Abuja Workshop: Continental Convening on Doctoral Pedagogy

The Institute will convene a working session in Abuja, Nigeria, on the question of doctoral pedagogy across African universities — with particular attention to methodological training, supervisory practice, and the publication trajectory expected of African PhD candidates.

Why Abuja, why now

The choice of Abuja reflects the Institute’s commitment to staging substantive convenings on the continent itself, rather than at the diaspora’s convenience. Nigerian universities are also home to the largest cohort of African doctoral candidates in the IIAS network, making the city a logical anchor for this conversation.

The workshop will run over three working days. Mornings will be devoted to short papers from invited contributors; afternoons to small-group working sessions on the issues raised. The output will be a working paper, jointly authored by participants, on what the Institute proposes as a continental standard for doctoral training.

Who is invited

The workshop is open to IIAS Fellows and Members, doctoral supervisors at partner institutions, and a limited number of senior doctoral candidates whose work bears directly on the agenda. Travel grants are available for African-based participants on application; the deadline for grant inquiries closes six weeks before the convening.

Inquiries to the Convening Secretary.