Refereed Papers (22)

Baruwa, I. B. (2025). A Conversation with ChatGPT: Philosophy, Critical Thinking, and Higher Education. Journal of AI. 9(1): 1-12.

Olalowo, I. E., Baruwa, I. B., Olalowo, O. H., & Aluko, O. F. (2025). Reconceptualising early childhood education in Nigeria: a praxis for policy and research. Oxford Review of Education, 1–17.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., Baruwa, I. B., Tesfamariam, M., and Lalwani, S. (2025). Human rights are not for Black peoples: Understandings of international human right discourses by young adults in Tigray during war and genocide. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education. 20(2): 105-137

Baruwa, I. B. (2024). The historian and the past in the present age: Omolewa and Adesina’s inaugural lectures in perspective. Journal of Research Initiatives. 8(4): 1-11

Baruwa, I. B., & Ajayi, T. M. (2024). Conviviality in Nigerian higher education institutions: decolonizing the contents for cutting-edge research. Canadian Journal of Research, Society and Development, 1(2): 34-42.

Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Black students' academic experiences at Canadian universities: A methodological literature review. International Journal of African Studies. 3(2): 1-5.

Baruwa, I. B. (2023).Cultural experiences of international students in Canadian and American higher education institutions: Implications for Africans in Canadian universities. International Journal of African Studies, 3(1): 45-54.

Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Education and sustainability: the Nigerian context, Journal of School and Society. 8(2): 78-80.

Baruwa, I. B. and Aluko, O. F. (2023). Rousseau and Freire: The case for freedom and humanization. International Journal of Education and Teaching. 3(2): 123-132.

Akintayo, F. O., Okunlola, O., Nyirajana, J., and Baruwa, I. B. (2022). Gender in civil engineering education: A case study of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Institut d’Enseignement Superieur de Ruhengeri, Rwanda. African Journal of Gender, Society and Development. 11(3): 169-183.

Baruwa, I. B. and Baruwa, T. O. (2022). Consilience and conviviality-scholarship in Nigerian universities. Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education. 10(1): 75-80.

Baruwa, I. B., and Meroyi, S. I. (2022). ’What is knowledge that I should acquire it’: towards an i-thou. Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies. 31(2): 22-9.

Baruwa, I. B., and Shutaleva, A. (2022). The nature and scope of knowledge in philosophy. Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science. 35(10): 47-59.

Idakwo, B. and Baruwa, I. B. (2022). In loco parentis: A cliché begging for analysis in contemporary pedagogy. Nigerian Journal of Educational Philosophy. 33(2): 125-132.

Baruwa, I. B. (2020). Activism and Nigerian partisan politics. International Journal of Academic Research in Business, Arts and Science. 1(2): 64-75.

Baruwa, I. B. (2020). Appraising Anthony O-Enoh’s concern for philosophical writing in education. The Worldwide Journal of Research. ISSN: 2734-231X. 1(3): 15-18.

Baruwa, I.B. (2020). Changing migration realities: International students in South Africa and Nigeria. Journal of Educational Research in Development Areas, 1(1): 33-39.

Baruwa, I. B. and Balogun, A. T. (2020). Ethical relevance of corporal punishment in contemporary pedagogy. Worldwide Journal of Research. ISSN: 2734-231X. 1(3): 11-14.

Baruwa, I. B. (2020). A revision of Kola Babarinde's stance on value statements in education. International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education, 2(1): 11-17.

Olaniran, S. O. and Baruwa, I. B. (2020). Ethical considerations in adult and community education research: Issues and perspectives. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 16(8): 1-10.

Akanji, T. A., Omoregie, C. O., and Baruwa, I. B. (2019). Literacy: the missing link in the Boko Haram insurgency. International Journal of Literacy Education. 9(2): 167-176.

Aluko, O., Baruwa, I. B., and Olalowo, I. E. (2019). Fukuyama on ‘thymos’: Implications for the Nigerian state and education. Nigerian Journal of Educational Philosophy 30(1): 52-58.

