Oludayo Tade is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with specialised expertise in criminology, victimology, security studies, and the sociology of crime. He obtained his B.Sc. in Sociology, M.Sc. in Criminology/Medical Sociology, and Ph.D. in Sociology (Criminology) from the University of Ibadan.
His research examines contemporary crime and security issues, with particular focus on cybercrime, electronic financial fraud, organised crime, kidnapping, migration, diaspora studies, victimisation, and social deviance. He is widely recognised for his contributions to scholarship on internet fraud, digital financial crimes, and the experiences of victims of crime in Nigeria and across Africa.
Professor Tade has published extensively in leading national and international journals and has secured competitive research grants and fellowships from organisations including the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI), University of California, Irvine. He was a Senior Research fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities, University Alliance, Ruhr Germany and an Interdisciplinary Fellow at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).
He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology and is the pioneer President of the Nigeria Society for Criminology.