TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: BOLAJOKO I. MALOMO

POSITION: ASSOC. PROFESSOR         SPECIALISATION: SOCIAL/TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

 A.  Personal Statement 

As a Social Psychologist, I have affinity for Social Processes in the Environment and Public Health. I developed the first psychological test in Nigeria for the evaluation of professional automobile drivers. I possess relevant experiences from the corporate and academic environments; having once worked in a financial institution. I have affinity for modifying behavior in different settings by applying and leveraging on psychological theories and methodologies. I was one of the stakeholders that reviewed the document on the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) on the invitation of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Abuja in 2012. I am currently in two research groups funded by TETFUND to investigate Oral Literacy of the Elderly Nigerians, and Assessment of Fish Composition in Makoko, Lagos. I am currently a member of the Environmental Evidence Synthesis and Knowledge Translation Research Cluster affiliated with the TETFund Centre of Excellence in biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management (EESKT-TCEBCEM). I am a member of the Nigerian Psychological Association (NPA), Nigerian Association of Social Psychologist (NASP), American Psychological Association (APA), among others. I am a recipient of three fellowship awards: Institute of Securities, Nigeria, Nigerian Association of Social Psychologists and Nigerian Psychological Association.

B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Head of Psychology Department, August 2024 to date
• Nigerian Psychological Association Fellowship Award August, 2024
• Member of the team (EESKT-TCEBCEM), that successfully won funding that organised and delivered a 3-day capacity building workshop on Evidence Use in Environmental Policymaking June, 2021.
• Book Reviewer: Handbook of Traffic Psychology, Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Journal Reviewer: International Journal of Crashworthiness
• Chair and member LOC of three conferences in 2018 all of the Associations of Psychology in Nigeria

C. Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

[1]  Oluwafemi, O. J., & Malomo, B. I. (2025). Development and validation of abusive delegation scale for managers: An exploratory factor analysis. DOI: 10.1177/02762366251338149/ ID: ICAP-25-0007.R1. Sage Publications.

[2]  Malomo, B. I., Ajala, M. A., & Oluyoye, O. (2025). Differences in Men’s Educational Status, Ethnicity and Women’s Educational Pursuit after Marriage. Lagos Journal of Psychology, 3(1), 151-174.

[3] Malomo, B. I. (2024). Ride hailing drivers’ demographic characteristics and their job satisfaction: Implications for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Nigerian Psychological Research, (9)1, 45-54. www.npa-journals.org.

[4]  Malomo, B. I. (2023). Differences in commuting modes and residential locations as factors of turnover intention of healthcare workers of ambulatory clinics. Journal of Health Management, 25(2), 162-171.Sage Publications.

[5]  Balogun, S. A., Malomo, B. I. & Aregbesola, M. A. (2023). Demographic factors and modal split behaviour of commuters in the federal capital territory, Abuja-Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 16(5): 555 – 565. doi: https://ejesm.org/doi/v16i5.

D.  Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Prof. Obasoro-John, University of Lagos, Lagos
2. Prof. Wakil Isola, University of Lagos, Lagos
3. iii.    Bridie Scott-Parker, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
4. Dr. Temitope Sogbanmu, University of Lagos, Lagos