Salewa Olawoye, York University

Research

natural resources commodities inflation sustainable development commodity dependence developing countries equity stagnation

Latest funding

Towards An Inclusive Monetary Theory: African Entrepreneurship and Money Creation
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$124,927
The Systemic Issue of Excessive Volatility in Commodity Prices for Sustainable Development
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$44,958
Demand-led growth: stagnation theories and stagnation policies
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,970

All 3 grants and awards

Towards An Inclusive Monetary Theory: African Entrepreneurship and Money Creation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Olawoye, Salewa

$124,927

The Systemic Issue of Excessive Volatility in Commodity Prices for Sustainable Development

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Olawoye, Salewa O.

Keywords: natural resources; commodities; inflation; sustainable development; commodity dependence; developing countries; equity

$44,958

Demand-led growth: stagnation theories and stagnation policies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Olawoye, Salewa O.

Keywords: stagnation; economic growth; development and unemployment

$24,970

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: natural resources Dear Professor Olawoye, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on natural resources connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Towards An Inclusive Monetary Theory: African Entrepreneurship and Money Creation" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]