Professor Omowumi Ogunyemi
Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics
School: Institute of Humanities
Faculty’s email address: oogunyemi@pau.edu.ng
Background
Omowumi Ogunyemi is a professor of philosophical anthropology and ethics at the Institute of Humanities. She currently heads the ethics and anthropology unit. Her first degree is in medicine and surgery and she worked as a medical practitioner in various hospitals before pursuing post graduate studies in the humanities. She holds a licentiate degree and a doctorate in philosophy (Anthropology and Ethics) with Summa Cum Laude from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome.
She also attended the International School of interdisciplinary research in Rome (Scuola Internazionale Superiore per la Ricerca Interdisciplinare, SISRI) and won the 2014 DISF award (Documentazione Interdisciplinare di Scienza & Fede) for best interdisciplinary research paper. She was a finalist for the Expanded Reason Awards for 2018.
Research interest
Her research interests include: the ethics of artificial intelligence and responsible computing, business ethics (also ethical use of AI in businesses); humanism in technology, implications of anthropology for the practice of virtues (and virtue theory) in different fields including emerging technology, business management and medicine. She has a special interest in the role narratives for self-understanding, ethics and for teaching and learning.
Teaching
Faculty leads courses in:
Philosophical Anthropology (Nature of Human Beings)
Ethics and Legal Issues in Computing
Personal and Professional Skills
Peace studies, Conflict Resolution and General Ethics
Data and Privacy Ethics
Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Behavioural Ethics: Social Behaviour and Ethics
Contemporary Health Issues
Qualifications
MBBS, Lic Phil, PhD
MBBS, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.
Lic Phil (SCL), Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
PhD (SCL), Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Scuola Internazionale Superiore per la Ricerca Interdisciplinare, Rome
Languages: English, Yoruba, Spanish, Italian
Memberships, editorial boards
Exco Member, Business Ethics Africa Network (BEN-Africa)
Member, steering committee of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry https://www.macintyreanenquiry.org/leadership
AI for flourishing https://www.aiforhumanflourishing.com/ (An interest group of the Harvard Human Flourishing program)
International Humanistic Management Network
Nigerian Medical Association
Licensed practitioner by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
Co-principal investigator “Numbers and Words: Investigating the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Training in Nigeria”, A research project sponsored by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and Global Business School Network (GBSN) 2021-2023
Visiting faculty & collaborator on The Computing Ethics Narratives (CEN) repository project, Insite lab, Colby college February 2025
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0643-1314
Ogunyemi O, Who or What Cares? Vulnerability and Dependence in the Age of Bots,Steven Gouveia (ed) in The Palgrave Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, 2026.
Ogunyemi O, & Onaga O (eds), Personal and Professional Skills for the 21st Century and Beyond, PAU press, 2026
Ogunyemi O., Self-governance and Narratives: Forming Leadership Capacities with Stories in Redin M, Ogunyemi O, and Potts G., (eds) A MacIntyrean Approach to the Practice of Governing Institutions, Springer, 2025.
Redin M, Potts G, and Ogunyemi O (eds), A MacIntyrean Approach to the Practice of Governing Institutions, Springer, 2025
Doore S, Ogunyemi O, Gillespie A, Yankoski M., Experience Report: Using Narratives to Teach Responsible Computing in the U.S. and Nigeria, ACM SIGCSE 2025 ( 2025)
Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Higher Computing Education: An ACM Task Force Working Group to Develop a Landscape Analysis – Perspectives from the Global Souths and Guidelines for CS1/CS2/CS3
Ogunyemi O., Narratives, Self, and Values: Promoting the SDGs in Wall T et al (editors) The Elgar Companion to Management Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2025
Ogunyemi O., and Ojesebholo I, SDGs in the cinema: opportunities for impact through Nollywood in Wall T et al (editors) The Elgar Companion to Management Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2025.
Ogunyemi , Ogunyemi O., The Anatomy of Self Leadership, Routledge Companion to Leadership and Change (2023)
Ogunyemi O, Body and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Hospitality in Ogunyemi, K, Ogunyemi O., & Okoye E. (eds), Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol 1 , Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi K., Anozie A, & Ogunyemi O., Indigenous African Wisdom, Aristotelian Thought and Catholic Social Teaching, in Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing (2022)
Okoye E.& Ogunyemi O., CSR and Person centred care in Hospitality and Tourism, in Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol 2, Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., &Anozie A, Indigenous African Wisdom and its Orientation to the Common Good: Responsible Leadership and Principled Entrepreneurship, in Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing (2022)
Ogunyemi O. & Onwudinjo A., Sustainability Dimensions of Hospitality and Tourism: Care for our Common Home in Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol 2, Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi O & Okoye E, Excellence in Professionalism: Humanistic Perspectives, Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Vol 1, Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi K. & Ogunyemi O, Indigenous Responsible Management: The Story of Egypt, in Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing (2022)
Ogunyemi K, Ogunyemi O & Anozie A, Sustainable Human Ecologies: Principles for Ethical Work in Africa, in Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 2, Emerald Publishing (2022)
Ogunyemi K, Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, Wisdom from Africa: Solidarity and Inclusion for an Ethical Economy in Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 2, Emerald Publishing (2022)
Ogunyemi O. and Onaga A, Self Leadership and Neuroscience Perspectives, The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Wellbeing, (Dhiman S Ed), Springer, (2020).
Ogunyemi O., Mansi M., & Azab S., Creativity, Initiative and Innovation in Ancient Egypt and the Contemporary Workplace Ethics, in African Virtue Ethics Traditions for Business and Management, Edwards Elgar Publishing, (2020).
Ogunyemi O., & Ogunyemi K., Authentic Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Meaning and Core Values, in Positive Leadership and Change: A practical guide for Workplace transformation, Dhiman S & Marques J (Eds) Springer (2020).
Ogunyemi, K, Ogunyemi O., & Okoye E. (eds), Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism: Excellence and Professionalism in Care _Vol 1, Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi, K, Okoye E., Ogunyemi O., (eds),_Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism_Vol 2 , Palgrave Macmillan, (2022)
Ogunyemi K., Ogunyemi O., & Anozie A, (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 1 Emerald Publishing (2022)
Ogunyemi K., Anozie A, & Ogunyemi O. (eds) Responsible Management in Africa, Volume 2, Emerald Publishing, (2022)
Ogunyemi, O., Psychology at Work: Optimal Experiences and More, in Pensando il Lavoro, Giorgio Faro (Ed), Edizione Santa Croce, 2018, ISBN 978-88-8333-753-6.
Ogunyemi O, (2017). The Unity of Autobiographical Temporality of the Narrative Self in Contemporary Psychology and Neurosciences: A Philosophical Study. Edizione Santa Croce, Rome. 392pp, ISBN 978-88-8333-65-3
Bryan Robinson, Ogunyemi O et al, Stories of African dreamers: The Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa) African Journal of Business Ethics, 2025.
Onaga A, & Ogunyemi O, Autobiography and Chronic Pain: Reflections on the Unity of the Body and the Soul, Forum: Acta Philosophica, 5 (1) 2019, 233-249.
Ogunyemi O., Arts, Virtue and Character: Perspectives from Philosophy and Psychology, in European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 4 (3), 2018, 32-38.
Ogunyemi O., Self: Narrative Perspective of, in Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science, G. Tanzella-Nitti and A. Strumia (Eds) 2014. ISSN 2037-2329
Ogunyemi, A. O. and Ogunyemi, O. (2013). Exploring the Interaction of Self Narratives with Other Perception – Relevance for Managerial Anthropology and Business Ethics. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (10), 179-184.