[2] His thesis was titled Settlement cycling and regional interactions in central Yorùbá-land, AD 1200-1900: Archaeology and history in Ìlàrè district, Nigeria.
Ogundiran has also facilitated collaborative research projects on the archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora.
Other areas of work include Black Intellectual Thought, social sustainability, historiography, and cultural heritage.
[2] From 1997 to 2000, Ogundiran directed the Eka Osun Project which studied regional interactions, historic landscape and social memory in Ilare District, Nigeria (1200–1900 CE).
[2] In 2018, he received the Research Excellence Award from UNESCO-Affiliated Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding in Nigeria.
[2] He is the recipient of the 2021 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal Award, UNC Charlotte's highest recognition for research excellence.