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Dr. Job Taiwo Gbadegesin

Reader / Associate Professor | Former Head of Department

Faculty of Environmental Design and Management · Department of Estate Management

Specialization Real Estate: Property/Facilities Development & Finance, Property/Facilities Management, Land/Housing Institution and Policy, Property Valuation, Community-Based Infrastructure Policy, Mining and Rural Land Economy

Phone: +2347081879162

Email: job.gbadegesin@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Job Taiwo GBADEGESIN (PhD, TU DELFT, Netherlands) is a dynamic and inspirational real estate lecturer, researcher, and practitioner with excellent pedagogical, leadership, and communication skills. He conducts innovative, evidence-based research that addresses and offers solutions to real-world problems in real estate, land, housing, facilities, and infrastructure. He has proven international experience conducting collaborative research to inform policies and develop advocacy plans to achieve SDG objectives and targets in rural and urban development, including property/facilities development and management, land and housing, valuation, mining, and the local economy. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2009-2020), and at Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (2020 to date). He completed his first and second degrees in estate management from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Job Taiwo graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree as the best graduating student and prize winner of the prestigious J.O. Oluwatundimu and Chief (Dr.) Dele Afolabi awards. He also completed his master's degree with distinction. He then earned his PhD from Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands, on a scholarship, with research focused on real estate and housing system policy. He has completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of the Free State, South Africa (2019-2023). He serves as a research associate at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, South Africa. An adjunct and collaborative lecturer and researcher with the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, Lagos. He provides learning support with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM). He has published widely in Emerald Publishing Group Ltd., Routledge Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier. He has taught and supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students across leading universities. A former Acting HOD.

