News

ISR is awarded £1.5m Network Grant: New Economic Models of the Digital Economy (NEMODE)

NEMODE is an initiative under the Research Councils UK (RCUK)’s Digital Economy (DE) research programme to bring together communities to explore new economic models in the Digital Economy. The project, which began in April 2012, has funding of £1.5 million over the next three years.

Exciting New Research Posts

The centre wishes to recruit a part time (50%) Associate Research Fellow to support the work of our new research grant, entitled Digital Economy 'New Economic Models' Network+. If you are interested or would like more information, please click here.

A number of further research posts in Innovation, Health and New Economic Models will be advertised over the coming months. 

Winter Graduation

ISR Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Mike Williams, graduated this January after successfully completing his thesis on “Developing a System Resilience Approach to the Improvement of Patient Safety in NHS Hospitals”.

Fast Forward Competition

ISR is awarded £80 000 under the Intellectual Property Office – Fast Forward Competition to develop research into innovation fitness in the Southwest SMEs.

Collaborative Bid submitted to NIHR

Dr. Mike Williams leads a research team, including investigators from PMS and Manchester Business School, in the submission of a bid for funding to look at the impact on clinical productivity of variation in demand at different points in the patient pathway in emergency medicine. The outcome will be known by the end of August 2012.