Dr Samson Oyerinde Oladejo

Dr. Samson Oladejo is a full-time Lecturer in Business Management at the School of Leadership, Management, and Marketing, Leicester Castle Business School within the Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University. With over two decades of professional academic practice, Dr. Oladejo specializes in the fields of business management, leadership management, and entrepreneurship education.

His research and publications cover a wide range of areas including risk and crisis management, entrepreneurship education, digital business and emerging technology, organizational resilience, strategy, and innovation. Dr. Oladejo's research focuses on Africa, management, and entrepreneurship education from an interdisciplinary perspective. He actively welcomes PhD research proposals aligned with his expertise and has presented his work at national and international conferences.

Dr. Oladejo holds a PhD in Discourses of Risk, Educational Crisis, and Inclusive Education, an MSc (Distinction) in Educational Leadership and Management, and a BSc. Ed (Double Hons) in Mathematics Education. His teaching expertise lies in crisis management, business continuity, organizational management, and strategy. He emphasizes independent study habits, creativity, and innovation in his teaching, using digital technologies. Dr. Oladejo is recognized for his research impact, collaboration with organizations, and leadership experience in the teaching profession.

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

• Oladejo, S. O. & Mafimisebi, O. P. (2021). Risk Society as a Framework for Exploring Entrepreneurship Education in Nigeria. In Kolade, O., Rae, D., Obembe, D. & Woldesenbet Beta, K (Eds) (In Press). The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-75894-3
• Alabi, M., Oladejo, S. O., & Mafimisebi, O. P. (2021). The nexus between Nigerian universities entrepreneurship training and digital technology. In Kolade, O., Rae, D., Obembe, D. & Woldesenbet Beta, K (Eds) (In Press). The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-75894-3
• Matemba, Y., & Oladejo S. O. (2019). Free but unattainable: children’s rights, access to basic education and discourses of risk from young people in Lagos City, Nigeria: A paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Hamburg University Germany, September 2019.
  https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/publications/free-but-unattainable-childrens-rights-access-to-basic-education-/fingerprints/
• Oladejo S.O (2017). Universal Basic Education in Developing Countries: Failure of Policy Implementation and Its Impact on Rural Communities in Nigeira. An abstract submitted and accepted for the University of West of Scotland Students Research Conference 2017.

Work-In Progress

• Oladejo et al,. (2023). Resilience and Digital Transformation in the Informal Sector: A View Beyond Industry 4.0. Article submitted to the journal of Strategy Management special edition
• Oladejo, Jayakumar and Alabi (2023). The Role of Entrepreneurship Education in Promoting Sustainable Development in Nigeria. Article to be submitted fpr publication
• Oladejo, S. O., Mafimisebi, O. P., Ojebode, A., & Onwuegbuzie, H. N. (2022). Reconceptualization of Risk Society and Entrepreneurship in Africa. European Journal of Business and Management (Forthcoming)
• Oladejo, S. O., Mafimisebi, O. P., & Ogunsade, A. I. (2021). The Crisis of Vulnerable Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Risk Society Angle. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting (Forthcoming)
• Oladejo, S. O., & Mafimisebi, O. P. (2023). Leadership, School Governance and Educational Policies Implementation in Nigeria. Journal of Resources Development and Management (2nd Round – Minor Correction – Under Review)
• Oladejo, S. O., & Mafimisebi, O. P. (2022). Education Crisis and Employability in Nigeria: Risk Factors, Challenges and Future Directions. Journal of Education and Practice (Forthcoming)
• Oladejo, O. S., Mafimisebi, O. P., & Nkwunonwo, U. C. Risk Society and its mechanisms for tourism-related crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annals of Tourism Research (Under Review)
• Matemba, Y., & Oladejo S. O. (2019). Free but unattainable: children’s rights, access to basic education and discourses of risk from young people in Lagos City, Nigeria: A paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Hamburg University Germany, September 2019
• Mafimisebi, O. P., Oladejo, S. O., Ojebode, A., & Onwuegbuzie H. N. (2023). Micro and Small Business Resilience in Africa: A Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development (Forthcoming)
• Mafimisebi, O. P., Oladejo, S. O., Ojebode, A., & Ogunsade, A. I. (2023). In Search of Doing Business in Nigeria: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. European Journal of Business and Management (2nd Round – Review)
• Mafimisebi, O. P., Oladejo, S. O., & Ojebode, A. (2023). Micro and Small Businesses Scale-Up in Nigeria: The Role of Entrepreneurial and Business Ecosystems. Journal of Public Policy and Administration (2nd Round – Under Review)
• Mafimisebi, O. P., & Oladejo, S. O. (2023). Rethinking Resilience of Africa Entrepreneurship: A Call for Actions and Policy Agenda. International Journal of African and Asian Studies (Under Review)
• Mafimisebi, O. P., Oladejo, O. S., & Nkwunonwo, U. C. Place and people vulnerability implications for tourism development in Africa. Annals of Tourism Research (Under Review)
• Nkwunonwo, U. C., Mafimisebi, O. P., & Oladejo, O. S. Geographical Information System (GIS), vulnerability and resilience of tourism destinations in Africa. Annals of Tourism Research

• Crisis and Business Continuity Management
• Digital Business and Emerging Technologies
• Risk and Crisis Management
• Crisis Communication
• Entrepreneurship Education
• Social entrepreneurship
• Business analytic and data insight
• Strategy, Innovation and Enterprise
• Entrepreneurial Resilience
• Commercialization of Research
• Research methods.

• Crisis Management
• Business Continuity Management,
• Organizational Management
• Leadership and Innovation

• PhD in Discourses of Risk, Educational Crisis, and Inclusive Education for young people with low socioeconomic backgrounds
• MSc (Distinction) in Educational Leadership and Management
• BSc. Ed (Double Hons) in Mathematics Education

• Crisis and Business Continuity Management (Module Leader)
• Organisational Management
• Business and Sustainability
• Global Strategic Management
• Global Contemporary Business Issues
• Leading Change and Innovation, Strategic Management
• Mgmt. Bus & Org in a Global Environment
• Critical Management in a Global Context
• Global Strategic Management
• Global Contemporary Business Issues
• Corporate Social Responsibility, Professional Field Experience (Global MBA)
• Executive Company Project
• Dissertation Supervision (PG - Level 7)

• 7th Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED 2023) School of Business and Creative Industries University of the West of Scotland, Paisley
• European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) at Hamburg University Germany, September 2019
• 2019 JOINT CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN EDUCATION between School of Education and Social Sciences, Division of Education, University of the West of Scotland (UWS), UK and Faculty of Education, Arts and Sports, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Norway
• University of the West of Scotland Postgraduate Student Learning, Teaching and Research Conference, 2019
• First International Conference on African Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ICAEI 2019), De Montfort University Leicester, United Kingdom
• Annual University of West of Scotland Students Research Conference 2017.

2nd Supervisor;
Yin Wang, Big Data Analytics in Management