Biography 

Dr Tosin Lagoke is the business cluster lead and programme lead for BSc (Hons) Agricultural Business Management, BSc (Hons) Agri-Food Business Management, BSc (Hons) Business Management and BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-Up). He is an alumnus of Oxford Brookes University, where he obtained a PhD in Business and Management. He has Bachelors and Master degrees in Agricultural Economics and a second Master's degree in International Business from Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University. He specialises in Stakeholder theory and Social Network Analysis and has deployed the knowledge in his teaching and research. His research interests are Stakeholder Management, Local Content Development, Energy Policy and HEI Management. Tosin has supervised several students (undergraduate, postgraduate and research), focusing on these areas of research and leads both undergraduate and postgraduate modules in strategy and Business Management.

Tosin obtained a PhD studentship award from Oxford Brookes University and he is a beneficiary of other grant awards. His academic career spans over 10 years and he has published in leading international journals and peer reviewed for high-ranking international journals.  He is a consultant to two organisations, who collaborate with stakeholders such as IOCs, International organisations and governments, to undertake energy and sustainable development projects across developing countries.

Aside his academic career, he serves as a foundation governor of an outstanding (Ofsted rating) primary school in his local area. In addition, Tosin chairs the board of a charity who are committed to reaching out to people by providing words of encouragement and meeting their material needs.

Publications

Articles

  • LAGOKE O., OGUNMODEDE A., TOROMADE, A 2025. Exploring the Impact of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Local Content Policy on Higher Education Institutions: A Social Network Analysis Approach Higher Education Studies, 15(4), pp. 483–494.
  • TOROMADE A., ADETUNJI M., LAGOKE O., AYOJIMI W., IDOWU S.O., OGUNMODEDE A., AJIBOYE B.O., PETER E., 2025. Empirical Insights into the Prevalence and Determinants of Food Insecurity among Egg Marketers in Southwest Nigeria (in press).
  • LAGOKE O., AIYENITAJU, O., SONAME, O., BRAITHWAITE, E., TOROMADE, A., (2025). Examining Stakeholder Change Management Practices in UK Higher Education Through the Lens of the Kübler–Ross Change Model (in press)
  • LAGOKE, O., ADESOLA, S. AND SONAME, S., 2021. Social network analysis as a methodological tool to understand university-industry dynamism in enhancing the HEI curriculum–a case of the Nigerian oil industry. Studies in Higher Education, 46(11), pp.2417-2430.
  • LAGOKE, O., NWOBODO, O., 2025. Stakeholder Analysis of the distribution supply chain in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector. A Network Analysis Approach British Academy of Management conference, 2025
  • ADESOLA, S., DE VITA, G., and LAGOKE, O., 2014. Oil and Gas Local Content Development Policy: A Stakeholder Analysis.  International Research Collaboration Conference, Oxford, 11 June 2014.
  • LAGOKE, O., 2014. Stakeholder Analysis of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Local Content Development Policy: Recommendations for the Future. Presentation at the Practical Nigerian Content Conference, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria 18 November, 2014.
  • LAGOKE, O., AIYENITAJU, O., SONAME, S., BRAITHWAITE, E., (2023). An analysis of change management approaches among multiple stakeholders within UK Higher Education Institutions using Kubler-Ross Change Model. (Presented at British Academy of Management Conference)
  • TOLANI, P., LAGOKE, O., OSIGWE, A., and OLARINDE, O.S., 2014. Microeconomic study of Ogoniland. A research project carried out for Shell Petroleum Development Company
  • LAGOKE, O., 2015. The effects of falling oil prices on indigenous operators. Orient Energy.

Book Chapter

  • Sustainability, Circular Economy and Social Responsibility in Global Food Security (ongoing). Publisher: SpringerNature. Editors: Adekunle Toromade, Samuel Idowu, Morenike Adetunji, Oluwatosin Lagoke, Akinloye Ojewole