Professor Nigel Lockett
Emeritus Professor
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
Personal statement
Nigel Lockett is an Emeritus Professor, experienced mentor, serial entrepreneur and community leader. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, where he was Head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship. Nigel mentors founders of innovative startups in the TwinklHive business accelerator and teaches on the Qualitas GP Pathway to Partnership programme. He is also a Fellow and past President of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and to raise awareness blogs as The Dyslexic Professor and co-founded Dyversity Lab.
Before joining Strathclyde Business School, Nigel previously worked as Professor of Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Management School and Professor of Enterprise at Leeds University Business School.
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Management Science, University of Lancaster.
M.Sc. in Information Management, University of Lancaster
B.Sc. in Applied Biological Sciences, CNAA
Publications
Research Interests
Research interests include academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning and the use of CRM technologies by SMEs. I was recently a Co-Investigator on the £7m GCRF RECIRCULATE project (2017-2020): Driving eco-innovation in Africa: capacity-building for a safe, circular water economy and the £1.7m Entrepreneurship and Innovation work package leader (2017-2020).
Research grants:
- 2017-21 ESRC: GCRF RECIRCULATE: Driving eco-innovation in Africa: capacity building for a safe circular water economy, with Paul, N. (PI), Rufino, M., Dodd, I., Semple, K., Roy, M., Jack, S., Pickup, R., Alcock, R., Fogg, H., Martin, A., Ansa-Asare, O., Ezemonye, L. and Ansah, G. Leader of Work Package 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (£1,700,000) £6,800,000.
- 2016-17 NERC: DTP and CDT ‘added value activities in innovation’, WP: Stimulating Entrepreneurial Thinking for Scientists (SETS) Programme, as PI with Larty, J. and Zozimo, R. £69,000.
- 2015-18 Higher Education Academy: National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, as PI. £10,000.
- 2014-15 EEUK: Bridging the Gap between Higher Education and Further Education Enterprise Educators, with Jones, S. (PI) and Simmons, E. £5,000.
- 2012-13 ESRC: Sharing and building university and business perspectives of how to enable high growth in small firms ES/K000780/1, with Martin, L. (PI), and Schofield, C. £64,000.
- 2008-10 KTP Award: A strategic organisation-wide project to improve management capability by researching, developing and implementing performance management systems and delivering cultural change KTP7135, as PI with Taylor, M. £112,000.
- 2007-10 ESRC: Knowledge and technology transfer, innovation and competitive advantage: Past and present ES/E019560/1, with Rose, M. (PI), Jack, S. and Robinson, S. £267,000
- 2006-08 EPSRC: Lancaster Centre for E-Management and E-Science EP/D055555/1, [5% FTE] with Crouchley, R. (PI), Blair, G., Brown, D., Coulson, G. and Hutchison, D. £207,000.
- 2006-07 EPSRC: InfoLab21 Knowledge Transfer Study, as PI. £20,000.
- 2005-06 Lancaster University: The process of ICT innovation and technology transfer: a small firm perspective, as PI. £4,000.
- 2003-06 KTP Award: The use of soft systems methodology (SSM) in the implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) software in SMEs KTP4230, as PI with Brown, D. £103,000.
Projects
Contact
Professor
Nigel
Lockett
Emeritus Professor
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
Email: nigel.lockett@strath.ac.uk
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