OLÚWATÓBILÓBA (TOBI) DANIEL ADÉWÙNMÍ

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Environmental Politics/Policy (Climate Change)

Political Violence and US Foreign Policy

Comparative Politics (Nigeria; West Africa)

Urban Political Ecology

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

M.A. in International Relations

Advisor: Dr Adam Parker

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

M.Sc. in Political Science, Comparative Politics; June 2016

Advisor: Prof. Osisioma Nwolise

B.Sc. with Honors in Political Science; June 2012

Distinctions: Political Behavior, Political Geography, Comparative Federal Systems, Contemporary Political Analysis, Descriptive Statistics.

Advisor: Dr Stephen Lafenwa

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos Nigeria

Certificate in Leadership Program for Sustainable Waste Management; December 2021

Institute of Labor, Bonn, Germany

Certificate in Development Economics Course for Sub-Saharan Africa, IZA/FCDO Program on Gender, Growth & Labor Markets in Low Income Countries; November 2021

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

Certificate in Qualitative and Multi-method Research; June 2021

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Certificate in Innovative Thinking in Research, Teaching and Learning, Pan-African Doctoral Academy; July 2019.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), Chicago, Nigeria

Research Assistant, December 2023 - Date

Conduct surveys and text mining on political violence and security threats in the United States and abroad

Analyze datasets and prepare reports for presentation by Professor John Pape and other associate directors

Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria

Research Fellow II, March 2023 – August 2023

Conduct mapping and analyses of conflict patterns and threats within Nigeria and abroad

Advising the Federal Government of Nigeria on iterating and/or reviewing her respective foreign policy positions

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Research Assistant, Proximate Bodies and Social Order in the Postcolonial City, October – November 2022

Assisted Dr Akin Iwilade (Coordinator of the PhD program at the Centre for African Studies) in setting up preliminary interviews and conduct archival research in Lagos

University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Research Assistant, Pneumacity, March 2021 – January 2023

Conducted fieldwork and prepared policy briefs for a project on End-of-Life tyres in West African Megacities funded by the British Academy and Global Challenges Research Fund

Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, United States

Research Associate, Pentecostal Christianity among Millennials, October 2021 – June 2022

Assisted Dr Oluwakemi Adesina (Yang Visiting Fellow in World Religions ’21) in coordinating fieldwork in Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta (Nigeria)

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

Research Assistant, Grassroots Governance and Development in Ibadan, August 2018 – December 2020

Conducted fieldwork across 5 Local Government areas in Ibadan, engaging with state and non-state actors involved in grassroots governance

Participated in preparing report

Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Ibadan, Nigeria

Research & Programs Development Fellow, August 2017 – January 2019

Researched and designed the academic curricula of the Graduate Programs in Public Administration and Public Policy

Mapped the needs of different constituencies and clients related to the objectives of the School and developing outreach strategies

Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Nigeria

Graduate Research Intern, April 2014 – July 2017

Contributed to research projects and prepared reports for the office of the Director, Policy Engagement and ICT Division

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Volvo Research and Educational Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden

Course Facilitator, Postgraduate Writing Hub, July – November 2022

Facilitated discussions on modules among postgraduate students participating in the online writing course

Graded weekly assignments and final essays of course participants

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Graduate Tutorial Assistant, Government Society, and Economy, September 2019 – December 2021

Tutored undergraduate students on selected modules in the Government, Society and Economy course (GES 103).

Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria

Adjunct Lecturer, Citizenship Education, August 2017 – December 2021

Taught modules in Citizenship Education to diploma students

Organized seminars and guest lectures on Nigerian Government, Politics and Development

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Graduate Students Advisory Board, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Board Member, October 2023 – Present

Provide evidence-based advisory to the Office of Graduate Student Affairs and the Graduate Council on welfare programming for international graduate students

Collaborate in implementing capacity building and career development programs for international graduate students and other international visiting faculty within the University community.

Volvo Research and Educational Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden

Administrative Assistant, Postgraduate Writing Hub, October 2022 - November 2022

Coordinated engagements with resource persons and students in the hub and facilitated modules in research writing and publishing processes for doctoral students and early career researchers in African institutions.

French Institute for Research in Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria

Associate Editor, IFRA-Nigeria Working Paper Series, May – August 2022

Provided editorial comments on papers to be published in a special issue on ‘Environmental Changes and Urban Lives in African Cities’

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

Rapporteur, Regional Convening on Higher Education in Africa, January 2022

Reported on panel discussions at the conference on “The Impact of Private Universities on Public Universities in Africa”

Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria

External Course Material Reviewer to Centre for Open Distance Learning, July 2020 – December 2021

Reviewed the Political Science courses and recommended course content updates in the University’s Open Distance Learning Program

International Association of Political Science Students (IAPSS), Montreal, Canada

Chair, Africa Region, January 2019 - December 2020

Provided analyses of political developments in Africa and the MENA Region

Co-authored report on the voices of youths in peace and development in Africa for the UN75 Dialogue

Canadian Center of Science and Education, Ontario, Canada

Peer Reviewer, January 2017 – December 2019

Provided editorial review and developmental feedback on the suitability of research manuscripts and book reviews submitted by authors for publication

IFO Institute, Munich, Germany

Expert Member on Nigeria, World Economic Survey Panel, January 2017 – December 2019

Assessed quarterly macro and micro-economic indicators on Nigeria for economic research and policy advocacy.

