dr. T.A. (Taslim) Alade

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.