Meet the team

CENTRIM has 19 permanent members with strong records for publishing both journal and conference papers, securing research grants and supervising postgraduate students. We have a balance between established academics, mid-career and early career researchers, ably supported by a support team.

Centre members

Professor Marc Cowling

Marc Cowling is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Deputy-head for Research and Enterprise at Brighton Business School

Dr Nick Marshall

Senior Research Fellow - Brighton Business School

Professor Howard Rush

The principal focus of Professor Rush's research is on how to strengthen the 'humanitarian innovation ecosystem'.

PhD students

Name	Thesis
Mehabad S Ali	Institutional Perspective on the Case of Kurdistan Region
Hanin Alshaikh	Mapping Efficient Strategy Plans of Social Media Marketing tailored for Charitable Organisations
Motaz Alsolaim	Why most of small start-up businesses fail within 3 years in Saudi Arabia?
Katy Beckett (Visiting student)
Kimberley Belle	Dyslexia as a Modifiable Formal and Informal Learning Influence in SMEs
Ronald Davidson	Innovation within Private Finance Initiative projects: the influence of governance throughout the first stage of post-contract implementation
Dicle Kortantamer	Understanding leadership in the context of organisational change projects: Exploring social, political and cognitive aspects of project leadership framing in practice
Anita Nusselt	Technological learning beyond the traditional frame of reference: Disruptive technology innovation at BMW.
Akinyo Ola	Improving project capability in the public sector: A case study within the UK government
Joseph Shuaibu	What is the experience of being a black African entrepreneur in the UK in the last 20 years?
Wei Yue	Platform Guarantee and Credit Allocation Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from China's Peer-to-Peer Lending Market
Sijia Zhang	Financial Policy of Zero-leverage Firms in UK
Erika Wong	Creating Spaces for Memories: Sustaining Cultures in a Global Economy

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