Doctoral researcher at the Department of Land Economy & a member of Fitzwilliam College. He is the founding Director of the African Contemporary Institute of Design (Nigeria & Uganda).

 He is an Architect, Planner and a Development Economist. He holds an MDes in Design and Innovation for Sustainability from Cranfield University, UK, an MEDesign in Architecture from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a PgD in 
Management from the Nigeria Institute of Customer Relationship Management.  Stephen is broadly interested in the political economics of cities with overlaps in architecture, planning, finance, circular economy and sustainable
development.