Postgraduate School
Master of Peace and Development Studies
M.A. Peace and Development Studies
A. List of Academic Staff
| Name | Status and Qualification | Research Interests | |||||
| Oyeronke Olademo | Professor & Director B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Ilorin) | Theological Perspectives of Peace and Gender | |||||
| G.A. Animasawun | Reader B.A. (Lagos); M.A., Ph.D. (Ibadan) | Communal and Identity Conflict, Insurgency and Counter Insurgency, National and Human Security, Marginality; Neopatrimonialism and Inter-FaithRelations, ICT and Conflict Management | |||||
| Abosede O.Babatunde | ReaderB.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Ibadan) | Conflict Resolution, Traditional Modes of Conflict Resolution, Human Rights and Security, Resource Governance, Peace-building Development, Gender Studies | |||||
| Ruth A. Adimula | Senior Lecturer LL.B (ABU, Zaria); B.L. (Lagos);LL.M. (OAU, Ile-Ife); Ph.D. (Ilorin) | Law, Gender, Refugees and IDPs Studies, Peace Development | |||||
| S.A. Raji | Senior Lecturer BPA. (AAU, Ekpoma); B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.(Jos) | Governance Conflict Management International Relations and StrategicStudies. | |||||
| J.M.K. Mbombo | Senior Lecturer B.A. (Kinshasa); M.A. (London); M. Phil., Ph.D. (Dublin) | Liberal Peace Building, Non-Violent Direct Action, Refugees and border studies, Sustainable Development Goals | |||||
| *F.A. Adekola | Professor B.Sc.,M.Sc.(Paris)(OAU,Ile-Ife); Ph.D. | Environmental Security | |||||
| *O.S. Balogun | Professor B.A. Agric., (Tokyo)M.Sc.(Ilorin),Ph.D. | Food Security | |||||
| *G.T. Ijaiya | Professor B.Sc., M.Sc. ,Sokoto)(Jos); Ph.D(UDUS, | Development Economic | |||||
| *A. A. Adeoye | Professor B.A., M.P.A.,(Ibadan) | (Ilorin); M.A., Ph.D., | Research Method play Directing, Theatre Criticism Performance and Cultural Studies | ||||
| *P.F. Adebayo | Professor B.A., (Ibadan), M.Sc., (OAU, Ile-Ife); Dipl.U.s. Std (New York); Ph.D., (Ilorin) | Refugee Studies Conflict Studies, International Relations, Inter-group Relations | |||||
| *M.A. Adedimeji | Professor B.A., M.A., Ph.D., (Ilorin) | Media and Conflict Pragmatics, Communication Theory, Language and Conflict Management |
| *A.L. Azeez | Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., (Lagos); Ph.D.,(Leeds) | Social Communication, Peace Journalism and International Relation and Diplomacy |
*Lecturer from other Departments
A Introduction
The programme is to provide mainstream training in Peace Studies at the Masters level in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. The CPSS realises the need to have capable hands to serve humanity as scholars and practitioners in the fields of Conflict Management and Peace-building, Peace and Development Journalism, Peace and Environment Studies as well as Security and Strategic Studies. The Centre immerses these areas in a carefully designed interdisciplinary programme that consists of Core and Elective courses for each of the specializations. Each student is expected to select courses towards deepening her/his expertise in any of the following four academic areas of specialisation: Conflict Management and Peace building (CMP), Security and Strategic Studies (SSS), Peace and Environment Studies (PES) and Peace and Development Journalism (PDJ).
C. Philosophy
The programme is premised on the conviction that peaceful means of managing conflict can be found and the search for sustainable peace takes theoretical and experimental approaches so as to train students who will stand out as excellent scholars and practitioners capable of shaping a better world.
