Dr Adeyemi Adelekan
Research Fellow
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Adeyemi is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester and contributes to the politics and organisations research strand in CUSP.
Adeyemi is a research associate at the University of Manchester working on a ‘One Bin to rule them all’ project, which is a £1.5M NERC-funded collaborative venture, led by the University alongside 17 companies and local and national authorities. Working from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change research and the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, Adeyemi will be coordinating a working group that aims to develop a collaborative business model to underpin a ‘One Bin’ system for plastic materials in the UK.
Prior to this appointment, Adeyemi obtained a PhD from Middlesex University in 2021 with a thesis that explores the circular economy strategies of social enterprises in Lagos Nigeria. The research draws on the circular economy, hybrid organizing and institutional work literature to explore how social enterprises organize to meet commercial, social, and environmental objectives and their approaches to change the institutions within which they operate to establish a circular economy in Lagos. Findings from this work has so far been disseminated through, blogs, local meetings, and international events such as Dresden Nexus, EMES and ISIRC conferences.
Adeyemi convenes an annual social enterprise workshop with CUSP that brings together social entrepreneurs tackling Africa’s sustainability challenges to discuss critical issues facing or impacting their social enterprises on the continent and equip them with tools to better meet their multiple goals. He has an MBA from the University of Salford where he also bagged the Dean’s Award for Excellence in the ‘Business Innovation Live Project’ category for a consultancy research work he carried out at an NHS Trust in Lancashire. His professional experience spans across business management, administration, and IT consulting both in Nigeria and in the UK.
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