Chidiebere Victor Adim

Dr. Chidiebere Victor Adim is currently a Visiting Fellow at the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). He lectures in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in Business Policy from the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, focusing on dynamic capabilities and corporate vitality of domestic airlines in Nigeria. He was a 2023 recipient of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Travel Grant. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA). IRPIA is a pan-African think tank serving as a hub for the fusion of evidence-based research with pressing public policy issues, headquartered in Sierra Leone and housed at Northern Illinois University in the United States. Furthermore, he is a Fellow of the Ife Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS).
 
Dr. Adim is interested in interdisciplinary research that cuts across business, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, climate change, gender studies, eco-consciousness, strategic management, and innovation management. While at the ASCL, he will be working with the Collaborative Research Group (CRG), “Governance, Entrepreneurship, and Inclusive Development,” where he will explore the study “Business is Not for the Disabled: Inclusivity Initiatives for Physically Challenged Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria." His research focuses on the critical need to interrogate the exclusion of physically challenged women entrepreneurs in Nigeria from the mainstream entrepreneurial ecosystems. It explores the systemic barriers they face and examines how inclusivity initiatives can reshape the landscape for marginalized groups.