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Dr Adekunle Oke, Senior Lecturer

Dr Adekunle Oke

Senior Lecturer

Dr Adekunle Oke is a Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management. His research focuses on the whole spectrum of sustainability and digital technology, and how they interact with operations and supply chain management, particularly in SMEs.

Adekunle joined Leeds Beckett University in 2023 as Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management. He is a Chemical Engineer by first degree and has successfully supervised PhD and MRes students to completion.

Before joining Leeds Beckett University, Adekunle worked at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen where he was the course leader of their MSc Procurement and Supply Chain Management course.

As the course leader, Adekunle made important contributions to teaching and learning through curriculum development and lecturing, providing the platform for students to attain excellent teaching and learning experience.

He has facilitated and successfully managed scholarly research in consumer behaviour and sustainability.

Adekunle has successfully undertaken extensive consultancy projects across different sectors, including the UK O&G sector. 

Research Interests

  • Sustainability
  • Circular economy
  • Design thinking
  • Operations optimisation
  • Supply chain management
  • Technology innovations (digitisation and digitalisation)
  • Human and organisational behaviour
  • Ecosystem thinking

Dr Adekunle Oke, Senior Lecturer
Leeds Business School

Ask Me About

  1. Business
  2. Consumers
  3. Ethics
  4. Packaging
  5. Project management
  6. Recycling
  7. Renewable energy
  8. Sustainability
  9. Teaching

Selected Outputs

  • Baden D; Peattie K; Oke A (2019) Sustainable business model innovation: the potential of libraries of things.

  • Oates C; McDonald S; Padmore J; Oke A (2015) Household behaviour and sustainability: from inactive to involved, and what lies in-between.

  • Okolie O; Kumar A; Edwards C; Lawton LA; Oke A; McDonald S; Thakur VK; Njuguna J (In press) Bio-Based Sustainable Polymers and Materials: From Processing to Biodegradation. Journal of Composites Science, 7 (6), pp. 1-54.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7060213

  • Olumekor M; Oke A (2024) Support for sustainable finance and investment in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 449 pp. 1-10.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141769

  • Oke A; Osobajo OA; Taylor S (2024) Addressing the Trilemma of Challenges: The Need for More SC Strategic Collaborations in the UK Oil and Gas Sector. Sustainability, 16 (2), pp. 570-570.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020570

  • Oke A; McKenzie K; Osobajo O; Lawani A (2023) Effects of millennials willingness to pay on buying behaviour at ethical and socially responsible restaurants: Serial mediation analysis. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 113 pp. 1-10.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2023.103507

  • Osobajo OA; Oke A; Ajimmy M; Otitoju A; Adeyanju GC (2023) The role of culture in stakeholder engagement: Its implication for open innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 9 (2), pp. 1-13.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100058

  • Amofa B; Oke A; Morrison Z (2023) Mapping the trends of sustainable supply chain management research: a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed articles. Frontiers in Sustainability, 4 pp. 1-17.

    https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1129046

  • Oke A (2023) Beyond the psychology of self and individual's pro-environmental behaviours: exploring how technology innovations can help organisations achieve and promote sustainability. Technological Sustainability, 2 (1), pp. 1-19.

    https://doi.org/10.1108/techs-02-2022-0013

  • Vlasov M; Polbitsyn SN; Olumekor M; Oke A (2022) The Influence of Socio-Cultural Factors on Knowledge-Based Innovation and the Digital Economy. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8 (4), pp. 1-13.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8040194

  • Oke A; Pinas CJ; Osobajo OA (2022) Designing effective waste management practices in developing economies: The case of Suriname. Cleaner Waste Systems, 3 pp. 1-12.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100030

  • Osobajo OA; Oke A (2022) Exploring Learning for On-Campus Students Transitioning to Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions of Students in the Higher Education. Education Sciences, 12 (11), pp. 1-16.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110807

  • Osobajo OA; Oke A; Lawani A; Omotayo TS; Ndubuka-McCallum N; Obi L (2022) Providing a Roadmap for Future Research Agenda: A Bibliometric Literature Review of Sustainability Performance Reporting (SPR). Sustainability, 14 (14), pp. 8523-8523.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148523

