Prof Erhabor Idemudia, a research professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the International conference of the Nigerian Psychological Association to be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 5-10 November 2017.

The theme of the conference is ‘Psychology, Attitude Change and National Development’.

Prof Idemudia’s keynote address will be on “Bad governance and the burden of youths in Africa: Implications for African migrants in Europe”.

He has also recently delivered a keynote address at the FUOYE Humboldt Congress in Nigeria on “The Convergence of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches in Social Science Research”.

Prof Idemudia’s research interests span four focus areas: the application of clinical issues such as psychopathology, mental health, wellbeing and therapeutic interventions in prisons; African migrants, refugees and other vulnerable populations; gender studies and developing African-oriented intervention methods with the understanding of illness attributions based on cultural knowledge in Africa.