| Name | Dr. Ifeoluwa Ogunrinola |
School
| School of Business |
| Program | - Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) - International Business Management
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| Academic and professional designations | - PhD, Economics (Monetary and International Economics)
- MSc, Economics (Monetary and International Economics)
- BSc, Economics
- Professor, Management and Economics, Conestoga College, Canada
- Member, Canadian Black Scientists Network
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| Title | Professor |
Courses taught
| - ACCT73150 – Fundamentals of Finance
- BUS73050 – Leadership and Management Skills
- ECON1020 – Microeconomics
- ECON71201 – Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ENTR71201 – Entrepreneurship
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| Areas of expertise & interest | - Microeconomic theory and human behaviour
- Macroeconomics, macroeconomic policy and international trade
- Entrepreneurship and venture creation
- Business leadership and organizational growth
- Economic policy and social development research
- Econometric analysis
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| Industry experience, professional currency activities | - Over 7 years of teaching and research experience as an Assistant Professor of Economics in the University
- Taught undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Economics
- Published several scholarly articles in high impact academic journals
- Contributed to a major public policy project on fiscal policy reforms
- Supervised over 40 undergraduate final year dissertation
- Mentored one graduate student MSc dissertation
- Received the 2020 Nigerian Economic Society (NES) Best PhD Thesis Prize Award – Second Place
- Two years of research experience as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR)
- Over one year of experience as an Economic Analyst and Editorial Member at an international business media organization
- Published over 100 online media articles addressing global and local economic and social issues
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Major research projects, scholarly activities, and/or publications
| - Ogunrinola, I. I., Edo, S., and Bowale E. (2019). Hot Money Inflow, Monetary Systems and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria. Journal of Economics and Economics Education Research, 20(4), 2019.
- Ogunrinola, I. I. (2019). “Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks on the Nigerian Economy”. Journal of Advanced Research in Economics and Business Management 2019; 6(3&4): 27-36
- Edo, S., Matthew, O. and Ogunrinola, I. (2022). Bilateral and Multilateral aid perspectives of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-02-2022-0047
- Barua, Adeleye, Akam, Ogunrinola, and Shaf (2022). Modelling Mortality Rates and Environmental Degradation in Asia and the Pacific: Does Income Group Matter? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.10.1007/s11356-021-17686-x
- Adeleye, B.N., Obindah G., Ogundipe, A., Owolabi, O., Ogunrinola, I., and Adediran O.S. (2020). Comparative Investigation of the Growth-Poverty-Inequality Trilema in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and Caribbean Countries. Heliyon 3(e05631):1-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05631
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| Additional information | Ifeoluwa is a sound scholar who enjoys engaging in social and economic research, teaching, and mentoring students in institutions of higher learning. His journey into the field of economics was driven by the desire to understand the workings of economic concepts as predicted by well-cultivated theoretical fabrications and their undeniable impacts on macroeconomic outcomes and rational microeconomic behavior. Ifeoluwa has published a number of scholarly articles in high-impact journals, facilitated panel discussions in several international academic conferences, and provided research-driven technical assistance services to relevant stakeholders that has helped improve economic and societal outcomes. |