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Refereed Papers Accepted for Publication (2)

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). In defense of intellectual virtues in higher education. Philosophy of Education.

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Beyond technophilia: Artificial intelligence, human intimacy, and the ethics of global relationality. Global Philosophy.

Refereed Papers In Progress (1)

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Liberal education and the formation of character: Reclaiming the democratic mission of the university.

Book Reviews (2)

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Review of Foundations in teacher education: A Canadian perspective, by T. M. Christou & S. M. Bullock (Eds.). Canadian Journal of Education, 49(1): xv-xvii.

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Book review: Decolonizing existentialism and phenomenology: The liberation of philosophies of freedom and identity, by Fast, J. Rowman & Littlefield. Journal of Critical Race Inquiry, 13(1): 58-61.

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Refereed Creative Publications (1)

Baruwa, I. B. (2025). The advocate. In The Land and Labour Poetry Collective (Eds.), Poems on working life in the climate crisis: I’ll get right on it (p. 72). Roseway Publishing.

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Open Educational Publications (2)

Baruwa, I. B. (2024). Let’s talk about digitalization and the global education agenda, https://educ.queensu.ca/research/knowledge-forum/knowledge-forum-2023-24

Baruwa, I. B. (2021). Injustice and the world now, https://tribuneonlineng.com/injustice-and-the-world-now/

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Book Chapters Published (3)

Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Nigerian education history in the context of transformation and development in postcolonial Nigeria. In Nigerian Cultural History and Challenges of Postcolonial Development (Eds.) Ajala, A., Ogundele, O., Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Baruwa, I. B., Aluko, A. F, and Obajowo, S. A. (2021). Education in COVID-19 and post-COVID eras: A paradigm shift. In Blues of COVID-19: Tiding Over the Pandemic Waves (Ed.) Patva, D. Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors, India.

Olaniran, S. O., and Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Rethinking civic education to address the menace of vote buying in the Nigerian Electoral System. Michigan Press, USA.

Book Chapters Accepted for Publication (1)

Baruwa, I. B. (2027). On the Origins of the University: Global Genealogies and the Moral Ends of Higher Learning. In Beyond Economics: Revaluing Universities and Higher Education series (Cunningham, Siddiqui, and Barnett). Routledge

Book Published (1)

Baruwa, I. B. (2024). Drive Well Your Ambition: A Fundamental Guide for Senior Secondary School and UTME Students. Favourite Books Publishers, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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Theses (3)

Baruwa, I. B. (2015). The Role of Community Education in Community Development Projects in Ibadan North Local Government.

Baruwa, I. B. (2020). Martin Buber’s existentialism and its implications on the Nigerian educational system. Thesis. Early Childhood and Educational Foundations, University of Ibadan. XIV + 104.

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). From Aristotle to Omoluabi: Rethinking Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Contemporary University Education. Doctoraldissertation. Faculty of Education, Queen’s University. XV + 373.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (2)

Adekunle, A. S., Baruwa, I. B., and Aluko, O. F. (2022). Dropout syndrome and value disintegration in the Nigerian educational system. Drop me outside proceeding book. International Conference on Modern Educational Studies. p. 26-32. ISBN: 978-625-8414-61-5.

Omoregie, C. O. and Baruwa, I. B. (2020). New media, new literacies, and the redefinition of learning spaces and communities. In honour of Layiwola D. Awosanmi T., Adedotun A., and Ajayi (Eds.), pp. 115–118. ISBN: 978-978-57821-2-7.

