The Nigerian Watch Project will hold a panel at the Lagos Studies Association Conference 2027. The panel will examine trends in deaths overtime and between states in different geopolitical zones; what types of violence make up the highest proportion and if they overlap; and who the principal perpetrators and victims are, and how gender plays a role in insecurity. Using descriptive statistics, spatial analysis and qualitative information, the panelists will link the data to broader debates surrounding topics such as resource competition, territorial conflict and pressure from climate change on land and water resources.
Deadline: 25 November 2026
11th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference 2027
(Re)generation in African Studies: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Activism
15–19 June 2027
Trinity University, Lagos, and Zoom
Organizer: Nigeria Watch Project
Panel Description
Nigeria continues to witness widespread violence from banditry, insurgency, political crisis, ethno-religions tensions, crime, land conflict and communal crisis. In addition to loss of lives, violence has resulted in mass displacements and obvious disruptions. Yet, understanding the pattern and trend of violence have been hampered by incomplete datasets, varying recording methods and political issues. Nigeria Watch provides an invaluable empirical basis for the understanding, especially as its database aggregates lethal incidents reported in the Nigerian media and human rights sources.
The panel will examine trends in deaths overtime and between states in different geopolitical zones; what types of violence make up the highest proportion and if they overlap; and who the principal perpetrators and victims are, and how gender plays a role in insecurity. Using descriptive statistics, spatial analysis and qualitative information, the panelists will link the data to broader debates surrounding topics such as resource competition, territorial conflict and pressure from climate change on land and water resources.
The panel welcomes contributions from researchers, scholars, and practitioners from with backgrounds in sociology, political science, environmental studies, anthropology, history, geography, media studies, criminology, gender studies, and peace and conflict studies.
We invite papers on the topics:
- The impact of Boko Haram insurgency and government responses
- Banditry and cattle rustling
- Police brutality and extrajudicial killings
- Socio-cultural and violent death
- Territorial tensions and lethal outcomes
- Resource control and the politics of oil production and distribution
- Farmer- herders clashes
- Ethnoreligious conflicts
- Gender dimensions of violence and insecurity
- Environmental degradation, climate change, and resource-based conflicts
Submission Guidelines
- Abstract should not be more than 250 words. The use of Nigeria Watch database will be a plus.
- Submission should be sent via email to
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- Notification of Acceptance: 30 November 2026