Faculty Bio
Dr. Olayemi Olabiyi
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility
Dr. Olabiyi had the opportunity to pursue his academic endeavours at Universities in four countries: Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. His professional journey began with a PHIRNET-funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Since he began teaching at the postsecondary level in 2011, he has received 6 nominations for the Instructor Excellence Award at SAIT. In 2015, he was a recipient of the NISOD Teaching Award. Outside of work, he immerses himself in the world of music, learning to play the bass guitar (although he considers himself a beginner) and indulges in biking with his wife and children.
Specialization/Research Interest:
Teaching interests: Personal finance and investment, Social entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Applied marketing, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics, Operations Management
Specialization/research interests: Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, Food insecurity
Education
PhD Public Policy & Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
MBA Community Economic Development, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
MS Economics (Economic Research), University of North Texas, Denton, TX
MS Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
BS Economics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
- Olabiyi, O.M. & Adedokun, A.S. (2024) Impact of Community-level Features on Household Food Insecurity. Journal of Tropical Futures, 1(1): 25-55
- Olabiyi, O.M. (2022) The Effect of Bureaucratic Corruption on Household Food Insecurity: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Security, 14(2):437-450.
- Olabiyi, O.M. (2020). Electoral participation and household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. African Development Review, 32(3): 392-403
- Okafor, O. N., Mains, D., Olabiyi, O.M., & Warsame, H. (2018). How did the CRA expect the IFRS adoption to impact corporate tax avoidance? Canadian Tax Journal, 66 (1):1-22.
- Olabiyi, O.M. & McIntyre, L. (2014). Determinants of food insecurity in higher-income households in Canada. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 9(4):433-448.