Conferences Attended with Papers Read (21)

Aluko, O., and Baruwa, I. B. (June 2026). Renewing democratic ideals through indigenous knowledge and philosophy for children in Nigeria. A paper to be presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference at Glendon College, York University, North York, ON, Canada.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., and Baruwa, I. (June 2025). The role of a Tegaru (Tigrayan) onto-epistemology of Meadi in Tegaru resistance and solidarity building during war and genocide: Reflections from Tegaru traditional knowledge holders. A paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Towards a virtue-centred model of higher education. A paper presented at the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society (CPES) at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Reimagining liberal education and the quest for global citizenship: A review of Nussbaum’s cultivating humanity: A classical defense of reform in liberal education. A paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Neoliberalism and the university: Revisiting Humboldt’s legacy in the 21st century. A paper presented at the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Navigating the ideological forces in the contemporary university. A paper presented at the Canadian Association for Social Justice Education (CASJE) at George Brown College, Toronto, Canada.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., and Baruwa, I. (June 2025). From the table of Meadi to battlegrounds: Tegaru’s resistance and resilience during and after war and genocide. A paper presented at the Lagos Studies Association (LSA) Conference at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., and Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Tegaru youth experiences in war: The building of solidarity and resistance. A paper presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Baruwa, I. (March 2025). Cultivating minds and hearts: The moral dimension of intellectual virtues in higher education. A paper presented at the Philosophy of Education Society (PES) and John Dewey Society (JDS) Conference in Baltimore, United States.

Baruwa, I. (October 2024). In defense of intellectual virtues in higher education. A paper presented at the North American Association for Philosophy and Education (NAAPE) in Illinois, Chicago, United States.

Baruwa, I. (June 2024). Program evaluation as community-engaged scholarship: Racial injustices against culturally appropriate practices in higher education.A paper presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies Conference at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Baidoo-Anu, D., Baruwa, I. B., Baidoo, I., Ntumi, S., and Ibrahim, A. (May 2023). Promoting equitable classroom assessment practices for diverse learners in Africa. A paper presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies Conference at York University, Toronto, Canada.

Baruwa, I. B. (March 2023). Diversity in learning: The department of philosophy at Queen’s University in perspective. A paper presented at the Rosa Bruno-Jofre Symposium in Education, at Queen’s University.

Baruwa, I. B. (March 2023). Reflections on Buber’s I and Thou and the Nigerian education system. A paper presented at the Rosa Bruno-Jofre Symposium in Education, at Queen’s University.

Adekunle, A. S., Baruwa, I. B., and Aluko, O. F. (June 2022). Dropout syndrome and value disintegration in Nigerian educational system. A paper presented at the international conference on modern educational studies, Konya, Turkey.

Baruwa, I. B. (January 2022). Consilience and conviviality scholarship in Nigerian universities. A paper presented at the 2022 British Association for International Comparative Education (BAICE) Early Career Conference.

Idakwo, B. and Baruwa, I. B. (October 2021). In loco parentis: A cliché begging for analysis in the contemporary pedagogy. A paper presented at the 41st Annual National Conference of Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria (PEAN), University of Jos, Nigeria.

Baruwa, I. B. and Balogun, A. T. (February 2020). Ethical Relevance of Corporal Punishment in the Contemporary Pedagogy. A paper presented at the Alexander Von Humboldt Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Baruwa, I. B. (February 2020). Conviviality scholarship for cutting edge research in Nigerian universities. A paper presented at the Alexander Von Humboldt Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Aluko, O., Baruwa, I. B., and Olalowo, I. E. (October 2018). Fukuyama on ‘thymos’: implication for the Nigerian state and education. A paper presented at the 38th Annual National Conference of Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria (PEAN), University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Omoregie, C. O. and Baruwa, I. B. (June 2018). New Media, New Literacies and Redefinition of Learning Spaces and Communities. A paper presented at the colloquium in honour of Dele Layiwola at 60, University of Ibadan.

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Conferences and Symposia Attended with No Papers Read (3)

Rosa Bruno-Jofre Symposium in Education (RBJSE) at Queen’s University, Kingston, March 2024

The Enhancing Equity in Ontario Elementary Education Symposium (EEOEE), Oct 2023

Virtual Colloquium on Education: Teacher Preparation and COVID-19 Snags: Rehinking the Models, May 2020