D. Aim and Objectives
The overall aim of the M.A. in Peace and Development programme is to make the University of llorin a global Centre of Excellence in Peace, Security, Development studies as well as Development research and documentation. The objectives of the programme are to:
E Admission Requirements
F Duration of the Programme
G. Detailed Course Description
PDS 801: Concepts in Peace and Development Studies 2 Credits
Concepts, theories and perspectives of peace. lack of development advances with theoretical and empirical contexts. Issues relating to peace and conflict impact assessment (PCIA) and conflict sensitive development planning. Two- way nexus of peace and development: seminars, local and global case- studies. 30h (T); C
PDS 802: Principles, Strategies and Skills of Conflict Management 3 Credits
Conflict management: theory and practice based on insights from local and global perspectives. Issues of conflict prevention. Management. Resolution and transformation. Skills of coordinating peace processes. Theoretical, ethical, logistical and administrative steps for planning interventions in conflict situations. 45h (T); C
PDS 803: Research Methods in Peace Studies 2 Credits
Design research plans: preventing, managing, resolving and transforming conflicts. Details of security and development research: policy making on restoration of peace, enhancement of peace and peace- building as the case. Drawing on research approaches from other relevant disciplines. 30h (T); C
PDS 804: Communication in Peace and Conflict Management 2 Credits
Role of communication in all genres of conflict management and peace- building. Case-studies to contextually analyse the misuse of communication and media leading to avoidable conflicts. Best practices of how to prevent and manage conflict through communication from micro to macro contexts. 30h (T); C
PDS 805: Philosophical and Theological Bases of Peace 2 Credits
Different philosophies of peace in the main theological traditions: perspectives of the two leading world faith: Islam and Christianity. Centrality and commonality of peace: leading philosophers from the two faiths. Drawing out points of convergence and divergence. 30h (T); C
PDS 806: African Traditional Approaches to Conflict Management 2 Credits
Traditional methods of conflict resolution, management and transformation in Africa: conflict settlement traditions in palaces, age grade systems, gender- specific approaches to managing conflicts. Traditional approaches as complement to modern systems in conflict resolution, promotion of sustainable development. 30h (T); E
PDS 807: Media, Conflict Management and Peace-building 2 Credits
Crucial position of the media in peace and war time. Role of the media in specific conflict and war situations. Seminars: exploring options available in instances where the media played negative role by inhibiting peace processes. 30h (T); E
PDS 808: Women in Peace and Conflict 2 Credits
Dearth of resources on active roles played by women in Africa: promoting peace, advocating for justice, non-violent resistance of tyranny and injustice. Non-compliance of states with treaties and conventions on inclusion of women in peace processes: specific conflict and post-conflict communities. 30h (T); E
PDS 809: Managing Diversity and Fault Line Conflicts 2 Credits
Diversity of identities: erupting fault lines of violence putting many plural communities on the edge. Nature of identity conflicts: policy and community-based approaches for managing religious and ethnic conflicts in cross-cultural societies. Case studies from different parts of Africa. 30h (T); E
PDS 810: Arms Proliferation, Control and Disarmament 2 Credits
Tendency of state and non-state actors to access instruments of coercion. Motivations for arms proliferation: dimensions, categories and consequences. Impact of small arms proliferation on development. Success and failure of demobilisation, disarmament, reinsertion and reintegration in post- conflict and transiting states. 30h (T); E
PDS 811: Peace Support Operations 2 Credits
Concept, theory and practice of peace support operations in its historical and contemporary perspectives: classical or traditional peacekeeping, peace enforcement, multidimensional civilian peacekeeping and management of humanitarian emergencies. Case studies from different parts of the world. 30h (T); E
PDS 812: African Security Analyses 2 Credits
Management of the security sector: policing in a democracy, security sector reforms, and the involvement of civilians in crime detection and management. Concentration on theorising the influence of Africa in global strategic calculus, extra-African Security proposals and responses of African states to these proposals. 30h (T); E
PDS 813: Multi-Track Diplomacy in Peace-Building 2 Credits
Role of non-state actors in enhancing positive peace and conflict prevention. Challenges confronting the evolution of cooperation between actors in track one: government and other tracks are examined. Students to locate a place for themselves in the nine tracks in order to graduate as active agents of positive peace. 30h (T); E
PDS 814: Peace and Conflict-Sensitive Journalism 2 Credits
Journalists reporting conflicts and its implications for peace and security. Journalists operation in conflict zones. Empowerment practices and potential journalists on the ethics and praxis of peace: development journalism. 30h (T); E
PDS 815: Strategies and Challenges of Sustainable Development 2 Credits
Development initiatives and projects in relation to conflict prevention, peace- building and reconciliation. Issues of peace and conflict impact assessment. Conflict-related development analysis (CDA). People, problem and processes (PPP). Conflict sensitive development (CSD).
