.
d. Association of Global South Studies (AGSS) (formerly Association of Third World Studies- ATWS).
e. Lagos Studies Association (LSA).
f.Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

Conferences Attended

The Politics Department, Ithaca College and the African Women’s Initiative Conference titled “Freedom from Gender-Based Violence: Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution in the African Diaspora". June 1st, 2019, at the Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center, Ithaca, NY.

NAFSA 2019 Annual Conference and Expo, themed “Global Leadership, Learning and Change” held in Washington D.C., May 26th-31st, 2019.

Third Annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-Being and 41st Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference held April 12-14, 2018 at the Pyle Center on the University Wisconsin Madison campus. The theme for the 2018 4W Summit is “Our Bodies, Our Earth: Voice, Violence, and Peacemaking”.

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology ( Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities), Toronto-Canada, July 15-21, 2018.

ADVED 2018 - 4th International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, 15-17 October 2018- Istanbul, Turkey ISBN: 978-605-82433-4-7.

22nd Annual Conference of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF) convened at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, from March 29 to 31, 2018.

2017 Bi-ennial International Conference on Gender and Security: Shifting Perspectives, Transforming Communities held in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife by the Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies (CGSPS), 15th-17th May 2017, 40-50.

2016 International Conference of the Association of Third World Studies held in the Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, USA.

The 9th International Technology, Education and Development (INTED) Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2nd-4th March 2015.

International Conference on 100 Years of Nigerian Nationhood: Governance, Foreign Policy and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 9th -12th November 2014.

XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology: Facing an Unequal World Challenges for Global Sociology, Japan, Yokohama, July 13-19, 2014.

One Day Conference on E-Governance in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Civic Engagement and Participation, Covenant University, June 9, 2014.

23rd IBIMA Conference on Vision 2020: Sustainable Growth, Economic Development, and Global Competitiveness, Valencia, Spain, May 13-14, 2014.

111th Annual Conference Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN)September 10th -13th, 2012.Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2015) held in Seville, Spain, 16th-18th November 2015.

15th European Conference on e-Government – ECEG 2015 University of Portsmouth, UK, 18th -19th June 2015.

The 9th International Technology, Education and Development (INTED) Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2nd-4th March 2015.

Career and Professional Women Conference with the theme: Beyond the Glass Ceiling which held from the May 15th- 16th, 2018.

Summary of Profile

Lady Adaina Ajayi (nee Yartey) is a faculty and researcher in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Covenant University, Nigeria. She earned her doctoral degree in International Relations with a focus on the effectiveness of homegrown versus transplanted human rights regimes in protecting women's rights. Specifically, her work examined the impact of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the United States, and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDAW) in Ghana in combatting the pervasive influence of culture and patriarchy. Dr. Ajayi was recently awarded the African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) 2018 Junior Researcher Grant. She was a member of the research team awarded an Academic Challenge Grant by the Office of the Provost Ithaca College, New York, United States, titled "Mutating Patriarchies and the Struggle against Domestic Violence: Decoding the Politics of Silencing and Disbelief in West Africa and the United States”. She was also awarded a three (3) weeks Visiting Fellowship in the Department of Politics, Ithaca College, New York, United States, 7-28 June, 2016 which led to a symposium on “Evaluating International Collaboration in Struggles for Rights and Justice: Gendered Violence and other Challenges”. Dr. Ajayi was an active participant in the "Classrooms Beyond Borders" (CBB) Program between Ithaca College (USA), Covenant University (Nigeria), UNISA (South Africa) and An Najah University (West Bank) in 2011. She is a member of the International Political Science Association, Lagos Studies Association and currently serves as the Chair, Standing Committee on Projects of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF). Dr. Ajayi has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals and continues to work as a scholar-practitioner engaged in advocating and advancing the quest for an effective regime of human rights and the protection of vulnerable populations.

Curriculum Vitae

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