2020-2020 DAAD Promos Mobility Grant, University of Erfurt
10/2018 - 05/2021 | Master of Arts in Global Communication: Politics and Society at the University of Erfurt. Thesis topic: " Deconstructing and Reconceptualizing Nigeria's Public Diplomacy with Germany- Actors, Institutions and Complexities"
2020 | Nomination for the DAAD Award for the best international student
04/2016 – 05/2018 | Master of Arts in Media and Communication Science, Ilmenau University of Technology
04/2015 – 09/2015 | Academic Preparatory Course, Media and Communication Science, Ilmenau University of Technology
2006 - 2011 | Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
Research
Research and Teaching Position
August 2022 - Current | Research Associate in the MA Program Global Communication: Politics and Society (Profs. Patrick Rössler, Kai Hafez and Dr. phil. Anne Grüne)
November 2021 – Current | Doctorate on the topic: "Deconstructing African Public Diplomacy — A Case Study of Communication Strategies in Nigeria and South Africa"
Research Areas
Africa: Public Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy Counterflows (Africa and Europe)
Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative methods in Media and Communication Science
Further info on current class
"Public Diplomacy in International Comparison: A Euro-African Perspective."
This course analyzes the constituent parts of the public diplomacy architecture: Foreign broadcasting component, strategic communication, soft power resources and cultural engagement programs of state, non-state and supranational actors in selected European and African countries
August 2021 - October 2021 | Doctoral Preparation Scholarship - Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Erfurt