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's course, engaging with fifteen non-profit organizations, every academic year.
Taslim's current research focuses on sustainable business models and innovative pedagogy. He is a member of the faculty council at RSM and an 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)
Internal (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).
