Assistant Professor Ada Peter
Research Fellow
Ph.D Mass Communication
College
Department
Programme
Research Interests
Media and International Security
Awards & Honours
- 2017 SUSI Scholar on U.S National Security and Policymaking
- 2015 African Guest Researchers Scholarship Award for research on Conflicts in Africa and Competing Narratives: Implications for UN-AU Coordination in Peace Operations in Africa (2000-2010). Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. Nordic African Institute, Uppsala Sweden.
- 2014 Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. A Brown International Advanced Research Institute grant for collaborative research on Human Security and Humanitarian Response: Increasing Effectiveness and Accountability in the Age of Complex Emergencies, Providence, Rhode Island USA
- 2014 United Nations University of Peace and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) book project contributor on governance and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Addis Abba, Ethiopia.
- 2013 South-South Institute on “Democratic renewal versus neoliberalism: towards empowerment and inclusion” jointly organized by Latin America council of social sciences (CLACSO), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and the International Development Economic Associates (IDEAs), Santiago, Chile.
Teaching Areas
Journalism
Data Analysis
International Security
Current Postgraduate Supervision
Three
Collaboration/Linkages
University of Delaware, U.S.A
Brown University, U.S.A
Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
Brown University, U.S.A
Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
Conferences Attended
Peter, A. S. & Kayode-Adedeji, T. (2016). A Crazy Cyber World: Construction of a Composite Index for Measuring Child Online Protection (COPI). International Communication Association (ICA) 66th Annual Conference, Fukoka Japan.
Peter, A. S. (2016). Cyber Resilience Index. International Communication Association (ICA) 66th Annual Conference, Fukoka Japan.
Peter, A.S. (2016). Representations of Libya and NATO’s invasion of Libya in 2011. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies Annual Conference, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom.
Peter, A. S. (2015). Making a case for War: CNN vs BBC Monitoring Reportage of Libya’s 1st Civil War. Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala Sweden.
Peter, A.S., Olafisoye, D. & Sobowale, I. (2015). Doughty Bombings: Competing Media Narratives of Boko Haram Insurgencies in Northeast Nigeria. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies Annual Conference, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
Peter, A.S. & Sobowale, I. (2015). The Future of Political and Economic Conflicts in Africa: Is the Continent ready? 25th International Business and Management Association Conference (IBIMA). Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Peter, A. S. (2015). Media Literacy and Black Adolescents. International Communication Association (ICA) 65th Annual Conference. Puerto Rico
Peter, A.S (2014). Conflicts in Africa and the Press: Implications for UN-AU Coordination In Peace Operations In Africa (1990-2013). International Symposium on Governance and Security in Africa, Addis Ababa
Peter, A.S (2013). Who has propelled democracy? Neoliberalism pitfalls and the press: implications for alternatives (1990 - 2012)? South-South Institute on “Democratic renewal versus neoliberalism: towards empowerment and inclusion, Santiago de Chile.
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Women, Peace and Security: Reviewing SC Resolution 1325. National Model United Nation conference A, New York
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Resource Scarcity and its Relation to Conflict. National Model United Nation conference A, New York.
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Achieving Peace and Stability in Somalia. National Model United Nation conference A, New York
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Out of the mouths of babes: Poverty from the perspectives of African children living in conflict regions. CODESRIA Child and Youth Institute Dakar, Senegal
Obanua, A. S. (2009). The Role of Ora-Media Literacy In Salvaging Indigenous Culture From The Stifling Lasso Of Globalization. Being a paper presented at the China Association For Intercultural Communication & Association For Chinese Communication Studies International Conference organized by Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China.
Obanua, A. S. (2008). Effectiveness of Trado Media Inside the Global Village. SACOMM Conference. University of Pretoria, South Africa
Peter, A. S. (2016). Cyber Resilience Index. International Communication Association (ICA) 66th Annual Conference, Fukoka Japan.
Peter, A.S. (2016). Representations of Libya and NATO’s invasion of Libya in 2011. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies Annual Conference, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom.
Peter, A. S. (2015). Making a case for War: CNN vs BBC Monitoring Reportage of Libya’s 1st Civil War. Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala Sweden.
Peter, A.S., Olafisoye, D. & Sobowale, I. (2015). Doughty Bombings: Competing Media Narratives of Boko Haram Insurgencies in Northeast Nigeria. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies Annual Conference, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
Peter, A.S. & Sobowale, I. (2015). The Future of Political and Economic Conflicts in Africa: Is the Continent ready? 25th International Business and Management Association Conference (IBIMA). Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Peter, A. S. (2015). Media Literacy and Black Adolescents. International Communication Association (ICA) 65th Annual Conference. Puerto Rico
Peter, A.S (2014). Conflicts in Africa and the Press: Implications for UN-AU Coordination In Peace Operations In Africa (1990-2013). International Symposium on Governance and Security in Africa, Addis Ababa
Peter, A.S (2013). Who has propelled democracy? Neoliberalism pitfalls and the press: implications for alternatives (1990 - 2012)? South-South Institute on “Democratic renewal versus neoliberalism: towards empowerment and inclusion, Santiago de Chile.
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Women, Peace and Security: Reviewing SC Resolution 1325. National Model United Nation conference A, New York
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Resource Scarcity and its Relation to Conflict. National Model United Nation conference A, New York.
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Achieving Peace and Stability in Somalia. National Model United Nation conference A, New York
Obanua, A.S. (2013). Out of the mouths of babes: Poverty from the perspectives of African children living in conflict regions. CODESRIA Child and Youth Institute Dakar, Senegal
Obanua, A. S. (2009). The Role of Ora-Media Literacy In Salvaging Indigenous Culture From The Stifling Lasso Of Globalization. Being a paper presented at the China Association For Intercultural Communication & Association For Chinese Communication Studies International Conference organized by Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China.
Obanua, A. S. (2008). Effectiveness of Trado Media Inside the Global Village. SACOMM Conference. University of Pretoria, South Africa
Summary of Profile
Ada Peter is an Assistant Professor of Media and International Security at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. She explores the processes of terrorism, violent extremism and conflicts to help governments curb terrorist acts and violent extremists and conflicts in her region. Also, as a lead researcher of investigations on online communication and social change in developing nations, she uses machine learning algorithms to analyze online Big Data that could predict acts of terror and armed conflicts in countries in Africa. Dr. Peter received a SUSI Scholar award on U.S. National Security and Foreign Policymaking from the US Department of State. She is also a received a Brown University International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) award and the African Guest Researcher Scholarship Award at the Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden. She was invited to contribute to a United Nations University of Peace book project on governance and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Peter has also had engaging discussions on the dynamics of terrorism and national security with security experts at the U.S Department of State, Princeton University, Columbia University, the U.S Army War College, U.S. Military Academy, World Affairs Council, CATO Institute, CSIS and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is a graduate of Nigeria’s leading Private University, Covenant University.
Curriculum Vitae
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