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Dr Olamide Shittu

Circular Economy Research Fellow
Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; Master of Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Bachelor of Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Biography

Olamide is a Circular Economy Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Transitions (CUT). He completed his PhD in urban sustainability transitions at CUT through the Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA). Olamide's PhD research explored how household activities can be transformed as part of the transition of cities to circular economies. He has published journal articles and book chapters from his PhD research. As a Circular Economy Research Fellow, Olamide leads the Swinburne research team exploring how Victorian businesses can adopt circular business models through the Victoria Circular Activator (VCA). This project is led by RMIT and also involves Sustainability Victoria, Circular Economy Victoria and Planet Ark.

Research interests

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Social enterprise; Social impact; Strategic & Transformative Design: Sustainability; Sociology

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Co-Supervisor.

Fields of Research

  • Sociology - 441000
  • Social Design - 330313
  • Urban And Regional Planning - 330400

Teaching areas

Social enterprise;Social impact;Strategic & Transformative Design: Sustainability;Sociology

Awards

  • 2019, Swinburne, Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA), Swinburne University of Technology
  • 2017, International, Lagos Business School Management Scholarship Award (MSA), Pan-Atlantic University
  • 2016, International, University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship Award (UIPSA), University of Ibadan
  • 2011, International, Addax Petroleum National Merit Award (APNMA), University of Ibadan

Publications

Also published as: Shittu, Olamide; Shittu, O.; Shittu, O. S.; Shittu, Olamide S.
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