Scholars

Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke

Federal University of Akure, Nigeria

Based in

Nigeria
Africa

Dr. Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke is an associate professor and Head of Quantity Surveying Department, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. Oke is an author and a lecturer in Engineering and Construction Management field with several years of teaching and research involvement in higher institutions worldwide. Oke is a DGNB International Consultant by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB – German Sustainable Building Council). Additionally, Oke was on a Staff exchange mobility programme under the Strengthening and Promoting Regional Engineering Education in Africa (SPREE) scholarship (March – April 2023) at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zambia, Zambia Funded by Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme of the European Union. Oke won the Best Researcher award during the 2023 Excellence and Productivity Award ceremony at the Federal University of Technology Akure, after recognition as the best lecturer in 2021.

Dr. Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke founded the Research Group on Sustainable Infrastructure Management Plus (RG-SIM+) and is currently the team lead. His research interest is in Sustainable Infrastructure Management (SIM), emphasising sustainable development, net zero carbon management, project innovation, and digital construction. With more than 500 publications, Oke is among the top 2% most-cited Scientists in the world in 2023 and 2024 by Stanford University. He recently delivered a paper on “Cost and economic implications of sustainable design features for climate change mitigation in project delivery” at a 2 Day Workshop of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Osun State Chapter at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Osogbo, Nigeria on 16 October 2024.

Country(ies) of Specialty

Nigeria South Africa United Kingdom

Focus areas of expertise

Behavioral action Indigenous studies Social Media

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Publications

Articles

1. Oke AE, Oyediran AO, Koriko G and Tang LM (2024). Carbon trading practices adoption for sustainable construction: A study of the barriers in a developing country, Sustainable Development, 32(1), 1120-1136. ISSN 0968-0802, 1099-1719; https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2719

2. Idowu AO, Aigbavboa C, Oke AE and Aghimien D. (2024) Barriers to Low Carbon Retrofitting of Higher Educational Building Projects, International Conference on Science, Engineering and Business for Driving Sustainable Development Goals (SEB4SDG), Omu-Aran, Nigeria, 2024, pp. 1-4, ISBN:979-8-3503-5815-5; https://doi.org/10.1109/SEB4SDG60871.2024.10630026.

3. Oke AE (2024). Cost and economic implications of sustainable design features for climate change mitigation in project delivery, a paper delivered at 2 Day Workshop of NIQS Ondo state Chapter at NUJ Press Centre, Osogbo, 16 October 2024.

4. Oke AE and Stephen SS (2024). Digital Paths to sustainable infrastructure management; London: Emerald Publishing Limited. 169 pages. ISBN: 978-1-83797-704-8 (Print); ISBN: 978-1-83797-703-1 (Online); https://doi.org/10.1108/9781837977031

5. Ikuabe, M., Aghimien, D., Aigbavboa, C., Oke, A., Adekunle S and Ogunbayo B. (2023). Espousal of Zero Carbon Emission in Buildings: Empirical Analysis of Propelling Measures In: Kissi E, Aigbavboa C & Thwala D. (eds) Emerging Debates in the Construction Industry, Pp. 565-573. Routledge, London. Print ISBN 9781003340348; https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003340348-6

6. Ikuabe, M., Aghimien, D., Aigbavboa, C., Oke, A. (2023). Drivers of the Adoption of Zero Carbon Emission in Buildings in South Africa. In: Duffy, V.G., Ziefle, M., Rau, PL.P., Tseng, M.M. (eds) Human-Automation Interaction. Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services, vol 12, Pp. 565-573. Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-10787-0; Online ISBN; 978-3-031-10788-7; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10788-7_31

7. Ikuabe M., Aghimien D., Aigbavboa C., Oke A., Ngaj Y. (2021) Barriers to the Adoption of Zero-Carbon Emissions in Buildings: The South African Narrative. In: Howlett R.J., Littlewood J.R., Jain L.C. (eds) Emerging Research in Sustainable Energy and Buildings for a Low-Carbon Future. Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore, Pp. 135-148. Print ISBN 978-981-15-8774-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8775-7_9

8. Oke AE (2021). The Place of Digital Technologies in the Implementation of Carbon Reduction in Construction, a paper delivered at The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) 29th Biennial Conference/Election General Meeting on “Climate Change and Global Disasters: Developing Sustainable Infrastructures to Achieve Growth Amidst Declining Economic Resources” at International Conference Centre, Abuja, 17 – 20 November
2021.

9. Oke AE (2021). The Place of Digital Technologies in the Implementation of Carbon Reduction in Construction, a paper delivered at The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) 29th Biennial Conference/Election General Meeting on “Climate Change and Global Disasters: Developing Sustainable Infrastructures to Achieve Growth Amidst Declining Economic Resources” at International Conference Centre, Abuja, 17 – 20 November
2021.

10. Oke AE, Aigbavboa CO and Dlamini SA. (2017). Carbon emission trading in South African Construction industry, Energy Procedia, 142(2017), 2371-2376, 9th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE2017 at Cardiff UK, 21-24 August 2017, ISSN: 1876-6102; http://:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.169

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