The following staff members all teach on this programme and are complemented by visiting tutors and industry professionals in the delivery of the programme curriculum.
Dr Chris Brauer BA MA GradDipProjMgmt PhD PMP (Programme Director)
Courses: Innovation Case Studies, Project Management, Dissertation
Chris is the Director of the MSc Management of Innovation programme and teaches the Innovation Case Studies and Project Management courses. His research interests are in the intersections of emerging technologies and management. He consults extensively in the public and private sectors and regularly appears in the media discussing and analysing the intersections of innovation and markets, society, and culture. He supervises MSc Management of Innovation dissertations focused on practical projects, project management, digital and offline ethnographies, social network analysis, and qualitative methods.
Dr Jennifer Barth BA MA PhD
Courses: Digital Research Methods
Jennifer is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing and teaches the Digital Research Methods course on the MSc Management of Innovation. Her research interests are in hybrid social research across digital and offline society, economics, and science. She consults in social responsibility, ethnographic research, and emerging technologies.
Professor Frank Bond BA PGDip MSc PhD CPsychol ICTLHE
Courses: Dissertation
Frank is the Director of the Institute of Management Studies and was previously Head of the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research and consultancy focus on identifying and enhancing the organisational and psychological factors that determine work effectiveness (e.g., productivity, innovation), leadership skills, and employee health (e.g., mental/physical health). Frank has consulted with a wide-range of organisations, for example, to enhance leadership skills in investment bankers and innovation potential at the BBC. He supervises MSc Management of Innovation dissertations focused on organisational behaviour and the psychology of management.
Dr Nigel Guenole BA (hons), MA, GradDipApplStat, PhD
Courses: Leadership and Talent Management, Dissertation
Nigel is the Director of the MSc Global Leadership programme and teaches the Leadership and Talent Management course on the MSc Management of Innovation. His research focuses on the measurement of high performance for leadership and talent management using advanced psychometric methods. His consulting work focuses on the design and validation of psychological assessment instruments for employee selection and development purposes. He supervises MSc Management of Innovation dissertations focused on quantitative methods and advanced statistics.
Dr Jo Lloyd BSc MSc PhD CPsychol
Courses: Organisational Behaviour, Dissertation
Jo is the Director of the MSc Occupational Psychology programme and teaches the Organisational Behaviour courses on the MSc Management of Innovation. Her research focuses on occupational health psychology and in particular workplace health and performance. She is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and supervises MSc Management of Innovation dissertations focused on organisational behaviour and employee health and wellbeing.
Ms Siân Prime BA (Hons) FRSA
Courses: Entrepreneurial Modeling
Siân is the Director of the MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship and teaches the Entrepreneurial Modeling course on the MSc Management of Innovation. She is a trainer, facilitator, coach, and consultant in the creative industries, cultural policy, and management.
Staff in the Institute of Management Studies