DAAD scholarship holder Olutomiwa Binuyo at the United Nations annual meeting of the Academic Council

On the 23-25 June 2022, one of the center’s current PhD Scholarship holders, Olutomiwa Binuyo, took part in the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System which was held at the Palais Des Nations, United Nations and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Switzerland. He presented a paper in the panel titled "Transforming and Expanding Access to Education in Developing Context”.

His paper was titled “Changing Course, Transforming Education: Spotlighting Voices in Rural Schools in Southwest Nigeria”, a study which is highly relevant to his PhD research. During the conference, he also served as a discussant in a panel titled “Local and Indigenous Knowledge and Data for Sustainable Development”.

Pressing global challenges were discussed at the conference and through multi-sectoral collaborations, these discussions will transform into practical solutions for now and the future. In Olutomiwa’s words, “Having attended a UN high-level plenary session and engaged in intellectual discussions during the panels, I have come to further understand that collaboration from all stakeholders is key for sustainable development”. The conference was organized by the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), Geneva Graduate Institute of International Development Studies (IHEID), and the United Nations Office at Geneva.