Profile
Taslim is a senior lecturer at the Business-Society Management Department, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), focusing on impact-driven education and research. He employs experiential learning and gamification to prepare graduates for leadership in a complex and interconnected world, fostering meaningful societal impact. He coordinates and lectures the Sustainable Business Models GBS Master's course, collaborating with four companies, and the student-led I DO Bachelor two course, engaging with fifteen non-profit organizations, every academic year.
Taslim's current research focuses on sustainable business models and innovative pedagogy, using qualitative and quantitative research methods. He supervises master's and PhD research candidates. He is a member of the faculty council at RSM and a certified SDG game facilitator.
Before his PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Taslim worked for more than a decade as a Space Applications Scientist and GIS analyst at the National Space Research and Development Agency in Nigeria; and as a project manager for the United Nations Space-Based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). He is an alumnus of the International Space University (ISU), France.
Publications
Article (5)
Academic (5)
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Attia, M., Alade, T., & Attia, S. (2023). The Influence of Passenger Car Banning Policies on Modal Shifts: Rotterdam’s Case Study. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(9), Article 7443. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097443
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Alade, T. A., Bukoye, O. T., Roehrich, J. K., & Edelenbos, J. (2022). Cross-national collaboration in strategic transport projects: The impact on benefits realization. International Journal of Project Management, 40(4), 411-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2022.03.009
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Alade, T., Edelenbos, J., & Gianoli, A. (2020). A Sustainable Approach to Innovation Adoption in Light-rail Transport. Sustainability, 12(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031262
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Alade, T., Edelenbos, J., & Gianoli, A. (2019). Adapting Urban Light-Rail Transport to the African Context: A Process Conducted by Transport Authorities and Chinese Rail Corporations in Addis-Ababa, Abuja, and Lagos. Urban Science, 3(4), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3040109
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Alade, T., Edelenbos, J., & Gianoli, A. (2019). Frugality in multi-actor interactions and absorptive capacity of Addis-Ababa light-rail transport. Journal of Urban Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2019.11.003
Chapter (2)
Academic (2)
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Alade, T., & Gianoli, A. (2021). Knowledge and skill transfer in Addis Ababa’s light-rail transport. In Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies: Paradigm Shifts (pp. 142-161). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Wall, RS., Bitrus, L., & Alade, T. (2018). The Geography of African Investment: Infrastructure Networks and Foreign Direct Investment. In The Geography of African Investment: Infrastructure Networks and Foreign Direct Investment (pp. 172). The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326408349_Infrastructure_Networks_and_Foreign_Direct_Investment#fullTextFileContent
Doctoral Thesis (1)
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Alade, T. (2020). Innovation adaptation in urban light-rail transport: adapting pricing and infrastructural innovations using frugal approach in Ethiopia and Nigeria. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR).
