Dr Kehinde Abolarin
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: K.D.Abolarin@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Kehinde Abolarin teaches in the MSc Business and Management programmes and the undergraduate programmes in Events and Tourism Management within Liverpool Business School.
Kehinde holds a Master’s degree in International Business and Management from the University of Bedfordshire, UK and a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Management and Business Educator (Chartered Association of Business Schools) and a Member of the British International Studies Association (BISA), the Royal African Society (RAS), and the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK).
Kehinde’s research areas include business policy, space technology, space commercialisation, and sustainable business development. He currently supervises MSc and undergraduate research projects and seeks for PhD candidates in relevant areas of research.
In 2024, within a year of joining Liverpool John Moores University on a full-time, Kehinde was awarded the Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Award of Rising Star. He is also into public speaking, mentorship, and authorship and currently volunteers for the Tuebrook & Stoneycroft Litter Network in Liverpool.
Languages
Yoruba
English
Degrees
2024, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom, PhD, Politics and International Relations
2013, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, MSc, International Business and Management
2008, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria, BSc, Public Administration
Certifications
2019, Advance HE, United Kingdom, Fellow Higher Education Academy
Academic appointments
Lecturer, International Business Management, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Sessional Lecturer, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - 2023
Sessional Lecturer, Christ Church Business School, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2016 - 2022
Postgraduate training
Data Analysis, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia, 2020 - 2020
Postgraduate Certificate Academic Practice (PGCAP), United Kingdom, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2016 - 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Abolarin K. 2024. Space Technology as a Centrepiece for Addressing Nigeria's Domestic Challenges and Strengthening its Foreign Relations Lieberman S, Cashman L.
Chapters
Abolarin K. 2023. The Nigerian Space Sector: Structure of Power Analysis Lieberman S, Köpping Athanasopoulos H, Hoerber T. The Commercialisation of Space: Politics, Economics and Ethics Taylor & Francis 9781000851144
Poster
Abolarin K. 2023. Space Technology as a Centrepiece for Addressing Nigeria's Domestic Challenges and Strengthening its Foreign Policy Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences (FSESS) Research & Enterprise Conference: Towards Society 5.0, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent
Internet publication
Abolarin K. 2021. Covid 19 and the Balance of Great Powers. Publisher Url
Abolarin K. 2020. Racism and Institutions Publisher Url
Other
Abolarin K. 2019. Using Technology to Enhance Students' Engagement. ResearchGate, Publisher Url
Membership of professional bodies:
Chartered Management and Business Educator (CMBE), Chartered Association of Business Schools, https://charteredabs.org/cmbe. 2024
Member, British International Studies Association (BISA), https://www.bisa.ac.uk/. 2021
Member, The Royal African Society (RAS) and African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK), https://royalafricansociety.org/whatwedo/academia/asauk/. 2021
Conference presentation:
Learning Through Virtual Reality in International Tourism Management: Opportunities and Challenges, 6th International Conference on Future of Business, Management, and Economics, Copenhagen, Oral presentation, http://icfbme.org/. 2024
Nigeria’s space collaborations through a postcolonial lens: How racialised hierarchies are reproduced in the space technology sector, BISA Conference 2024: Whose International Studies?, Birmingham, Oral presentation. 2024
European space multinational’s collaboration with Nigeria and the impact on its regional influence., European Multinationals, ESSCA EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA Campus Lyon, Oral presentation. 2024
Space Technology as a Centrepiece for Strengthening Nigeria’s Regional Influence and Addressing Domestic Challenges, BISA Conference 2023, Glasgow, Scotland, Oral presentation. 2023
Nigeria and China Space Relations., Space Sustainability and Regionalism, European Union Agency for the Space Programme, Prague, Czech Republic, Oral presentation. 2023
Nigerian foreign policy and space technology, Politics, Ethnicity, Federalism, and Comparative Public Policy Conference,, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University, Belfast (Virtual Conference), Oral. 2020
Award:
Excellence Award (Winner) - Rising Star 2024, Faculty of Business and Law, Liverpool John Moores University. 2024
Public engagement:
Demonstration, Local community, Organiser and Team Leader, I volunteer and lead a team of people to pick litter around the Tuebrook and Stoneycroft area of Liverpool., Keep Liverpool Tidy (KLT), https://www.facebook.com/groups/tuebrooklitter/. 2024
Fellowships:
Fellow, The Higher Education Academy, Advance HE. 2019
Research Grants Awarded:
The Graduate College, Canterbury Christ Church University, PhD Research, Grant value (£): Full Scholarship (Free tuition with £13,000 annual stipend), Duration of research project: 3 years/6 months. 2019
Teaching qualification:
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP). 2018