Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies

About Us

The Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies of the University of Ilorin was established in 2008 with the technical support of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) to make a contribution to the production of the needed manpower for promoting sustainable development and managing conflicts in Africa and far beyond. The Centre offers MA and Ph. D degree courses in Peace and Development Studies. Historically, the Centre is the second to provide mainstream training in Peace Studies at doctoral level in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. The specific objectives of the Centre include the following:

To make the University of Ilorin a global centre of excellence for peace and development research and documentation.
To train world class manpower in the fields of peace, development and strategic studies.
To provide practical skills training in peacemaking, peace building and preventive diplomacy to students and field practitioners.

2^nd international conference

The Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, is organising its second biennial international conference, themed “Democratisation and Conflict in Africa”, between September 7 and 9, 2011 at the University of Ilorin Main Auditorium.

According to a statement signed by the Director of the Centre, Dr. (Mrs). Olabisi Olasehinde-Williams, the Special Guest of Honour at the Conference is the Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, while the Keynote Speaker will be the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. A. Dambazau (rtd.)

The sub-themes are:

1. Political mobilisation and violence before, during and after elections.
2. The new mass movements and violent protests against autocracies.
3. Liberal democracy vs. political stability in weak states.
4. Democratisation as a tool of conflict management / resolution.
5. State security forces in democratisation.
6. The judiciary and electoral disputes.
7. Leadership, conflict and electoral reforms.
8. Civil society organisations and electoral violence.
9. Rotation, power sharing and majority rule in pluralist societies.
10. Post-conflict transition and democratic consolidation.
11. Economic growth, democracy and peace.
12. Information technology and prevention of electoral conflict.
13. Decentralisation, local governance and conflict in resource-rich democracies.
14. Transitional justice and electoral violence.
15. Gender issues in democratisation and conflict.

Interested participants are to send their abstracts on any of the sub-themes to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it