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Dr Paul Ellwood BSc, MBA, PhD (Chemistry), PhD (Management Studies)

Senior Lecturer in Management Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship

About

Personal Statement

My professional life has been dominated by an interest in science-based innovation. Having been originally educated in the natural sciences (culminating in a PhD in what would today be called nanotechnology), I spent 20 years trying to do innovation in industry and since 2009 trying to study innovation at a Management School (including completion of a second PhD in Management Research).

My practice of innovation has included time spent within industrial R&D, at Director-level positions in private firms, undertaking policy development for a UK Regional Development Agency and running my own management consultancy practice.

As you might expect from a working life that has seen me cross from private business to business schools, I have a keen interest in the relationship between management practice and management theory. This interest is evident in my Teaching & Learning activity where I work on programmes (notably the DBA) with students who are also experienced managers. In a similar vein, an important theme in my publications concerns the possibilities and prospects for integrating scholarly and practitioner knowledge.

My research generally concerns the organisation and management of innovation. I am interested in the social processes of innovation at and across boundaries (e.g. university/industry, science/society, business school/business practice) and collaborations between people "located" in different disciplines/professions/organisations/countries.

Prizes or Honours

  • Best Development Paper Award (British Academy of Management, 2019)
  • Management Education Practice Award 2019 (British Academy of Management, 2019)