Dr. Patience Tunji-Olayeni
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Dr. Patience Tunji-Olayeni is a Quantity Surveyor and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Building Technology, Covenant University, Nigeria. She is the Convener of the Women Academics in Construction (WAiC) Network. Patience is currently the Chair, Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) Ogun, a UNU-IAS accredited Centre which serves as a learning hub for sustainable practices for people at the grassroots.
She is a signatory to the Global Consensus on Sustainability in the Built Environment (GLOBE), a global expert task force for sustainability in the built environment. She supervises postgraduate (PG) students from within and outside Nigeria. She also serves as PG External Examiner both within and outside Nigeria. She mentors young academics in construction related disciplines to transform Africa’s research narrative. Her research interests are in construction management, construction education, gender issues in construction, sustainable construction, and industry 4.0 & 5.0.
