‘Better together in Shiloh’: Assessing the increasing sociological collaborative spaces among staff of universities in Nigeria

Abstract

Although academia has witnessed increasing interest in collaborative spaces over the past two decades, the increasing religious and sociological collaborative spaces among staff of some universities in Nigeria have not been studied.  This study examines the increasing religious and sociological collaborative spaces among staff of some universities in Nigeria by examining 20 informants from four leading universities in Nigeria, which are the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Lagos; Federal University Lokoja; and Ahmadu Bello University. It was discovered that some of the reasons for the increasing collaborative spaces in Nigerian universities include the drive for better ways of research, fostering of academic and moral development, event planning, need for interdisciplinary interaction, among others. This study contributes to the collaboration space literature, and it lays specific emphasis on the university environment and offers practical implications for collaboration spaces.