Titilayo Soremi

Biography

Titilayo Soremi is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She holds a master’s degree in International Development from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Exeter. Her doctorate thesis examined the involvement of the European Union in the policy transfer of renewable energy policy to West Africa, and applied the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to analyze the policy narratives of the actors. Titilayo has worked with the Energy Policy Group and the Nexus Network at the University of Sussex. Her research interests include global public policy transfer, policy narratives, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has published articles in the International Review of Public Policy, Policy design and Practice, the Global Journal of Social Sciences, and the Canadian Journal of African Studies.

Publications

Journal Articles:

Soremi, T., 2022. New directions in conditional policy transfer to sub-Saharan Africa: the case of renewable energy policy transfer to ECOWAS by the EU. Canadian Journal of African Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2022.2137213

Soremi, T. & Dogo, S., 2021. Gender and policy response to COVID-19 in Canada and Scotland. Policy Design And Practice 4,133–151.

Soremi, T., 2019. Storytelling and Policy Transfer: The Case of Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Transfer to West Africa. International Review of Public Policy 2(1):194-217.

Soremi, T., 2019. The Implications of Oil Theft on Social and Economic Development in the Niger Delta. Global Journal of Social Sciences, 19(2): 1-11.

Soremi T. (2017) Policy Transfer: Revisiting Concept and Process. International Journal of Arts and Sciences 9(3): 389 – 400.

Book chapters:

Soremi, T., 2019. Policy Transfer and Policy Transfer Mechanisms- Towards a Research Agenda. In: Public Policy Transfer: Agents, Actions and Arenas, Walker, C. and Baker, T. (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. Pp 180-194.

Baker, T., Dussauge-Laguna, M.I., Jolkkonen, R., Löblová, O., McGuirk, P., Montero, S., Morais de Sá e Silva, M., Rusu, A., Soremi, T., Spence, J., Walker, C. and Wood, A., 2019. Prospects for policy circulation studies: towards engaged pluralism? In: Public Policy Transfer: Agents, Actions and Arenas, Walker, C. and Baker, T. (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. Pp 196-204.

Conference Papers:

Soremi T., 2019. The Rise of the Recipient: New Directions in Conditional Policy Transfer to Africa. Accepted Abstract for Paper to be Presented at the International Conference on Public Policy, Montreal, 26-28 June 2019.

Soremi T., 2018. Transfer of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy Transfer to West Africa by UNISDR. Paper Presented at the International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 16-19 May 2018.

Soremi T., 2018. Storytelling and Policy Transfer. Paper Presented at the Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, Cardiff, 26-28 March 2018.

Soremi T., 2017. How Do Policy Narratives Shape Policy Transfer Mechanisms? Paper Presented at the International Conference on Public Policy, Singapore, 28-30 June 2017.

Teaching Interests

• POLC12H3 – Global Public Policy and SDGs
• POLC13H3 – Program Evaluation
• POLD50H3 – Political Interests, Political Identity and Public Policy
• POLC94H3S – Globalization, Gender, and Development