Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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., & Lalwani, S. (2025). Human rights are not for Black peoples: Understandings of international human rights 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., & 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., & Baruwa, I. B. (2022). Gender in civil engineering education: A case study of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Ruhengeri, Rwanda. African Journal of Gender, Society and Development, 11(3), 169–183.

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

Baruwa, I. B., & 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), 22–29.

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

Idakwo, B., & 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. Worldwide Journal of Research, 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., & Balogun, A. T. (2020). Ethical relevance of corporal punishment in contemporary pedagogy. Worldwide Journal of Research, 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., & 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., & Baruwa, I. B. (2019). Literacy: The missing link in Boko Haram insurgency. International Journal of Literacy Education, 9(2), 167–176.

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

Accepted / In Press

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). In defence of intellectual virtues in higher education. Philosophy of Education. [Accepted for publication].

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

Manuscripts Under Review

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). When machines think for us: Teacher education and intellectual virtues in the age of AI. Journal of Philosophy of Education.

Book

Baruwa, I. B. (2024). Drive well your ambition: A fundamental guide for senior secondary school and UTME students. Favourite Books Publishers.

Book Chapters

Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Nigerian education history in the context of transformation and development in postcolonial Nigeria. In A. Ajala & O. Ogundele (Eds.), Nigerian cultural history and challenges of postcolonial development. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Publisher information

Olaniran, S. O., & Baruwa, I. B. (2023). Rethinking civic education to address the menace of vote buying in the Nigerian electoral system. In Transformative civic education in democratic societies. Michigan State University Press. Publisher information

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

Book Chapter Under Review

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). On the origins of the university: Global genealogies and the moral ends of higher learning. In Cunningham, Siddiqui, & Barnett (Eds.), Beyond economics: Revaluing universities and higher education. Routledge.

Book Reviews

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Review of Decolonizing existentialism and phenomenology: The liberation of philosophies of freedom and identity, by J. Fast. Journal of Critical Race Inquiry, 13(1), 58–61.

Baruwa, I. B. (2026). Review of Foundations in teacher education: A Canadian perspective, edited by T. M. Christou and S. M. Bullock. Canadian Journal of Education. Advance online publication. Article

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Adekunle, A. S., Baruwa, I. B., & Aluko, O. F. (2022). Dropout syndrome and value disintegration in the Nigerian educational system. In Drop Me Outside Proceedings, International Conference on Modern Educational Studies (pp. 26–32).

Omoregie, C. O., & Baruwa, I. B. (2020). New media, new literacies and redefinition of learning spaces and communities. In T. Awosanmi, A. Adedotun, & A. Ajayi (Eds.), Proceedings in honour of Dele Layiwola (pp. 115–118).

Creative and Open Educational Publications

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.

Baruwa, I. B. (2024). Let’s talk about digitalization and the global education agenda. Queen’s Faculty of Education Knowledge Forum. Article

Baruwa, I. B. (2021). Injustice and the world now. Nigerian Tribune. Article

Conference Presentations

Aluko, O., & Baruwa, I. B. (June 2026). Renewing democratic ideals through Indigenous knowledge and philosophy for children in Nigeria. Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., & Baruwa, I. (June 2025). The role of a Tegaru onto-epistemology of Meadi in Tegaru resistance and solidarity building during war and genocide: Reflections from Tegaru traditional knowledge holders. Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Towards a virtue-centred model of higher education. Canadian Philosophy of Education Society, Toronto, Ontario.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Reimagining liberal education and the quest for global citizenship: A review of Nussbaum’s Cultivating Humanity. Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Neoliberalism and the university: Revisiting Humboldt’s legacy in the twenty-first century. Canadian Association of Foundations of Education, Toronto, Ontario.

Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Navigating the ideological forces in the contemporary university. Canadian Association for Social Justice Education, Toronto, Ontario.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., & Baruwa, I. (June 2025). From the table of Meadi to battlegrounds: Tegaru resistance and resilience during and after war and genocide. Lagos Studies Association Conference, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Pillay, T., Gebremedhin, F., & Baruwa, I. (June 2025). Tegaru youth experiences in war: The building of solidarity and resistance. Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario.

Baruwa, I. (March 2025). Cultivating minds and hearts: The moral dimension of intellectual virtues in higher education. Philosophy of Education Society and John Dewey Society Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

Baruwa, I. (October 2024). In defence of intellectual virtues in higher education. North American Association for Philosophy and Education Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

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

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

Baruwa, I. B. (March 2023). Diversity in learning: The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in perspective. Rosa Bruno-Jofre Symposium in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.

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

Adekunle, A. S., Baruwa, I. B., & Aluko, O. F. (June 2022). Dropout syndrome and value disintegration in the Nigerian educational system. International Conference on Modern Educational Studies, Konya, Türkiye.

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

Idakwo, B., & Baruwa, I. B. (October 2021). In loco parentis: A cliché begging for analysis in contemporary pedagogy. Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria Annual Conference, University of Jos, Nigeria.

Baruwa, I. B., & Balogun, A. T. (February 2020). Ethical relevance of corporal punishment in contemporary pedagogy. Alexander von Humboldt Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Baruwa, I. B. (February 2020). Conviviality scholarship for cutting-edge research in Nigerian universities. Alexander von Humboldt Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Aluko, O. F., Baruwa, I. B., & Olalowo, I. E. (October 2018). Fukuyama on ‘thymos’: Implications for the Nigerian state and education. Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria Annual Conference, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Omoregie, C. O., & Baruwa, I. B. (June 2018). New media, new literacies and redefinition of learning spaces and communities. Colloquium in Honour of Dele Layiwola at 60, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Invited Talks, Panels, and Workshops

2026 Guest lecture, “Intellectual Virtues in a Culturally Diverse and Relevant Classroom,” EDUC 3100, Canadian Mennonite University

2026 Research talk, “Cultivating Virtuous Teachers: Omolúàbí and a Virtue-Centred Pedagogy,” Canadian Mennonite University

2026 Panelist, “30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations,” Queen’s University

2025 Guest speaker, “Graduate Students: Building Your Committee,” Faculty of Education, Queen’s University

2025 Guest speaker, “TAs and TFs: Understanding Your Collective Agreement and Union Resources,” Queen’s University

2024 Co-facilitator, “TAs and TFs: Understanding Your Collective Agreement and Union Resources,” Teaching Development Conference, Queen’s University

2024 Guest lecture, “On Racism in Schools: Centering the Blaxit Effect and the Marginal Child,” PROF 505, Queen’s University

2024 Guest lecture, “Thinking through Intellectual Virtues: Towards a Culturally Diverse and Responsive Classroom,” PROF 505, Queen’s University