Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship @DUBusSchool | Non-Executive Director | Life science commercialization | Masters swimmer 🏊‍♂️

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined April 2018
New paper in @Technovation_J with @Ao_JingNing - We analysed shareholder letters from 24 pharma firms examining how their linguistic emphasis on open innovation partnerships aligns with active project counts across drug R&D phases. Check out the paper👇 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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2026 R&D Management Conference will be held at the University of Manchester, UK: Doctoral colloquium - 20-21st June 2026; R&D Management Conference - 22-24th June 2026. Call for Tracks now open. Conference website: rnd2026.org.
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RADMA gives big welcome to three new trustees, Mandy Parkinson @mandyparky , @I_DhrubaBorah , David Johnson,@DUBusSchool Two of whom benefited from RADMA post grad funding. 🤗rndtoday.co.uk/latest-news/n… #Innovation #RND2026
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Postgraduate Student Research Support, July 2025 Review: funding support to Yanan Wang, University of Cambridge; Xinger Wei, University of Manchester; Lishu Xia, University of Cambridge; Peiyu Zhan, University of Manchester.
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2025 Doctoral Studies Programme Funding support has been awarded to: Qi Ang Du, University of Cambridge; Priya Sai Kumar, University of Oxford; and Jan-Gero Alexander Hannemann, University of Cambridge.
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Good luck to all Scottish swimmers heading to the British Masters Championships in London this weekend! 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Enjoy the experience and swim well! 💪 More info: tinyurl.com/ys8t4skv #FunFitnessFriendship
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The sun is out and I’m ready to dive in! ☀️ 🏊‍♂️ A perfect day at @StirUni for the @ScottishSwim Masters Swimming Training Development Day 🏊‍♂️
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Headed south this weekend for the Yorkshire Swimming Association Masters and Senior Age Group Meet 2025 🏊‍♂️ 💪 @YorkshireSwimm2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | @ScottishSwim 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #WarranderBathsClub #Swimming #MastersSwimming #SwimmingCompetition
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Heading north for the Scottish Masters Long Course Spring Meet 🏊‍♂️ 💪 @ScottishSwim #Swimming #MastersSwimming #SwimmingCompetition
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📚 Our Latest Research in Academy of Management Perspectives: “Please, hurry up! Leveraging narratives to speed up the mobilization of resources for entrepreneurial ventures.” @AOMConnect | @DUBusSchool | @pgianio | @DuqBiz journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.…
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🚀 NASA Astronaut Dr Michael Barratt joins us in July for an exclusive, hands-on learning experience. In collaboration with World Extreme Medicine it will examine transferable knowledge in space innovation & medicine. More 👉 brnw.ch/21wRpz5 #Space #Innovation #Business
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Competition day! 💪 🏊‍♂️ Quite a few races today to test the fitness & speed in preparation for Scottish Nationals Long Course #MastersSwimming
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Competition day is here! Here’s to a successful (and fast 🤞) day of racing 💪 🏊‍♂️ #Swimming #MastersSwimming #SwimFast #SwimMeet
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As she passes the baton (or the keyboard?), we bid farewell to our undoubtedly best social media manager ever. Thank you @Ao_JingNing!
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Calling all Durham University alumni in Berlin 🇩🇪 Come and join me for an informal alumni gathering and reconnect with your Durham community. 📅 Date: 14th February 2025 💘 ⏰ Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Further details/registration👇 durham.ac.uk/alumni/news-and… @DUBusSchool
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