Research Interests

Real estate, land, housing, facilities, and infrastructure

Qualifications

Selected Publications

  1. Quality control system and real estate valuation practice
    Authors: Ayorinde, O.I. Fateye,o. Gbadegesin, J.T. & Thorntein, E.
    Property Management, Emerald Publishing Group Ltd (2026)
  2. Considering home, assets and place attachment in the urban periphery: Rethinking the spatial marginality of apartheid planning. The endurance of inequality: Race, property and spatiality in Bloemfontein and surrounds.
    Authors: Marais, L., & Gbadegesin, J.
    The Authors 2025, University of Pretoria, South Africa, ISBN: 978-1-0672372-3-3 (2025)
  3. Exploring the Impact of Personal Connections and Selected Individual Factors on the Ethical Judgment and Behavioural Intentions of Nigerian Estate Surveyors and Valuers
    Authors: Amidu, A., Agboola, A. O. and Gbadegesin, J. T
    Journal of African Real Estate Research, 1 (1): 21 – 30. South Africa (2024)
  4. A scoping review of the literature on mine closure. Local Responses to Mine Closure in South Africa, 33-43. Routledge., Taylor & Francis
    Authors: Venter, A., Gbadegesin, J., & van Wyk, D
    . Routledge., Taylor & Francis (2024)
  5. West Rand Decline in South Africa's economic heartland
    Authors: Margaret Kusambiza-Kiingi, Verna NelORCID Icon, Job Gbadegesin
    Routledge (2024)
  6. Does the COVID-19 affect tenants’ adherence to lease obligations in rental market? Property managers’ perspective.
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J. T.
    Journal of Facilities Management, 22(3), 402-415. (2024)
  7. Developers' Resilience in Land Acquisition Issues: The Case of Igando - Oloja Community, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State
    Authors: Thontteh, E., Osato, V., & Gbadegesin, J. T.
    African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development, 4(2), University of Lagos. (2023)
  8. Property managers’ awareness of the potential benefits of vertical greenery systems on buildings
    Authors: Samuel Adegoke, A., Taiwo Gbadegesin, J., Oluwafemi Ayodele, T., Efuwape Agbato, S., Bamidele Oyedele, J., Tunde Oladokun, T., & Onyinyechukwu Ebede, E.
    International Journal of Construction Management (2023)
  9. Sustainable real estate management practice: Exploring the priority of operational stage for actualizing sustainable built environment goal in sub-Saharan Africa
    Authors: Ogunba, O.A., Dabara, I.O. and Gbadegesin, J.T
    International Journal of Construction Management, 23 (10), Taylor & Francis.UK/US. (2023)
  10. Housing and welfare in South Africa
    Authors: Mmbadi, E., Marais, L., & Gbadegesin, J.
    The Routledge Handbook of Housing and Welfare (pp. 232-244). Routledge (2023)
  11. Location-induced client influence in valuation for loan security: the new terra incognita for emerging property sub-markets
    Authors: Job Taiwo Gbadegesin; Sunday Olarinre Oladokun; Abdul-Rasheed Amidu; Alirat Olayinka Agboola
    Property Management (2023)
  12. Choosing informal ways to acquire land
    Authors: Ige, V.O. and Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Property Management, 40(1), 39-61. Emerald Publishing (2022)
  13. Inhibitors to women's right to the occupation of land: a closer look at Ajebamidele Community in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
    Authors: Olawuni, D.M., Adegoke, A.S., Ogunba, O.A., Gbadegesin, J.T., Balogun, D.O. and Omogbehinwa, I.V
    Property Management, 40(5), 690-705. Emerald Publishing Ltd, UK (2022)
  14. Student Housing Satisfaction at a South African University
    Authors: Job Gbadegesin; Lochner Marais; Michael Von Maltitz; Jan Cloete; Molefi Lenka; Kholisa Rani; Malene Campbell; Stuart Denoon-Stevens; Anita Venter; Quintin Koetaan et al.
    Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (2022)
  15. Do REITs Hedge against Inflation? Evidence from an African Emerging Market.
    Authors: Dabara, D.I., Gbadegesin, J.T., Amidu, Abdul-Rasheed, Oyedokun, T.B. and Chiwuzie, A
    Proceedings of the 20th annual AfRES conference. The Future of the African Real Estate Sector: What Next? 8 – 10 September 2021 Lusaka, Zambia, ISBN: 978-0-620-95972-8 (2021)
  16. Understanding stakeholders’ opinion and willingness on the adoption of sustainable residential property features in a developing property market
    Authors: Matthew Oluwole Oyewole and Markson Opeyemi Komolafe and Job Taiwo Gbadegesin
    International Journal of Construction Management (2021)
  17. Exploring investment paradigm in urban office space management: perspectives from coworking space investors in Nigeria
    Authors: Timothy Oluwafemi Ayodele and Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu and Job Taiwo Gbadegesin and Theophilus Olugbenga Babatunde and Cyril Ayodele Ajayi
    Journal of Facilities Management, 22(3), 402-415. (2021)
  18. Off-campus student housing satisfaction indicators and the drivers: From student perspectives to policy re-awakening in governance
    Authors: Job Taiwo Gbadegesin; Markson Opeyemi Komolafe; Taiwo Frances Gbadegesin; Kehinde O. Omotoso
    Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (2021)
  19. Consumer’s welfare in the retail environment: implication for retail property development planning and policy
    Authors: Job Taiwo Gbadegesin and Samson Oluseun Ojekalu and Frances Taiwo Gbadegesin and Olajumoke Omotola Kelani and Omoniyi S
    International Journal of Construction Management (2021)
  20. Studentification and governance in South Africa: Dependencies and conflicts
    Authors: Job Gbadegesin; Lochner Marais; Stuart Denoon-Stevens; Jan Cloete; Anita Venter; Kholisa Rani; Molefi Lenka; Malene Campbell; Quintin Koetaan
    Land Use Policy (2021)
  21. The state of housing policy research in Africa
    Authors: Job Gbadegesin; Lochner Marais
    International Journal of Housing Policy (2020)
  22. Underlying factors for effective collective decision on community-driven infrastructure in developing countries
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Ojekalu, S.; Komolafe, M.O.; Oyewole, M.O.
