This event is organised by Lagos State University of Education in collaboration with Penn State University, USA.

The LASUED 2026 International Conference brings about innovations on strategies and ways to advance wellness from the perspectives of Nigerian and Afro-Diasporic epistemologies. It will be a platform of opportunities for scholars to share ideas and dialogue with colleagues from diverse contexts.

There will be opportunity for participants to join the conference in person in Oto/Ijanikin campus for thought provoking interactive sessions, networking and renewed commitment to wellness in our daily lives. We look forward to welcoming you to this global gathering.

Format
In person and virtual

Venue
Lagos State University of Education, Oto/Ijanikin Campus
Km 30, Lagos Badagry Expressway, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos, Nigeria

Programme

• Sunday 13 September — Arrival
• Monday 14 September — Opening ceremony and parallel sessions
• Tuesday 15 September — Parallel sessions and closing ceremony
• Wednesday 16 September — Optional tour to historical sites in Badagry, Lagos

Theme
Advancing Wellness and Intersectional Perspectives

Sub-themes

• Community engaged scholarship and community based research
• Research practices grounded in collective knowledge making, accessibility and social transformation
• Navigating the academic terrain in the global age
• World health, food and child connections
• Centering African knowledge systems, values, and lived realities to understand the role of food, nutrition, and child development
• Mentorship — approaches that support emerging scholars, disabled academics, and community knowledge-makers across Nigerian and diasporic contexts

Keynote Speaker
Prof. Mildred Boveda, Irving B. Harris Chair and Professor, Erikson Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lead Speaker
Prof. LESI Foluso Ebun Afolabi, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development Services, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Submission
Full paper deadline: 30 August 2026
All accepted articles will be peer-reviewed and published in a university-based international journal.

Registration
In person — International participants: $60 early bird / $65 late
In person — Local participants: ₦60,000 early bird / ₦70,000 late
Virtual — Local: ₦50,000 / Foreign: $55
Optional tour fee: $15 / ₦15,000

Registration link
https://bit.ly/LASUEDCONF

Contact
📞 +234-803 334 9285
✉️ conference@lasued.edu.ng