Olukoju's research interests are in the area of maritime, transport, economic, social, corporate and urban history of Nigeria.
[1] He was a DAAD Guest Professor of Economic History at University of Bayreuth, Germany from May to August 2022.
He also earned a West African Research Association (WARA) residency at Emory University, Atlanta.
[4] Olukoju is currently a member of the editorial advisory board of Journal of Global History.
[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Olukoju also contributes opinion essays about current socio-political issues in Nigeria, especially with regards to education and the university system, in different publishing medium such as The Conversation, among others.