Exposing students to different theories and strategies in development studies. 30h (T); E
PDS 816: Governance and Conflicts in Africa 2 Credits
Closer examination and comparison of lack or ineffective governance in Africa. Theories and forms of governance: role of good governance in the promotion of peace with case studies. Respect for the rule of law and the promotion of popular political participation through electoral processes. 30h (T); E
PDS 817: War and the Media 2 Credits
Historical approach and the role of the media through different periods of war. Media challenges and choices made affecting inter-group relations during and after wars. Specific case studies: new modes of engagements between parties in conflict. 30h (T); E
PDS 818: Environmental Management and Human Security 2 Credits
Anthropocentric activities and state actions affecting safety and sustainability of the environment. Treaties, conventions, agreements, environmental laws: identifying problems associated with their implementation while giving students a 11 multi-dimensional understanding of the environment and its relatedness to human security. 30h (T); E
PDS 819: International Humanitarian Law 2 Credits
Treaties, conventions and other legal documents regulating the role of third- parties in conflicts and disputants themselves: state and non-state actors. Different types and forms of humanitarian interventions during cold and post- cold war. Comparative understanding of the dynamics of humanitarian law. 30h (T); E
PDS 820: Advanced Seminar 1 Credit
All registered students for the Master degree in Peace and Development Studies are expected to present a seminar on approved topics by the Board of Studies of the Centre. 15h (T); C
PDS 821: Disaster and Refugee Management 2 Credits
Management of natural and man-made disasters, refugee crises. Classification of disaster preparedness, disaster mitigation, coordination and evaluation. Role of national and international agencies in disaster and refugee management. 30h (T); E
PDS 822: Conventional and Unconventional Warfare 2 Credits
Historical and contemporaneous approaches towards tracing the changes and continuities of conventional and unconventional warfare. Implications of insurgency and counter-insurgency for the rise of warlords, mercenaries, militias and war crimes. Forms of unconventional and asymmetric warfare since the end of the cold war. 30h (T); E
PDS 823: Strategic Studies 2 Credits
Intellectual and policy questions regarding the use of force, peace and security. Internal defence and security, international security, military strategies, terrorism, climate change, regional and sub-regional security architecture, global health diplomacy, space and technology policies, cyber security and reduction of global inequalities and vulnerabilities. 30h (T); C
PDS 824: Globalisation and Regional Integration 2 Credits
Contending perspectives on globalisation and regional integration vis-a-vis their implications for regional peace, security, development and cooperation. Forms of nationalism: how different regions move from nationalism to regional integration. Successes and failures recorded and their implications for peace and security. 30h (T); E
PDS 825: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration law 2 Credits
Nature of alternative dispute resolution processes: mediation, conciliation, negotiation, arbitration and their effects on securing peace in the society. International arbitration. Participation in the one-week retreat on ADR is a condition for graduation. Sharpening students’ practical skills in alternative dispute resolution. 30h (T); C
PDS 826: Psychology and Emotional Intelligence 2 Credits
Self-mastery and self-regard, honesty, integrity and trust, emotional self- awareness, management of emotions, dealing with anger and pain, handling criticisms, coping with failure, stress management and self-actualisation. 30h (T); E
PDS 827: Cyber Security 2 Credits
Mobile Networking, Wi-Fi and Cloud Computing Applications, Cyber Security Analysis Framework, Safety Data Management and Coding Technique, Cyber Risk and Threat Detection. Other foci of the course are Forensic Computing, Digital Assets Protection Cyber Defence, Cyber Ethics and Law, Data Base Security, Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Network Security, Cyber Risk Management, Cyber Security Categories, including Critical Infrastructure Security, Application Security, Network Security and Internet Security, and Digital Information Security Policy.30h (T); E
PDS 840: Dissertation 5 Credits
Working with a Faculty advisor, students enrolled into the centre for peace and strategic studies design projects that integrate the knowledge and skills acquired during their training. 15,000 word research to demonstrate the students ability to inculcate field experience, discussions, and methods learnt in their projects on approved topic. 225h (T); C
H. Graduation Requirements
To obtain the Master of Peace and Development Studies, a student is expected to have:
The required courses for M.A. in Peace and Development studies students are pre-determined depending on their areas of specialisation. Students are also encouraged to participate in Seminars in related fields in other Departments of the University.
I Summary
Core Courses: PDS 801(2), PDS 802(3), PDS 803(3), PDS 805(2),
PDS 820(1), PDS 823 (2), PDS 825(2), PDS 840(5) =20 Credits Elective Courses: PDS 804, PDS806, PDS 807, PDS 808, PDS
809, PDS 810, PDS811, PDS812, PDS 813, PDS 814, PDS 815, PDS 816, PDS 817, PDS 818, PDS,
PDS 819, PDS 821, PDS 822, PDS 824, PDS 826, PDS 827
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