Dr Adeyemi Adelekan

Selected publications

Co-creating or Confounding? Hybrid Legitimacy Evaluation of Circular Business Models in the U.K. Plastics Sector.

Collaborative digitally-enabled business models for a circular economy: Sustaining, managing and protecting value in the UK plastics sector.

Catalysts or Constraints? Emerging Policies for a Circular Plastics System in the UK.

New circular business models for the UK plastics sector.

Trash can.

Disrupting the idea of waste: how social enterprises are establishing the circular economy in Lagos

Developing differently: social enterprise innovations for the circular economy in Lagos Nigeria

Acknowledging new realities for Nigerian social entrepreneurs | Workshop reflections

Circular Economy Strategies of Social Enterprises in Lagos: Summary of research findings with recommendations for policy makers and practitioners

Circular Economy strategies of social enterprises in Lagos: a case study approach.

The ‘how’ of transformation: principles for a justice-centred response to the climate and biodiversity crises (In-press)

A review of circular business models for zero carbon, zero waste and zero material extraction in the building sector (In-press)

Plastics Policies Are Changing the Game—But Are SMEs Being Left Behind? (Upcoming)

Formalizing informality as institutional work to meet grand challenges in emerging economies: a case study of the circular waste economy in Nigeria (Upcoming)

About Me

As a Researcher at the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, I explore how circular business models are developed, established, and scaled. My research focuses on both the organizational level, examining the circular strategies of social enterprises, and the systems level, exploring the co-creation of circular business models in multi-stakeholder settings, drawing on management and organizational theories.

As a Director, I founded and lead the African Social Enterprise Workshop (ASEW), a technical support platform for African social enterprises. ASEW offers enterprise training and knowledge exchange activities, empowering them to sustain their impact. The platform also convenes the annual Sustaining Impact Summit (SIS), which aims to champion the sustenance of impact and impact-focused organizations across Africa. Read more here.

As an Early-stage venture adviser, I consult for early-stage entrepreneurs organizing for sustainability in Africa and the UK through fellowship roles and in an independent capacity.