Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, Queen's University

Research

Youth Africa rising psychosocial well-being Sustainable development African urbanisms affective labour urban transformation neoliberalism

Latest funding

Race, gender, sexuality and student security: The School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$90,713
Race, gender, sexuality and student security: The School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$144,296
Youth, Labour and Neoliberal Urban Transformation in Ibadan, Nigeria
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$72,636

All 5 grants and awards

Race, gender, sexuality and student security: The School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Oriola, Temitope B.

Keywords: school resource officer program; race and policing; gender and policing; police presence in schools; sexuality and policing in schools; school security; school safety

$90,713

Race, gender, sexuality and student security: The School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Oriola, Temitope B.

Keywords: school resource officer program; race and policing; gender and policing; police presence in schools; sexuality and policing in schools; school security; school safety

$144,296

Youth, Labour and Neoliberal Urban Transformation in Ibadan, Nigeria

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, Grace

Keywords: Youth; Africa rising; labour; psychosocial well-being; urban restructuring; Nigeria; future

$72,636

Youth and African Urban Futures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, Grace

$240,000

Youth and African Urban Futures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, Grace

Keywords: Sustainable development; Africa rising; African urbanisms; youth; affective labour; urban transformation; neoliberalism; identity; postcolonial/decolonial geographies; urban futures; place-making; psychosocial well-being; economic growth; business and precarity.

$335,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Youth Dear Professor Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on youth connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Youth, Labour and Neoliberal Urban Transformation in Ibadan, Nigeria" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]