Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies (CEM&GS)

Historical Context of CEMGS

Global migration and mobility has become part of human history and cannot be divorced from developmental plan, economics, politics, social, and education of the citizens. Both internal and external migrations have to influence who we are, what we do, and our future. The establishment of the Centre marked a milestone in the history of NOUN under the leadership of Professor Abdallah Uba Adamu, the Vice Chancellor.

The Centre is therefore a fulcrum of research about migrations, both internal and external; and its conceptualisation, contextualisation, and decolonisation are primarily for internal paradigm, dimension, and capacity development for field-based research and policy oriented recommendations arising therefrom. It is a critical Afrocentric centred division that transfers theories, concepts, etc. into policy oriented research useable for national policy use, and global adaptation. Our Migration Observtory are field-based using ethnographic, arts methods, and extensive narratives that validates theories.

Core Mandates of CEMGS

To provide leverage for field based and solution driven research
To serve as agent of national policy for migration studies
To seek grants for academic activities and outreach for sustainability
To organise occasional papers, seminars, conferences, and public lectures
To publish and sustain peer reviewed academic journal and monograph series
To collaborate with stakeholders in the field and policy makers

Operations

The following sections form the core of our operation:

Director’s Office
Administrative and Secretariat Office
The Hub: Research, Publications, and Outreach Office
Centre Library and Information Technology

Vision

To be the bridge between humanity and the future

Mission

To provide sustainable leverage for interdisciplinary research in migration and global studies

Core Values

Integrity |Inclusion |Diversity | Service |Participatory

The Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies was established in February 2020 with a grant from TETFUND, the Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies is a research hub with emphasis of field based research that impacts policy formulation and execution for solution to both internal and global migrations. We focus on internal capacity building first and foremost, and stress Afrocentric-based methods in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science. It is the first of its kind in Nigeria and an innovation with distinct concept, context, perspective, and focus.

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Director of Noun Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies

Samuel Opeyemi Iroye is an erudite scholar, a passionate teacher, a Peace Advocate, a Legal Practitioner, a Lecturer and a Priest. He is a Professor of Strategic Studies and Conflict Resolution. He is a Fellow of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) and Institute for Crisis Resolution, Peacebuilding and Conciliation (ICRPC). Samuel O. Iroye obtained a PhD in ‘’Strategic Studies and a Masters’ Degree in Law’’ from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. He also obtained his LL.B Degree in Law from the University of Ilorin in Kwara State and subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar where he was awarded his B.L. Certificate qualifying him to practice as a legal Practitioner in Nigeria. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education from the National Open University of Nigeria. He also had a theological training at The African Church College of Theology, Lagos where he also bagged a Diploma in Theology. He was the first Head of Department of Commercial Law, National Open University of Nigeria, and the founding and first Head of the Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution of National Open University of Nigeria. He also had served as a Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja. He is presently the Director of Noun Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies. He has over sixty two (62) Published Academic Articles and Books to his credit. He has passion for teaching, youth training, development and empowerment.

Prof. Samuel Opeyemi Iroye
Tel: +234 8033337207

Email: siroye@noun.edu.ng