About us

our HISTORY

In November 2020, the Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund) announced the establishment of twelve Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Nigerian universities to stimulate innovative research for national development in Nigeria. Each of the nation’s six geo-political zones was awarded two Centres with financial support for research in their specific area of expertise for a period of five years. The University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria’s premier university, got one of the two slots for the South-West zone. The TETFund Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS), University of Ibadan is domiciled in the Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies and has a mandate on Early Warning Systems. The Centre, which is headed by a Director, also got Senate approval in July 2021. The Early Warning Systems (EWS) help to consolidate a core aspect of the academic and policy-oriented interventions of the Department of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies in the Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies of the University. The TETFund grant provides opportunity for other Departments in the Faculty and beyond to produce a critical mass of experts in the various elements of EWS and by so doing make University of Ibadan the hub of EWS training and services in Africa. The project will revolve around a systematic collection of security-related information from different sources, analyzing such data for generating alerts and communicating the results of the analysis to policy makers on regular basis for preventing and managing emerging, ongoing and future conflicts. The decision of TETFund to give the assignment to University of Ibadan is an open endorsement of the giant strides made by the University in the field of peace, security and development studies. The project will revolve around a systematic collection of security-related information from different sources, analyzing such data for generating alerts and communicating the results of the analysis to policy makers on regular basis for preventing and managing emerging, ongoing and future conflicts. The decision of TETFund to give the assignment to University of Ibadan is an open endorsement of the giant strides made by the University in the field of peace, security and development studies.

Vision

The vision of the Centre is to expand the frontiers of knowledge in security management for sustainable peace and development of the Nigerian society.

Our objectives:

To establish an institution for collecting, analyzing and processing early warning data and disseminating same for supporting conflict prevention and management in Nigeria based on globally standardized indicators and methods;
To support teaching, research and community services on early warning and early response mechanisms through curriculum development and review, commissioned studies, provision of scholarships, and internship opportunities;
To provide technical assistance to reinforce the capacity of Nigerian universities to collect and analyze conflict-risk data, develop recommendations, and improve response strategies and sharing of actionable peace and conflict information;
To organise action-oriented conferences, workshops and seminars for promoting partnership in conflict prevention and management;
To work collaboratively with governmental and non-governmental institutions to prevent and manage violent conflicts in Nigeria and beyond based on the alerts generated by the UI situation room;
To engage in other activities considered expedient from-time-to-time for strengthening peace processes in Nigeria, West Africa and Africa
To contribute to the global ranking of the University of Ibadan in the field of peace and development studies through publications and outreach programmes.

Mission

To become a globally recognized Centre of Excellence in Early Warning Systems, underpinned by best practices in training, research and advocacy.
To create an environment that would foster multidisciplinary studies in the field of Early Warning System (EWS) for conflict prevention, mitigation and disaster preparedness.
To become a reference hub for academics, government institutions, international organisations and corporate bodies for evidence-based information in conflict prevention and peace-building interventions.