SELECTED GRANTS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

University of Chicago Phoenix Scholarship Award ($20,000), 2023

University of Chicago Social Science Promise Scholarship Award ($10,000), 2023

Wits-TUB-Unilag Fellowship in Sustainable Urbanization, 2022

University of Ibadan Travel Support Grant, Local Conference ( 25,000), 2019

University of Ibadan Travel Support Grant, International Conference, ( 40,000), 2017

A.G. Leventis (Egba) Merit Scholarship Award for Students, ( 45,000), 2017 and ( 20,000), 2009

Egba Elite Club Scholarship Award for Ogun State Indigenes, ( 20,000), 2010

University of Ibadan Best Performing Class Representative, Faculty of the Social Sciences, 2010 and 2009

LANGUAGES

American Standard English: Speaking - Good; Reading - Excellent; Writing - Excellent

British Standard English: Speaking - Good; Reading - Excellent; Writing - Excellent

Nigerian Standard English: Speaking - Native proficiency; Reading - Excellent; Writing - Excellent

Yoruba: Speaking - Native proficiency; Reading - Excellent; Writing - Excellent

French: Speaking - Fair; Reading - Good; Writing - Fair

German: Speaking - Fair; Reading - Fair; Writing - Fair

Pidgin English (Creole): Speaking - Very Good; Reading - Excellent; Writing - Good

PUBLICATIONS

Ofongo, Oluwasegun, John Ojo & Oluwatobiloba Adewunmi. forthcoming. Weapon Without Weaponry: US Military Aid and Post-conflict Stability in West Africa, 2015-2022. Africa Security Journal

Adewunmi, O. forthcoming. Economics, Environment and Urbanisation. In: Wariboko, N. & O. Vaughan,

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Nigeria. Oxon: Routledge

Adewunmi, O. forthcoming. Of Tyres, Temporalities, Teams and In-betweens in an African Mega-city: Reflections of an Early Career Researcher on the Pneumacity project. African Cities Blog

Adewunmi, Oluwatobiloba. forthcoming. Review: Daniel Agbiboa. 2022. They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 266 pp. African Studies Quarterly. Vol. 22 (1).

van der Merwe, R., Kuse, S. & Oluwatobiloba Adewunmi. 2020. IAPSS-UN75 Dialogue Report on Youth, Peace and Development in Africa. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3754484

Oladeji, A. & Oluwatobiloba Adewunmi. 2015. Between Climate Change Narratives and Policy Actions: The Choice of Developing a Sustainable Development Agenda for Nigeria, Journal of Social and Political Science, Vol. 3(3):31–41. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2673505

TECHNICAL/RAPPORTEUR REPORTS

Adewunmi, O. Transiting from Bust to Boom: Fiscal, Financial and Infrastructure Options. Report of ISGPP’s first-in-year Seminar Series on Nigeria’s National Economy held on the 31st of January, 2018 at No. 24, Awolowo, Bodija, Ibadan.

Adewunmi, O. Employment, Unemployment and Job Creation in Nigeria. Report of ISGPP’s Special Seminar Series on Nigeria’s national economy held in conjunction with the Office of the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OVP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on the 17th and 18th of July, 2018 at Carlton Gate Hotel, Agodi, Secretariat Road, Opposite University College Hospital, Ibadan

PRESENTATIONS

Panel: “The Crippled Giant, 20 Years On: Democracy, Developmental Federalism and (Dis)contents in the Scholarship of Eghosa Osaghae”. (Re)thinking Decoloniality: African Decolonization and Epistemologies in the 21st Century, 7th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, June 20-24, 2023. University of Lagos.

Roundtable: “Environmental Changes and Urban Lives in Africa”. 1-day Roundtable by IFRA-Nigeria and the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development. May 10, 2022. Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre, University of Lagos.

Roundtable: “Higher Education, Decoloniality and Mobility(ies) in Africa”. Graduate Research Clinic Webinar Series. February 11 - April 30, 2022. Virtual.

Panel: “Mainstreaming Youths in Politics and Governance”. Intergenerational Disconnect: Mainstreaming the Nigerian Youth, Intergenerational Panel by Governance Dialogue Initiative. February 18, 2021. Virtual

Panel: “The Humanities Curricula in the Twenty-First Century”. The Humanities in the Age of Globalization. Faculty of Arts First International Graduate Conference. June 2021, University of Ibadan.

Panel: Adewunmi, O. Encountering the Glocal in African Megacities: Evidence of Cosmopolitan th Subjectivism and Urban Transformations (2019). Presented at the 4 Annual Lagos Studies Association (LSA) Conference, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, June 27-29, 2019

Panel: Adewunmi, O. Language as Political Metaphor: Deconstructing the Change Mantra in Nigeria’s Political Lexicon (2017). Presented at the 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) and 30th West African Linguistics Congress (WALC), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, July 31- August 5, 2017.

Guest Commentary: The Heat: Matters Arising. New Frontiers TV. March 19, 2019

Guest Commentary: Nigeria Decides. R2FM 92.9. March 2, 2019

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

African Politics Conference Group, i/c American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

International Studies Association

African Political Economy Association

Lagos Studies Association

REFERENCES

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