Associate Member

Babajide Owoyele is a design scientist who uses multimodal analysis to explore challenges at the intersection of computer science and innovation research. He is a PhD candidate at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (Prof Derk Loorbach) and a research associate at the Hasso Plattner Institute, supervised by Prof Gerard de Melo at the Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Systems Group. His thesis at DRIFT explores leveraging design science and multimodal data to map triadic collaboration dynamics in multi-actor constellations at the (1) macro-level (inter-organizational networks) and at the micro level (teams engage in ideation). As part of the Envisionbox.org team, he is exploring how to make audio-visual data archiving and analytics more accessible to early career researchers and data stewards.

Babajide earned his Master’s degree in Global Production Engineering (Solar Technology) from the Technical University of Berlin in 2017, alongside a degree in Climate Knowledge and Systemic Innovation from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). His research and professional experience include positions at the Wuppertal Institute, ESA BIC, and several startups. Babajide holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.