    International Journal of Construction Management (2020)
  23. Sustaining community infrastructure through community-based governance (the social practice of collective design policy)
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Ojekalu, S.; Gbadegesin, T.F.; Komolafe, M.O.
    Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (2020)
  24. Housing, planning and urban health: Historical and current perspectives from south africa
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.; Pienaar, M.; Marais, L.
    Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series (2020)
  25. Stakeholders’ relevance in sustainable residential property development
    Authors: Komolafe, M.O.; Oyewole, M.O.; Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (2019)
  26. Towards a new policy direction for an improved housing delivery system in Nigerian cities: Theoretical, Empirical and Comparative Perspectives. A+ BE
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Architecture and the Built Environment, (17), 1-342. (2018)
  27. Towards an effective partnership policy for improving urban low-income housing provision in Nigeria: New institutional economics perspective
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.
    International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management (2017)
  28. Risks in homeownership: a perspective on The Netherlands
    Authors: Teye, A.L.; Haan, J.; Elsinga, M.G.; Bondinuba, F.K.; Gbadegesin, J.T.
    International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis (2017)
  29. Adequacy of core knowledge and soft skills in the performance of professional employees of real estate firms in Nigeria
    Authors: Oladokun, S.O.; Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Property Management (2017)
  30. Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Mechanism as a Private Finance Initiative for Procuring Student Housing in Public Tertiary Institutions: Perceptual Analysis.
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T. and Aluko, B.T.
    2016Ife Planning Journal, 5 (1); 34 – 43, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2016)
  31. Investigating defiant attitudes in keeping lease agreement obligations in private rental housing market in Nigeria
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; van der Heijden, H.; Boelhouwer, P.
    Property Management (2016)
  32. Factors influencing academic performance of real estate students in Nigeria
    Authors: Ayodele, T.O.; Oladokun, T.T.; Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Property Management (2016)
  33. Bridging the Finance Gap in Housing and Infrastructure Finance through Private Finance Initiatives in Emerging Economies
    Authors: Ojo, O, Olatoye-Ojo, O. and Gbadegesin, J.T
    Real Estate Finance, 32 (1), 16 – 22, (2015)
  34. Investigating experts’ opinion on outsourcing decision in facilities management practice in public Universities in Nigeria
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Babatunde, T.O.
    Journal of Facilities Management, 22(3), 402-415. (2015)
  35. Facilities management practices in the Nigerian public universities
    Authors: Odediran, S.J.; Gbadegesin, J.T.; Babalola, M.O.
    Journal of Facilities Management, 22(3), 402-415. (2015)
  36. Is Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) System an Effective Initiative Compared with Traditional Procurement Method in Student Housing Provision in an Emerging Economy?
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J. T. and Oyewole, M. O.
    Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 4 (1), 809 – 825 (2014)
  37. Management challenges of cultural property in Nigeria
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J. T., & Osaghale, G.
    African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 3(1), 1-18. Middlesex University Mauritius. (2014)
  38. Exploratory survey on the maintenance of Osun- Osogbo sacred grove, Nigeria
    Authors: Osegale, G. E., Omisore, E. O., & Gbadegesin, J. T.
    African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Vol. 3 (2) - (2014) (2014)
  39. Public private partnerships/private finance initiatives for financing infrastructure in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Aluko, B.T.
    Built Environment Project and Asset Management (2014)
  40. Ethnic bias in tenant selection in metropolitan Ibadan private rental housing market
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Ojo, O.
    Property Management (2013)
  41. Menace of recalcitrant tenants in metropolitan Ibadan area's residential property market, Nigeria
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.; Ojo, O.
    Property Management (2012)
  42. A Survey of Cultural and Traditional Implications of Women’s Rights on Land for Development in Oke-Ogun, Oyo State
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J.T.
    Sri Lanka Journal of Real Estate. 1 (5). Department of Estate Management and Valuation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda-Sri Lanka (2011)
  43. The programme of urban renewal for Sustainable Urban development in Nigeria: issues and challenges.
    Authors: Gbadegesin, J. T., & Aluko, B. T.
    Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 7(3), 244-253.

Professional Qualification

Awards

Grants

Total Grant: NAIRA 12,200,000.00

Scholarship

Membership of Professional Bodies

Paper Presentation - Local

Paper Presentation - International

Postgraduate Ph.D Supervision

Postgraduate M.Sc Supervision

Undergraduate Project Supervision

Course Teaching

Professional Skill

Research related skills95%
Discipline related skills95%
Transferable skills95%
Leadership skills70%
Administration Skills70%
Collaborative skills80%

Custom Fields

External/internal dissertation moderator: CDS, University of the Free State, South Africa

External moderator (2024): Federal University of Technology, Akure

Reviewer: Housing Studies, Journal of Property Research, Journal of housing and the built environment, Journal of Facilities Management, ETC

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