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People
Our internationally recognised academics are reaching out to business and delivering ground-breaking advancements in digital entrepreneurship and leading in areas such as big data, digital platforms and digital business models.
Meet the team
Head of Department
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Professor Glenn Parry
Professor of Digital Transformation; Head, Department of Digital Economy Entrepreneurship and Innovation; CoDirector DECaDE: EPSRC Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy
Deputy Head of Department
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Dr Ekaterina Murzacheva
Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Deputy Head of Department
Academic staff
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Dr Atta Addo
Senior Lecturer in Digital Innovation and Enterpreneurship
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Dr Carla Bonina
Associate Professor (Reader) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Mike Brookbanks
Visiting Fellow
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Dr Daniel Cho
Senior Lecturer / Programme Lead (BSc Management with Entrepreneurship)
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Professor MariaLaura Di Domenico
Director of Research & Professor (Chair) of Entrepreneurship, Work and Organization
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Dr Thomas Fackler
Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Dr Regina Frei
Associate Professor of Digital Economy
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Professor Annabelle Gawer
Chaired Professor in Digital Economy; Director, Surrey Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE)
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Dr Bahareh Heravi
Reader in AI and Media
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Dr Ekaterina Murzacheva
Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Deputy Head of Department
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Jim Sears
Programme Director MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management; Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
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Dr Aldo Stornelli
Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Dr Richard Tee
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Dr Senmao Xia
Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation / Doctoral Supervisor
Postgraduate research students
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Haifa Alsughayer
Postgraduate Research Student
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Dina Annzee
Postgraduate Research Student
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Lydia Certa
Postgraduate Research Student and Sustainability Fellow at the Institute for Sustainability
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Hannah Gooding
Postgraduate Research Student
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Ijeoma Victor-Oguamalam
Postgraduate Research Student
Research fellows
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Felipe Merlano
Research Fellow
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Xiaotian Xie
Research Fellow in Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy