TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF

NAME: OLUKEMI IYABODE

POSITION:PROFESSOR                                                   SPECIALISATION: LABOUR ECONOMIS/HRM

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.)

1. Personal Statement

 I am a Professor of Economics, with specialization in Labour Economics and Human Resource Management.      

 I have worked extensively in the areas of Poverty, Employment and Unemployment issues, human capital           development issues, Population issues, Education and gender issues among many others.

I have served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK, between January and March 2018.

I did my Sabbatical leave with Prof David Proverbs at the Water, Environment and Communities Research Center domiciled at the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment (CEBE) of Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (October 2019 – September 2020).

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Vice Chairperson, Education Committee of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), September 2024 – date.
• Life Member –     Nigerian Economic Society (NES).
• Full Member (MCIPM) – Chartered Institute of Personnel Management.

 Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Ridwan Oladeji Dairo, David Mautin Oke & Olukemi Iyabode Lawanson(2024 ‘ Lopsided Power Supply and Industrial Sector Performance in Nigeria’’ in Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, vol. 13 Issue 2, pgs. 8-31.
2. Alamu Solomon Abidemi, Olukemi Iyabode Lawanson, Ngozi Mary Nwakeze, & Oyeniran Ishola Wasiu (2024) “Military Expenditure and Investment Flows in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Does Crowd-Out Effect Exist?” in AJORMS, vol. 4(1) June.

3. Ifunanyachukwu N. Igboanugo, Ngozi M. Nwakeze and Olukemi I. Lawanson(2023) ‘Human Capital Development: A Pathway to Achieving Demographic Dividend in Nigeria’. Journal of Economics and Policy Analysis 8(1), 92-107.   

1. Olukemi I. Lawanson, David Proverbs & Ridwan L. Ibrahim (2022) “ The Impact of Flooding on poor communities in Lagos State, Nigeria: The Case of the Makoko Urban Settlement’’in Journal of Flood Risk Management, Vol 16 Issue 3 October.
2. Olukemi I. Lawanson & Dominic I. Umar (2021) ‘‘The life expectancy-economic growth nexus in Nigeria: The role of poverty reduction’’ in SN Business & Economics vol.1, article 127.

Collaborators/ NetworksInternational inclusive

1. David Proverbs, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
2. Babatunde Adeoye, Department of Economics, University of Lagos.

• K.B. Ajide, Department of Economics, University of Lagos.

1. Mautin D. Oke, Department of Economics, University of Lagos.
2. Taiwo Ojapinwa, Department of Economics, University of Lagos.