Stella Oluwaseun
- Position
- Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy
- Areas of expertise
- African childhood studies, street children, child poverty, gender and family policy, migration and transnationalism
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- Faculty
- Social Sciences
- School
- Sociology and Social Policy
- Website
- Faculty profile
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Profile
I was born and raised in Nigeria where I attended the University of Nigeria Nsukka for my Bachelor's degree and the University of Lagos for a postgraduate diploma.
I have over eight years’ experience working in the charity sector in Nigeria on various issues such as providing education to street children in Lagos and empowering women in management and business.
My Master’s project was focused on policy options for providing primary education to street children in Nigeria, while my PhD research on International Student Migration explored gendered experience of international student migration rooted in patriarchal ideology among a group of Nigerian Christian female students enrolled in postgraduate studies in UK Higher Education.
Research
I am currently working on a collaborative project in the area of out-of-school children with a specific interest in street children in Lagos, Nigeria.
Also, I am a co-investigator in a recent British Council’s grant award for The Going Global Partnerships – Gender Equality Partnerships for one year. The grant supports higher/further education institutions and sector bodies to progress gender equality building on the potential of the sector to influence wider society. Leeds is the UK Lead institution partnering with the University of Ghana. Our project is focused on Enhancing Gender Equality in Higher Education Through Comprehensive Maternity Cover.