Dr. Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsSocial Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Keywordspsychology of minoritised groups, group relations, migration, social identity, African migrants
Honours and awards

2023: George Forster Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2021: North-West University, South Africa Post-doctoral Fellowship

2018: Ekiti State Government Scholarship for Graduate Students (for PhD research)

Current contact address

CountrySouth Africa
CityMahikeng
InstitutionNorth-West University (Mafikeng Campus)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Johanna BuchcikDepartment Gesundheitswissenschaften, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2023

Programme(s)

2022Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Olonisakin, T. T., & Adebayo, S. O. Xenophobia in the context of African worldviews: A synopsis of the Nigerian situation.. In: Journal of Health Psychology, 29, 2024, 1548-1561
2023Adedeji, A., Olawa, B. D., Hanft-Robert, S., Olonisakin, T. T., Akintunde, T. Y., Buchcik, J.& Boehnke, K. Examining the pathways from general trust through social connectedness to subjective wellbeing. . In: Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18, 2023, 2619–2638
2023Adekunle Adedeji, Olonisakin T. T., Johanna Buchcik, Franka Metzner, Wandile Tsabedze, Klaus Boehnke & Erhabor S. Idemudia The multicultural conceptualisation of wellbeing: The role of culture and circumstance in operationalising well-being in South Africa: A mixed-methods approach. . In: BMC Public Health, 23, 2023,