This month will be the year anniversary of the launch of the ProPEL Hub and the Hub has put together an e-book with “key takeaways” from research and events.
The e-book project was led by Strathclyde and the e-book includes Strathclyde contributions as well as the work of other researchers. You can find the ebook here.
Professor Alan Wilson of the Marketing Department was a keynote speaker at the 13th MID conference in Cluj Napoca, Romania on November 20. The title of his presentation was: ‘Franchised Services: Employer Branding and Multiple Identities’.
Recordings from two previous Hunter Centre Research Seminars are now available on YouTube. One is a recording of the seminar by Dr Arafet Bouhalleb on October 21 2020 entitled “Enhancing Entrepreneurial Orientation with Scenario planning” - Dr Bouhalleb’s seminar can be found here.The other is by Professor David Audretsch from Indiana University on December 2 2020 and is entitled “Democracy and Entrepreneurship in the Era of Covid-19". Both were chaired by Dr Abdullah Gök and can be found here
Gemma Milne, journalist, author and researcher, will be the speaker at the Hunter Centre’s February 10 seminar from 12-1pm entitled “Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: What does Responsible Hype look like?”
The Fraser of Allander Institute has published the latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic indicator (QEI) for Q4 of 2020. The QEI indicates that significant parts of the Scottish economy face worsening conditions due to the pandemic before restrictions are set to ease this year.
More information and the report can be found here
Professor Sarah Dodd is presenting at two upcoming research events in the coming weeks. First, she will be presenting a research seminar for the Management, Leadership and Organisations Department at Middlesex University Business School on her paper “Let them not make me a stone: Repositioning Entrepreneurship” on January 27.
She will then be speaking as part of a panel session between 11 and 1:30pm on February 5 on “Family Firm and Entrepreneurship Research: Synergies, Sustainability and Strengths”. This is part of “Family Business Research in the UK: Insights on COVID-19 and Social Impact” hosted by the IFB Research Foundation and Centre for Family Business at Lancaster University Management School which is bringing family business researchers and practitioners together for a multi-disciplinary conversation about the direction of travel for family business research in the UK. Two main themes will run through the conversation: the social and community impact of family businesses, and the research implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Further information is available at this link – registration is needed by January 29.
A paper by Grant Allan, Kevin Connolly, Peter McGregor and Andrew Ross (Fraser of Allander Institute and Department of Economics) was recently published in Wind Energy. The paper, titled, “A new method to estimate the economic activity supported by offshore wind: A hypothetical extraction study for the United Kingdom” develops a new multisectoral approach for identifying the economic contribution of the offshore wind sector, and illustrates it using the example of the UK’s offshore wind sector. The research in the paper was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through the SuperGen Wind Hub programme.
Research by a group of researchers in the Department of Economics and Fraser of Allander Institute was published by the UK Energy Research Centre. This working paper was written by Grant Allan and Andrew Ross as well as Christos Barkoumas and Ashank Sinha, both of whom contributed to the research while studying on the MSc in Global Energy Management course in the Department of Economics.
The research, titled “Success in sectoral export promotion and economic and environmental indicators: A multisectoral modelling analysis” was part of a broader project that looked at the economic, energy, and emissions consequences for the UK of “non-energy” or “invisible energy” policies (Cox et al, 2019). These are policies which, while not explicitly energy-focused, impact on energy use and emissions. The Working Paper examined this from a sectoral perspective, looking at differences in consequences when policies are successful in raising exports for individual sectors of the UK economy.
Dr Grant Allan, Department of Economics and Fraser of Allander Institute, is a coinvestigator on a Horizon 2020 project “XROTOR” led by Professor Bill Leithead (EEE), which examines a novel design of wind turbine technology. The project runs to end of 2023, and links to partner organisations in The Netherlands (TU Delft), Ireland (University College Cork), Spain (Fundacion Cener and General Electric Renovables Espana) and Norway (NTNU).
Professor Robert Van Der Meer and Gillian Hopkins Anderson, both Department of Management Science, co-wrote a blog which appeared in online blog The Conversation. The post looks at how modelling helped the NHS prepare for Covid19 back in March and today, how modelling is still being used to help prepare for upsurges in cases. You can read their blog here or at The Conversation.
Adam McGeoch, KE Associate at SBS’ Fraser of Allander Institute, has recently been appointed Co-Chair of Strathclyde’s LGBT+ Staff & PhD Student Network.
The STEM Equals team officially launched Strathclyde LGBT+ Staff and PhD Student Network on October 21 2020.
Already 63 individuals have joined and the group is currently developing its strategy to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion for LGBT+ and other underrepresented groups across Strathclyde.
Adam said, “If you are an LGBT+ member of staff or PhD student, or an ally, please consider becoming a member! Leadership roles are also available—self-nomination from women, transgender and non-binary people, people of colour, and disabled people are especially welcome. Please spread the word among your colleagues and PhD students.”
You can find more details and join the network here.
Benjamin Ngimor worked as an economics analyst for six years but, with a long-term ambition of becoming an economics consultant, he decided a PhD was a requisite tool to boost his analytical skills and improve his career prospects.
Benjamin embarked on a PhD in Economics at Strathclyde Business School and recently completed said PhD under the supervision of Ian Wooton and David Comerford. He then started working at the WTO in November 2020.
“Knowing that my heart was interested in a non-academic job, my supervisors advised that I apply for an internship at the tail end of my PhD. I applied for a PhD internship at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in my last year of my doctoral studies and I was fortunate to get a six-month internship position with them. However, my April 2020 start date was postponed and internship was also converted from in-person to virtual due to the covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
His WTO projects have mainly been focused on analysing the policy impacts of preferential trade agreements among African countries.
“Since my duties are closely related to my PhD research, the internship has granted me an opportunity to learn how to directly apply the research skills I gained during my PhD to current global policy issues.
“I would recommend any student interested in a non-academic job to consider taking up an internship during their PhD studies since it will be essential in their transition into industry.”