Oxford Regions, Innovation & Enterprise Lab

Director(s): Professor Tim Vorley, Dr Cristian Gherhes

About us

Oxford Regions, Innovation & Enterprise Lab (ORIEL) is a centre of excellence focusing on enterprise, entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development research. ORIEL’s mission is to:

deliver engaged and impactful research
seek to influence research and practice
have a positive impact on local communities as well as on organisations and society throughout the world.

ORIEL provides a platform for enterprise, entrepreneurship, innovation and regional economic development research and engagement that focuses on and addresses the needs of public, private and third sector stakeholders. By linking intellectually-led questions and practice-based solutions, ORIEL brings together academic insight and its application.

Members of ORIEL are engaged in local, national and international research on a range of issues, from regional economic development, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and innovation to sustainability, SME growth, and internationalisation. Our research is driven by forward-thinking agendas and debates around technological advancement, in particular the impact and implications of artificial intelligence for organisations, economy, and society, as well as inclusivity, sustainability, and resilience.

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Oxford Brookes Business School

Leadership

Dr Sara le Roux

Interim Deputy Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies; Reader in Applied Economics and Decision

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Dr Joanna Karmowska

Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies and International Management

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Dr Jeremy Zwiegelaar

Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Business

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Membership

Staff

Staff

Name	Role	Email
Dr Simon Adderley	Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship	sadderley@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Sola Adesola	Senior Lecturer in Business and Management	sadesola@brookes.ac.uk
Professor Levent Altinay	Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Research Area Leader for Oxford School of Hospitality Management	laltinay@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Bjoern Asmussen	Senior Lecturer in Marketing	bjoern.asmussen@brookes.ac.uk
Nigel Bassett-Jones	Senior Lecturer	nbassett-jones@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Shelley Beck	Senior Lecturer in Business, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship	sbeck@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Carlo Ludovico Cordasco	Lecturer in Business and Management	ccordasco@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Surja Datta	Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation	sdatta@brookes.ac.uk
Ms Beverley Fulton	Lecturer in Events Management	bfulton@brookes.ac.uk
Mr Christopher Harlow	Lecturer	charlow@brookes.ac.uk
Ross Jordan	Programme Lead Business & Management, Programme Lead Business, Enterprise, & Entrepreneurship, Academic Advisor for Senior Leader Apprenticeships	rjordan@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Javier Monllor	Senior Lecturer in Business and Management	jmonllor@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Quinton	Reader in Digital Society	sequinton@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Syahirah Rahman	Lecturer in Business and Management	sabdul-rahman@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Kate Ringham	Programme Lead Applied Accounting	kringham@brookes.ac.uk
Ms Allison Robinson	Lecturer in Accounting and Finance	allisonrobinson@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Lauren Tuckerman	Lecturer in Business and Management	ltuckerman@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Charoula Tzanakou	Senior Lecturer	ctzanakou@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Robert van der Veen	Research Fellow	robert.vanderveen@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Chengbo Wang	Senior Lecturer in Operations Management	chengbowang@brookes.ac.uk
Mr Steve Workman	Associate Lecturer	steve.workman-2017@brookes.ac.uk

Projects

Active projects

Active projects

Project title and description	Investigator(s)	Funder(s)	Dates
Entrepreneurial Resiliency, Innovation, and Change during the COVID-19 Crisis A UKRI research project designed to help British entrepreneurs survive and thrive during a time of uncertainty.	Professor Tim Vorley, Dr Cristian Gherhes	ESRC	From: June 2020 Until: February 2022
Innovating Next Generation Services through Collaborative Design This project seeks to understand and address the challenges facing mid-sized professional services firms in law and accountancy in adopting and implementing AI technologies.	Professor Tim Vorley, Dr Cristian Gherhes	ESRC	From: December 2018 Until: June 2020
Innovation Caucus The Innovation Caucus supports sustainable innovation-led growth by promoting engagement between the social sciences and the innovation ecosystem.	Professor Tim Vorley, Dr Cristian Gherhes	ESRC	From: June 2020 Until: November 2022
DIGIT Lab Accelerating digital innovation for growth, impact, and transformation of large established organisations.	Dr Jeremy Zwiegelaar, Professor Tim Vorley, Dr Cristian Gherhes	ESRC	From: March 2021 Until: February 2026