Dr Rom Okeke
Senior Lecturer in Project Management
Cardiff School of Management
Overview
Dr Rom Okeke is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at the School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Prior to this role, he was a Lecturer in Project and Operations Management, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Security & Information Systems, Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, where he received Ph.D. in Project and Operations Management (research focused on Cybersecurity and Analytics), MSc in Computing, PG Cert in Business and Management Research Methods, and Certificate in Employability.
Rom is PRINCE2 certified and a passionate researcher with outstanding tracks records in areas of Project Analytics, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Risk Modelling, Project Evaluation and Social Return on Investment, Operations Research & Decision Sciences as well as Widening Participation particularly BAME Employability related studies.
Rom has over 11 years of successful leading of multidisciplinary high-quality research and projects for SMEs, corporate and government organisations across UK and West Africa where he used analytics and decision modelling tools to generate evidence-based return on investment, practices and policies.
Rom’s contributions to research and policy development have been recognized in various awards including University of Central Lancashire’s Star Award for his contributions to Office for Students’ funded Future U: Uni Connect Lancashire, England, UK; and Goldstein Award Finalist by the Centre for Problem-Oriented Policing at Arizona State University for his contributions to project analysis of the UK Home Office funded £4.1M police operations programmes at Lancashire Constabulary Headquarters, England.
Rom is an Associate Fellow of HE UK, member of Association of Project Management, Institute of Operations Management, UK Society of Research Software Engineering and the Royal Statistical Society and British Educational Research Association.
Research Publications
Responding to the needs of refugee learners in schools in Wales during the pandemic
Woodward, S., Kyffin, F., Okeke, R., Haughton, C., Yafele, A. & Davis, S., 28 Nov 2024, In: Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Application of Role-Based Framework in Preventing Internal Identity Theft Related Crimes: A Qualitative Case Study of UK Retail Companies
Okeke, R. I. & Eiza, M. H., 1 Sept 2022, In: Information Systems Frontiers. 25, 2, p. 451-472 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The recruitment and retention of teachers of colour in Wales. An ongoing conundrum?
Davis, S., Haughton, C., Chapman, S., Okeke, R., Yafele, A., Yu, K. & Smith, M., 14 Aug 2022, In: Curriculum Journal. 34, 1, p. 118-137 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘DELIVERING CAREERS GUIDANCE IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS: POLICY VERSUS PRACTICE’
Houghton, A. M., Armstrong, J. & Okeke, R. I., 2 Mar 2020, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 69, 1, p. 47-63 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Information theft prevention: Theory and practice
Okeke, R. I. & Shah, M. H., 3 Mar 2016, Taylor and Francis. 161 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
A framework for internal identity theft prevention in retail industry
Shah, M. & Okeke, R. I., 27 Oct 2011, Proceedings - 2011 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, EISIC 2011. p. 366-371 6 p. 6061232Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review