I am a member of the Department of Management Science and actively involved in three of its research groups: Information Systems Research Group, Health Systems Research Group, and Simulation and Stochastic Modelling Research Group. In addition, I am an Affiliate Member of the multidisciplinary Data Science Institute. My research revolves around the broad theme of Complex Systems Analysis. At present, I have particular interest in two main areas around: Operational Research of Health and Illness, using both hard and soft OR approaches; and Computational Social Systems, where emphasis is currently applied to the use of computational, mathematical and statistical approaches to understand how to harness the complexity that arises in large multi-vendor Enterprise Systems implementations.
I am willing to supervise PhD students who have research interests around either 1) complexity within large Enterprise Systems implementations, or 2) how digital technology can be used within health and illness.
The first research area can be tackled either from the perspective of the complex social interactions within the organisational structure of the project/programme, or from the perspective of the complexity arising from the technology itself.
The second research area spans the wider topic of digital health, but I am specifically interested in how techniques from operational research and information systems can be leveraged to assist us in understanding how disease and illness is developed and propagated.
Currently focused around Complexity in Information Systems Project Management, because:
The implementation and management of large information system (IS) projects often becomes the preserve of external service providers. Some of the larger IS projects consist of hundreds of customer and third-party team members, who may be located across multiple geographies, and time zones. It has been argued that the increasing size and complexity of these IS projects, leads them to exhibit the behaviours and traits of complex systems.
Without a clear understanding of the emergent behaviours of large IS projects, it is difficult to predict the likelihood of successful implementation.
I'm currently the Department of Management Science's Research Ethics Lead and their representative on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (FASS/LUMS); a member of the Department's Research and Enterprise Steering Committee; and a member of the Pendle College Advisor Team (PCAT).
I have previously been the Early Career Representative on the University Research Committee (2014-15); the Director of Part I Undergraduate Studies in Management Science (2015-16); and a member of the Department's Undergraduate Steering Committee (2013-2017).
MSCI251 Project Management Tools and Techniques (2013+)
MSCI610 Principles of Project Management (2017+)
MSCI611 Applied Project Management (2017+)
FMBA508 Digital Innovation in Business (2016+)
STOR601 Simulation (2018+)
Previous Teaching:
MSCI105 Project Challenge (2015-2017)
MSCI390 Business Analytics & Consultancy Consolidation Project (2016-2017)
I have academic qualifications within the fields of Biochemistry (BSc Wales, MPhil Cambridge), Computational Biology (MRes York), Computer Science (MSc Kent, PhD York), and Higher Education (PGCertAP Lancaster). In addition I have a number of professional certifications and registrations, including: Chartered Professional Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS CITP), Chartered Professional Member of the Royal Society of Biology (CBiol MRSB), Project Management Professional of the Project Management Institute (PMP), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
I have secured the following grant income:
Lancaster University Management School Pump Priming Scheme (May 2015 - Dec 2016)
Competitively awarded small grant to provide travel expenses for a visit to Canada with a view to developing future collaborative research links with colleagues at McGill University and HEC Montreal. Value: £3,710
Lancaster University Early Career Small Grant Scheme (May 2014 - Dec 2016)
Competitively awarded small grant to provide fieldwork expenses for a 2-year qualitative research project. Grant Reference: SGS20/36 Value: £4,995
SAMS-ESRC-UKCES Academic Development Fellowship (Oct 2013 - Sep 2015)
Junior Research Fellowship aimed at career changers, providing 50% of salary costs for the first two years of a Lectureship at Lancaster University Management School.
Grant Reference: ES/L002612/1 Value: £50,609
