Prof. Dr. Ayodele Adekunle Osisanwo

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietEnglische Sprachwissenschaft
KeywordsResistance discourse, Corpus linguistics, Online discourse, Terrorist rhetoric, Insecurity in Nigeria
Auszeichnungen

2024: Return Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany

2022: Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany

2021: THE 2020 TETFUND RESEARCH GRANT under the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Research Category of the National Research Fund (NRF) (Group – with Prof. Bolanle Idowu Akeredolu-Ale, Dr Emmanuel Chinaguh, three medical personnel and two ICT specialists)

2020: Grantee, Remote-mentorship, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Department of Linguistics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

2019: Grantee, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for Young Researcher in the Scientific Relations (with Prof. Akin Odebunmi) for a 5-month stay at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg from October 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020 (Postponed to 2023 due to COVID-19 and others; eventually DECLINED)

2017: Grantee, Manuscript Development Workshop, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Accra, Ghana.

2015: Post-doctoral Fellow, African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Society

2001: Best Graduating Student Prize, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife

2001: Best Graduating Student Prize, School of Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandNigeria
OrtIbadan
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Ibadan
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of English

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Anne BarronInstitute of English Studies (IES), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.10.2022

Programm(e)

2022Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für erfahrene Forschende

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2026Ayo Osisanwo: Nigeria Bleeds: A Multimodal CDA of Images on Social Media Resistance Discourse Against Insecurity in Nigeria. . In: Visual Communication Quarterly, 33, 2026, 3-17
2026Ayo Osisanwo: Self-legitimation strategies in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. In: Critical Discourse Studies, 23, 2026, 20-37
2025Ayo Osisanwo: Discourse of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Newspaper Editorials on Insecurity in Nigeria. In: Journal of Asian and African Studies, 60, 2025, 4001-4021
2025Ayo Osisanwo: Insecurity and safety complications in Nigeria: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study of human security threat in Nigerian newspaper reports . In: Corpus Pragmatics, 9, 2025, 167-198
2025Ayo Osisanwo: Manipulative and Recruitment Strategies in Boko Haram Terrorist Statements. In: Journal of Asian and African Studies, 60, 2025, 3303-3318
2024Ayo Osisanwo: Delegitimating other in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. In: Critical Terrorism Studies, 18, 2024, 162-180
2024Ayo Osisanwo: Gunmen, Bandits and Ransom Demanders: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of Construction of Abduction in Nigerian Press. In: Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, 2, 2024, 135–156