Yewande Adetoro Adewunmi

Program coordinator, Undergraduate and Honours programs in Property studies

Editorial board member of Facilities journal

ABET PEV evaluator

• M.M., Omirin, Prof.( Mrs), omirin2@yahoo.co.uk, +2348037257773, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria, Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
• Michael, Daramola, Prof., michael.daramola@up.ac.za, 0717555268, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering

KIC NRF grant for visiting scientists 2016 2016, NRF Rating (Y2) 2016 2016, Anderson Carpelli Research Grant 2021 2021

• TED Global fellows community 2007
• IFMA Academic and Research Group 2016 till date
• Associated Schools of Facilities management 2016 till date
• African Facilities Management Association 2022 till date
• ABET 2021 till date
• IFMA Foundation UN UNESCO Unitwin Network 2023 till date

• Azasu, S Adewunmi, Y.A, and Babatunde, O (2018), Stakeholder views of a Postgraduate course in Facilities management in South Africa. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Vol 22 No 6, pp. 471-478
• Adewunmi, Y, Alister, A, Bopape, P, and Thabethe, N. Energy efficiency practices in facilities management in Johannesburg, South Africa. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 17 No. 4,
• Adewunmi, Y., Chigbu, U.E., Mwando, S. and Kahireke, U., 2023. Entrepreneurship role in the co-production of public services in informal settlements– A scoping review. Land Use Policy, 125, p.106479.
• Adewunmi, Y.A., Chigbu, U.E., Kahireke, U., Simbanegavi, P., Mwando, S., Issa, A.A. and Hayford, S., 2023. A Multi-Faceted Approach to Improving Public Services in Low-Income Housing in Windhoek, Namibia. Sustainability, 15(6), p.4885.
• Adewunmi, Y.A., Nelson, M., Chigbu, U.E., Makashini-Masiba, L., Mwando, S., Mompati, L. and Kahireke, U., 2023. A scoping review of community-based facilities management for public services through social enterprises in developing communities. Facilities, 41(13/14), pp.868-889.
• Adewunmi, Y.A., Nelson, M., Mompati, L., Molloy, S. and Adeyemi, S., 2024. Critical measures for the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases in the workplace: a South African facilities management perspective. Facilities, 42(11/12), pp.901-927.
• Adewunmi, Y.A., Ramushu, B. and Nelson, M., 2025. Defining Newtown user satisfaction in a shopping mall. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 27(1), pp.69-89.
• Adewunmi, Y.A, and Root, D. (2018). Application of Learning Theories to Teaching and Learning in Facilities management. Conference paper in the Journal of Facility Management Education and Research of the International Facility Management World Workplace conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 3rd – 5th October 2018.
• Adewunmi, Y, Hoosen, R, Makgoba, M aand Novotny Max, (2022); Consumer preferences for plastic waste recycling in retail facilities in Johannesburg: A university community perspective, Construction Business and Project Management Conference, Cape Town, 22-24 June, 2022
• Molloy, S, Adewunmi, Y and Nelson, M 2023 Applicability and Challenges of Implementing Facilities Management standards in South Africa. CIB W070 Conference on Facility Management and Maintenance 2023, Trondheim, 8-11 May, 2023
• Molloy, S. and Adewunmi, Y., 2025. The implementation of UN sustainable development goals using facilities management standards in South Africa. In CIB Conferences (Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 374).
• Adewunmi-Abolarinwa, Y., 2024. Strategic and Sustainable Management of Workplace Facilities. Taylor & Francis.

Developed the curriculum for a Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Facilities management at the School of Construction Economics and Management, University of Witwatersrand in 2016. This curriculum was developed in line with SAFMA, RICS and IFMA requirements for such a qualification.

• 2 PhD students, 1 complete
• 15 Master Research Report Completed (University of Witwatersrand)
• 23 Bachelor Honors Level Dissertations Completed (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Supervising (4 Masters Students). Expected July 2026.

• Best reviewer, CIB World, Conference, Norway, 2023
• Best paper award, CIB World Conference, Purdue, USA, 2025

• Research Degrees Examiner
• Internal examiner for MSc research reports at Wits University
• External examiner for MSc and PhD thesis at UCT, CPUT, Covenant University
• External examiner CON 4047W course for Undergraduate research reports University of Cape Town, 2022 till date

• Editorial Team Member, Journal of Facility Management Education and Research; Facilities Journal

• Reviewer, Facilities, journal of the Emerald Publishing Group, UK, Journal of Facilities Management, the Emerald Publishing Group, UK, Benchmarking: An international Journal, journal of the Emerald Publishing Group, UK, Journal of Facility Management Education and Research, Building Research and Information, Building and Environment Journal of Housing and the Built and Environment and National Research Foundation, South Africa (NRF)