About Us
We are a group of academics from several universities around the world that are currently at different stages in our career path: from brand new PhD candidates to Full Professors and everything in between.
Alastair Watson
Assistant Professor in Management at Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)
Dr Watson’s research interests are Staff Commitment & Motivation, Institutions, and Customer Service and Loyalty.

Babak Taheri
Associate Professor in Marketing at Heriot-Watt University / Programme director IMM

Colin Gregor
PhD student in the School of Business and Management at Heriot-Watt University



Lakshman Wimalasena
Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management at Heriot-Watt University


Norin Arshed
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Dundee
Her work concentrates on enterprise policy. In particular, the role and contribution from those closely linked to the formulation process (ministers and civil servants), whilst also examining how enterprise policy is implemented (national, regional and local economic development agencies), and how entrepreneurs/SMEs experience and utilise such policy initiatives. Her research interests also include exploring festivals, accelerators and the context in her work within entrepreneurship and business strategy. Institutional theory is the theoretical lens used to highlight the dynamics of the policy process in her work.
Norin has published in Small Business Economics, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, Journal of Business Research, and International Journal of Management Reviews. She is involved with research and projects with numerous stakeholders: governments include the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (England), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) and Innovation, Science and Economic Development (Canada); prominent think tanks such as The Entrepreneurs Network, and is a member on the advisory board for Innovation Caucus (ESRC and Innovate UK). She is also a visiting scholar at IÉSEG School of Management in Paris.

Rebecca Maxwell Stuart
Phd student, School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University





Rodrigo Perez-Vega
Assistant Professor in Marketing at Henley Business School




Stephanie Ashby
PhD student in the School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University