Kabiru Salami
is a lecturer in the Department
of Sociology of the University of Ibadan Nigeria. He was awarded a PhD degree from the University of
Ibadan in 2008, with specialization in Medical Sociology. Kabiru works with population rather than individual health needs, within a larger social, economic, cultural, and
historical context and applies definite skills and expertise to community health care needs. He was a recipient of global classroom’s International
Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice in 2008. He was also
a recipient of Career Development Fellowship of the World Health Organization
between 2010 and 2011. He is currently
on a scholarship scheme sponsored by the National Universities Commission (NUC)
Nigeria, on Applied Gerontology Programme of the University of North
Texas. Dr Kabiru Salami belongs to several
professional bodies including the Nigeria Anthropological and Sociological
Association (NASA), International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
(IUSSP), and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal among others.
As one of the key speakers for the JWTC 2013,
Kabiru’s teamwork addressed “Confusion as a Form” through Idioms and Analytics
for Impasse and Precarity. The atmosphere
of JWTC was beneficial enough that even while theory and criticism were ongoing,
Kabiru had the opportunity to discuss participation in another WiSER Workshop in September.
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