Graduate Assistant | Graduate Assistant
Faculty of Social Science ยท Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Specialization Peace and Conflict Studies; Conflict Prevention and Management; Media and Conflict; Information and Conflict Dynamics; Conflict Communication; Misinformation and Disinformation; Digital and Social Media; Conflict Narratives; Peacebuilding
Office: Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, FUOYE
Phone: 09023059661
Email: abdulqayyum.adedokun@fuoye.edu.ng
Adulqayyum Abolore Adedokun is a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, Nigeria. He is an emerging academic and researcher with interests in peace and conflict studies, media and information, conflict dynamics, conflict communication, governance, and social relations.
His research interests cut across peacebuilding, conflict prevention and management, media and conflict, information and conflict dynamics, conflict communication, media representations of conflict, misinformation and disinformation, information disorder, community relations, youth and student affairs, governance, and social cohesion.
His scholarly interest particularly focuses on understanding how media, information and communication processes influence the emergence, escalation, transformation and resolution of conflicts. He is interested in the role of both traditional and digital media in shaping public perceptions, disseminating information, influencing conflict narratives, and facilitating peacebuilding. His research also examines the implications of misinformation, disinformation and information disorder for conflict prevention, social stability and peaceful coexistence.
As an emerging scholar in Peace and Conflict Studies, he adopts an interdisciplinary approach that connects Peace and Conflict Studies with Media and Communication, Political Science, Sociology, History, Law and Development Studies. His academic interests are driven by the need to understand the complex relationship between information, communication, power, conflict and peace in contemporary society. At the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, he contributes to teaching, research and other academic activities within the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies.
He is committed to continuous scholarly development and to producing research that contributes to a deeper understanding of contemporary conflict dynamics and the development of context-sensitive approaches to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, information management and sustainable peace in Nigeria and beyond.
Media, Information and Conflict Studies, with a particular focus on Conflict Communication, Media Representations of Conflict, Misinformation and Disinformation, Digital Media and Peacebuilding, and Conflict Prevention and Management.