  • Reynolds J; Kennedy R; Ichapka M; Agarwal A; Oke A; Cox E; Edwards C; Njuguna J (2022) An evaluation of feedstocks for sustainable energy and circular economy practices in a small island community. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 161 pp. 1-13.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112360

  • Omotayo TS; Awuzie B; Obi VK; Ajayi S; Obi LI; Osobajo O; Oke A (2022) The System Dynamics Analysis of Cost Overrun Causations in UK Rail Projects in a COVID-19 Epidemic Era. SAGE Open, 12 (2), pp. 215824402210979-215824402210979.

    https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221097923

  • Oke A; McDonald S; Korobilis-Magas E (2021) Demystifying the complexity and heterogeneity of recycling behavior in organizational settings: A mixed-methods approach. Waste Management, 136 pp. 337-347.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.10.020

  • Oke A; McDonald S; Korobilis-Magas E; Osobajo OA; Awuzie BO (2021) Reframing Recycling Behaviour through Consumers’ Perceptions: An Exploratory Investigation. Sustainability, 13 (24), pp. 1-14.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413849

  • Obi L; Awuzie B; Obi C; Omotayo TS; Oke A; Osobajo O (2021) BIM for Deconstruction: An Interpretive Structural Model of Factors Influencing Implementation. Buildings, 11 (6), pp. 227-227.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060227

  • Oke A; Ladas J; Bailey M (2020) Ethical consumers: an exploratory investigation of the ethical food consumption behaviour of young adults in the North East of Scotland. British Food Journal, 122 (11), pp. 3623-3638.

    https://doi.org/10.1108/bfj-10-2019-0801

  • Osobajo OA; Otitoju A; Otitoju MA; Oke A (2020) The Impact of Energy Consumption and Economic Growth on Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Sustainability, 12 (19), pp. 1-16.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197965

  • Oke A; Osobajo O; Obi L; Omotayo T (2020) Rethinking and optimising post-consumer packaging waste: A sentiment analysis of consumers’ perceptions towards the introduction of a deposit refund scheme in Scotland. Waste Management, 118 pp. 463-470.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.09.008

  • Baden D; Peattie K; Oke A (2020) Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things. Sustainability, 12 (17), pp. 1-18.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177180

  • Osobajo O; Oke A; Omotayo T; Obi L (2020) A systematic review of circular economy research in the construction industry. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

    https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-04-2020-0034

  • Oke A; Fernandes FAP (2020) Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Exploring the Perceptions of the Education Sector on the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 6 (2), pp. 1-22.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc6020031

  • Omotayo TS; Boateng P; Osobajo O; Oke A; Obi LI (2019) Systems thinking and CMM for continuous improvement in the construction industry. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 69 (2), pp. 271-296.

    https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-11-2018-0417

  • McDonald S; Oke A (2018) Recycling at home and work: An exploratory comparison. Social Business, 8 (2), pp. 145-165.

    https://doi.org/10.1362/204440818x15208755610874

  • Oke A; Pedersen S; McDonald S (2017) Public perceptions of the introduction of the single-use carrier bags charge in Scotland. Social Business, 7 (2), pp. 127-154.

    https://doi.org/10.1362/204440817x14970183958041

  • Oke A; Kruijsen J (2016) The Importance of Specific Recycling Information in Designing a Waste Management Scheme. Recycling, 1 (2), pp. 271-285.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling1020271

  • Oke A (2015) Workplace Waste Recycling Behaviour: A Meta-Analytical Review. Sustainability, 7 (6), pp. 7175-7194.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/su7067175

  • McDonald S; Gan BC; Fraser SS; Oke A; Anderson AR (2015) A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 21 (3), pp. 291-315.

    https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2014-0021

  • Oke A (2023) Employee Volunteer Programs. In: Idowu S; Schmidpeter R; Capaldi N; Zu L; Del Baldo M; Abreu R ed. Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer,