The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) is set for a comprehensive intellectual agenda for its 2022 Summer Institute Programme scheduled.
The sixth edition, to be held from July 24 to August 6, 2022, will be online (Zoom) and physical at the Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
A statement by Prof Jacob Olupona said it will kick off at 1.00pm under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Simeon Adebayo Bamire. The theme for the year’s Summer Institute is: ‘The future of the academy: Skills for transformative pedagogy, theory and practice.’
The objective of the Summer Institute programme is to facilitate and foster innovative research among young scholars in the academy, particularly those in the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by exposing them to relevant theoretical and methodological tools in their respective disciplines.