Welcome to CENTRIM

CENTRIM, the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, brings together research excellence from across the University of Brighton.

Working with partners in industry, academia, government and NGOs, we offer consultancy and collaboration that improves policy and business practices with an impact on the wider society. Our research aims to produce groundbreaking concepts to explain, harness and improve the worlds of innovation, entrepreneurship, change and business management nationally and internationally.

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(top to bottom) Dr George Tsekouras, Professor Marina Novelli and Professor Andros Gregoriou.

Welcome to the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (CENTRIM).

CENTRIM was established in 1983 as a centre with a specific focus on “Closing the Loop” between academic research and industry focused interventions, through research with academic rigour and knowledge exchange with clear impact, so to tackle the complex problems faced today by economies, businesses, and wider society.

We are committed to critical research and knowledge exchange (R&KE), contributing scientific evidence and generating new insights into the processes of enterprising and managing innovation and change at local, regional and international levels. Our R&KE activities span across theory and practice and are transferrable to a wide range of environments from policy to business and local communities.

We encourage interdisciplinary research and engage with stakeholders across local, regional and international settings, with an eye on generating impactful R&KE:

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lead: Dr George Tsekouras)
Innovation, Institutions, and Ecosystems (Lead: Dr Nick Marshall)
Finance in the Business World (Lead: Professor Andros Gregoriou)
Sustainable Development in Local Economies (Lead: Dr Tim Laing)

Find out more about CENTRIM's research themes on the What we do page.

Dr George Tsekouras, Professor Marina Novelli and Professor Andros Gregoriou,

co-directors of the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

News from CENTRIM

CENTRIM on the University of Brighton news pages

Brighton professor gains global recognition for work on sustainable tourism

University of Brighton Professor Marina Novelli has been voted in as a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

University tourism expert wins impact award in recognition of her work in Africa

Professor Marina Novelli has won a Changemaker Impact Award for her work to support innovation and sustainability in the African tourism sector.

Brighton-led collaboration supports young tourism innovators in Africa

The university has teamed with key partners from Ghana, Kenya and South Africa in a project fostering youth entrepreneurship in tourism for sub-Saharan Africa.

Major business award accolade for University of Brighton

The University of Brighton's School of Business and Law has received a prestigious national charter award in recognition of its work with local enterprises.

Brighton business innovators shine BRITE

A host of brilliant inventions have been celebrated at Plus X Brighton Innovation Hub on the first anniversary of the BRITE initiative.

Major new funding for latest Brighton partnerships with UK businesses

The University of Brighton has received funding from Innovate UK to create and deliver four new Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with nationwide businesses.

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Our researchers write for

Eco-friendly tech comes with its own environmental costs: that’s why it’s vital to cut energy demand now Tim Laing
Zoom burnout: be more productive, ditch those video calls Paul Levy
Overtourism: a growing global problem Marina Novelli
If the Brexit-addicted government were a small business it wouldn’t last a year Paul Levy

News and events from our CENTRIM blog site

How the Internet of Things reshapes the organization of innovation and entrepreneurship

Speaker Christopher Tucci Date 13 December 2022, 13:00 Location MS Teams Abstract Digital technologies have been the driving force of business revolutions in the 2010s and 2020s, aided by technological advancements in sensors, drones, powerful computers, cloud computing, distributed ledger.

Grassroots movements and university change towards entrepreneurship and innovation

Speakers Guilherme Ary Plonski & Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro Date 3 November 2022, 13:00 Location MS Teams Abstract Following societal pressures towards universities being more active in entrepreneurship and innovation, new agents have started to participate in the process.

The experimentation-accountability trade-off in innovation and industrial policy: are learning networks the solution?

Speaker Slavo Radosevic Date 6 October 2022, 13:00 Location MS Teams Abstract The exact nature of Industrial/Innovation (I/I) policy challenges and the best way to address them are unknown ex-ante.

How to evaluate initiatives in the experimentally organized economy

Speaker Kjell-Håkan Närfelt Date 7 April 2022, 12:00 Location MS Teams Abstract Many evaluators claim that government innovation interventions/schemes/programs are wasting tax-payers money.