TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: ALABI TUNDE

POSITION: LECTURER II                                          SPECIALISATION: Sociology

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

My research interests span across three areas of sociology: migration and mobility, population health, and crime and deviance. My publications and reviews for refereed journals illustrate these three areas. Although I have written extensively in all of these areas, my current research focuses on their intersection. For instance, I am examining how migration influences and is influenced by health, particularly the health challenges and opportunities facing African migrants and the experiences of African healthcare professionals in Western countries. I am also exploring the patterns of crime committed by migrants and the victimization experienced by African migrants.

In my research, I employ both quantitative and qualitative methods, utilizing both primary data obtained directly from individuals in society and secondary data sourced from social media, the Demographic and Health Survey, the Afrobarometer, and the World Values Survey.

I have contributed to and reviewed articles for various peer-reviewed journals

B.  Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Managing Editor – Unilag Sociological Review (USR)

• Course Advisor- 2024/2025 Cohorts

C.  Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

1. Alabi, T.A. (2024). ‘I thought I was coming to paradise’: Expectation-reality discrepancy among Nigerian migrants. South African Review of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1080/21528586.2024.2382952
2. Alabi, T. A. (2024). Understanding Regional Variations in Political Violence Victimisation in Nigeria. Journal of African Politics, 4(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.58548/2024jap41.0121
3. Badru, O. A., Alabi, T. A., Okerinde, S. S., Kabir, M. A., Abdulrazaq, A., Adeagbo, O. A., & Badru, F. A. (2024). Investigating the emigration intention of health care workers: A cross‐sectional study. Nursing open, 11(5), e2170. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.2170
4. Alabi, T. A., & Badru, O. A. (2023). Slim north, fat south: explaining regional differences in abnormal weights in Nigeria. Journal of Biosocial Science, 56(2), 207-231. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932023000238
5. Alabi, T.A., & Olajide, B. (2023). Who Wants to Go Where? Regional Variations in Emigration Intention in Nigeria. African Human Mobility Review, 9(1), 77-101. https://doi.org/10.14426/ahmr.v9i1.1204

D. Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Mark Ramsden, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2. Oluwaseun Badru, University of Iowa, USA
3. Patricia Ogba, McMaster University, Canada
4. Lennart Kaplan, Göttingen University, Germany