Digital twins, investing in radical innovation, transition to circular economy and the impact of REF on research strategy are among the studies funded by RADMA this year, it has been announced.

RADMA is focused on the needs of researchers, practitioners and students of research technology and innovation management. It is a charity funded by proceeds of the R&D Management Journal.

It provides funding for post-graduate students in the form of:

• Doctoral studies (annual call)
• Postgraduate student research support (open call)
• Student attendance at the R&D Management Conference (annual call)

2023 Doctoral Studies Programme

Support funding has been awarded to:

• Pete Jha, University of Cambridge. PhD title: How do decision-makers collectively select product investments for radical innovations?
• Mika Kaibara Portugaise, University of Oxford. PhD title: Upstream waste mitigation through open innovation: technology-guided collaborative Circular Economy transitions in the electronics sector.
• Xinger Wei, University of Manchester. PhD title: Exploring the impact of AI technologies on environmental technological innovation from the patent perspective – the case of the manufacturing industry in China.
• Fatema Elwakeel, University of Cambridge. PhD title: Design co-creation R&D data strategy models to manage emerging and future technologies within organisations: metaverse, digital twins and AI context.

Postgraduate Student Research Support – July 2023 review

Project Support:

Katherine Osgood, University of Portsmouth, has received support towards expenses involved in her PhD research: “An exploratory study of the impact of the research excellence framework (REF) on institutional research strategy”.

Please note the deadline for the November review is 31st October 2023. Please see the RADMA website for more details.

PhD Completions

• Maryam Ghorbankhani, Birkbeck, University of London. Thesis title: “Exploitation of public sector R&D and the open innovation paradigm: Governance of knowledge transfer within public research organisations (PROs)”. Now lecturing at Birkbeck, University of London;
• Soo Young Choi, City, University of London. Thesis title: “Essays on Human-AI Interactions for Digital Innovation: Innovation Agency and the Future of AI.” Now attending Warwick Business School as post-doctoral fellow.
• Abderrahim Nekkache, University of Manchester. Thesis title: “Examining the reconstruction of professional identity in the digitalisation of industrial research and development (R&D).” Now digital and cyber security specialist at multinational company.