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Dr Kehinde Abolarin

Liverpool Business School

Faculty of Business and Law

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 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 (with £13,000 annually), Duration of research project: 3 years/6 months. 2019

Teaching qualification:

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP). 2018

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