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Idayat Hassan
CitizenshipNigerian
Alma materLagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria
European Academy of Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium
Occupation(s)Lawyer , academic, activist, author

Idayat Hassan is a Nigerian Lawyer who served as the director of Center for Democracy and Development, a position she held since 2013 to 2023.[1][2][3] She previously served as the deputy regional coordinator with the Movement Against Corruption in Nigeria (MAC), an organization that seeks to eradicate corruption and poverty in Nigeria.[3]

She was a member of Yale Greenberg World Fellow in 2015.[4][5]

Education

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Idayat received her bachelor's degree in law from the Lagos State University, Ojo and holds an LL.M. in legal theory from European Academy of Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium.

Research

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Idayat research centres around social media and the use of ICT for development in Nigeria and West Africa. Her interests spans democracy, peace and security and traditional justice in West Africa.[6][7] Her research on social media has been cited by The Economist, the BBC and academic publications.[8][9][10]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Chris Jones, Idayat Hassan and Pregala Pillay (2020). Fighting Corruption in Africa Contexts: Our Collective Responsibility, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 9781527550391[11]

Selected journal articles

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  • Hassan, I.(2023). Dissemination of disinformation on political and electoral processes in Nigeria: An exploratory study. Cogent Arts & Humanities, Vol.10, No. 1.[12]
  • Nic Cheeseman, Jonathan Fisher, Idayat Hassan and Jamie Hitchen (2020). Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's Whatsapp politics, Journal of Democracy Vol, 31. No. 3, pp.145-159[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Growing up, my family voted on everything – Idayat Hassan - Daily Trust". dailytrust. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  2. ^ "Blog". CDD. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  3. ^ a b "Taming Illicit Financial Flows in Africa – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  4. ^ "Idayat Hassan – Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program". Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  5. ^ "Leadership in Times of Mega Transition". www.africanleadershipcentre.org. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  6. ^ "Nigerias-2023-elections-and-the-challenges-ahead-by-idayat-hassan". www.premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  7. ^ "Why focus must shift to governance after elections – Idayat Hassan - Daily Trust". dailytrust. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  8. ^ "Idayat Hassan". IDEES. 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  9. ^ "Nigeria elections 2019: Is the country prepared?". 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  10. ^ "Is Facebook undermining democracy in Africa?". 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  11. ^ Jones, Chris; Pillay, Pregala; Hassan, Idayat (2020). Fighting Corruption in African Contexts: Our Collective Responsibility. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-5039-1.
  12. ^ Hassan, Idayat (2023-12-31). "Dissemination of disinformation on political and electoral processes in Nigeria: An exploratory study". Cogent Arts & Humanities. 10 (1). doi:10.1080/23311983.2023.2216983. ISSN 2331-1983.
  13. ^ "Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's WhatsApp Politics". Journal of Democracy. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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