Professor Duro Oni’s research interests are in Theatre Arts Design and Aesthetics and the Nigerian Film Industry. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Lagos from 2013 to 2017, Dean Faculty of Arts from 2009 to 2013 and Head, Department of Creative Arts from 2006–2009. He was also the Chief Executive of the Federal Government Parastatal, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization from 2000-2006. Professor Duro Oni has ten books and over 60 articles in national and international outlets. He holds the BFA and MFA Degrees in Performing Arts Design and Technology from the California Institute of the Arts and a Ph.D. in Theatre Arts from the University of Ibadan. He is also an Alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme of the Sloan School of Management.

Some of his recent publications include: Striking Expressions: Theatre and Culture in National Development (2017), The Soyinka Impulse: Essays on Wole Soyinka edited with Bisi Adigun (2019) and Larger than His Frame II: Critical Studies and Reflections on Olu Obafemi edited with Sunday Ododo (2021). He a Member of the Tetfund Research and Development Standing Committee and the current President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.