[1] Her doctoral thesis, The Ideal of Univira in Traditional Marriage Systems in Ancient Rome and Yorubaland, was awarded in 2005.

[1] She was a British Academy Visiting Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford in 2007 and an Academic Visitor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in Spring 2010.

[9][7] Olasope is an institutional member of the Classical Reception Studies Network for the University of Ibadan[10] and participated in the African Blog Takeover in 2021.

[15] Olasope is primarily known for her work on modern West African drama which draws on classical themes and precedents.

She is a significant contributor to work on the Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan,[16] on whom she co-convened a major international conference in 2016.

[7] Olasope's work promoting the study of classics and its relevance in West Africa has been featured in the Nigerian and Ghanaian media.