Public Engagements and Volunteer Projects
Panel Event, June 2025
Lead-convener and Moderator, ‘Creating Innovative and Sustainable Change within Nigeria’, a panel event which includes former Nigerian governors. Alakitan, M., Aiyenuro A., Adekanmbi O., & Kayode, F. (2025, July). Cambridge University Nigerian Society (CUNS) Democracy Day Panel: Documenting Actionable Interventions: Cambridge-Africa.
Research and Workshop Event, September 2024
Co-convener, ‘Ordering Information: an introduction to fact-checking in West Africa’, Alakitan, M., & Myesha, J. (2024, July). Ordering Information: An introduction to fact-checking in West Africa - CRASSH. CRASSH - Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Workshop Event, April 2023
Co-convener, ‘Voices 4 Workers in Tech (V4WT)’. Wang, L., & Alakitan, M. (2023, April 24). Workshop by Voices 4 Workers in Tech (V4WT). Centre of Governance & Human Rights.
Research Workshop Event, June 2022
Workshop lead-Facilitator, ‘Social Media for Academics’, a British-Academy-funded workshop at the annual Lagos Studies Association Conference (2022, June).
Workshop Event, October 2020 -June 2021
Programme Leader, Cambridge Development Initiative, UK/Tanzania. A role that entailed leading a team of six to execute entrepreneurial workshops for 100s of trainees across eight communities (Kombo, Mtakuja, Vingunguti, Miembeni, Green Acres School area, Mabibo, Mugabe and Urafiki) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In addition, we collaborated with local partners to establish school health clubs and corresponding manuals for eight schools across the communities.