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Welcome to Ife Institute of Advanced Studies

Ife Institute of Advanced Studies, Ile-Ife, promotes interdisciplinary research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. The Institute propagates the best practices in scholarship and is committed to investing in the next generation of scholars by equipping scholars with competences and values that will position them at the cutting edge of knowledge production and dissemination in a rapidly changing world. The Institute aims at fostering deliberations about how to shape Nigeria’s and Africa’s future through scholarship, and establishing a network of non-university intellectuals, Nigerian and African society thought-leaders and civil servants. Through these, the institute hopes to serve as a catalyst of change by demonstrating the centrality of knowledge to development.