Dr Olayiwola Oladiran
School of Geography and Planning
Lecturer in Real Estate


+44 114 222 6903
Full contact details
School of Geography and Planning
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Geography and Planning Building
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- Profile
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Olayiwola is a Lecturer in Real Estate. He holds a PhD in Real Estate and Urban Economics, an MSc in International Real Estate Investment and Finance, and a BTech in Estate Management. Previously, he worked as a Lecturer in Real Estate and Property Management at Leeds Beckett University and as a Teaching Fellow at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. Before joining academia, he developed his career in international real estate professional practice across both the private and public sectors.Ola specialises in real estate innovation, digital technology (PropTech), and economics. He is a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is the author of the textbook "PropTech and Real Estate Innovations: A Guide to Digital Technologies and Solutions in the Built Environment", and his research output has been published in top-tier journals.Ola welcomes enquiries from research students and post-doctoral candidates, particularly those interested in research in the following broad areas: PropTech (real estate digital technology and innovation), operational real estate, and real estate economics.
- Qualifications
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PhD Real Estate Economics, University of Reading.
MSc International Real Estate Investment and Finance Nottingham Trent University, UK
B-Tech Estate Management, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
- Research interests
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My current and planned research/projects centre around real estate digital technology and innovation (PropTech) and strategies/models for enhanced environmental, social, economic and physical/spatial efficiency in the built environment. My work spans a range of digital tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain technology, tokenisation, Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality (VR) and their integration across the real estate value chain. My interest also includes emerging real estate innovations such as automated valuation models (AVMs), building information modelling (BIM), blended working models (BWMs), construction technology (ConTech), crowdfunding, intelligent planning systems, Metaverse, peer-to-peer, lending (P2P), shared economy, smart buildings, smart cities, space-time commoditisation and virtual capital (VC). My research also covers areas of housing and operational real estate markets.
Research Projects
Developing a PropTech Education Integration Framework (Lead Investigator)- UCEM Harold Samuel Research Prize 2020
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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I currently teach on the following modules:
TRP471/482-PropTech and Real Estate Innovations
TRP478- Commercial Real Estate Practice
TRP464/TRP624-International Real Estate Markets
TRP6410-Real Estate Economics
TRP 6417- Real Estate Development
TRP 625- Applied Real Estate Valuation
PhD Supervision:
I am part of the supervisory team for the following students:
Enes Aydin: Redefining Socio-spatial Inequalities through Comparative Urban Policy Analysis in London and Berlin (1st Supervisor: Dr Stephen Hincks)
I am part of the supervisory team for the following students:
Enes Aydin: Redefining Socio-spatial Inequalities through Comparative Urban Policy Analysis in London and Berlin (1st Supervisor: Dr Stephen Hincks)