Dr Tausif Bordoloi

About me:

Tausif Bordoloi is Lecturer in Innovation and Circular Economy at the University of Exeter Business School. He joined the School in September 2022. Tausif’s research is interdisciplinary and explores questions on current and emerging technologies through the lens of innovation adoption and innovation policy in UK and globally. Tausif also teaches bachelor- and master-level courses in innovation management, innovation policy, entrepreneurship and circular economy.

Tausif obtained his PhD thesis – entitled “Technological Convergence in Manufacturing: Research, Adoption and Policy” – from the University of Manchester in 2022. In his doctoral research, Tausif used both quantitative (text mining, scientometrics and survey) and qualitative techniques (case study interviews) to investigate the R&D and adoption of, and regional and policy influences on Cyber-Physical Systems in manufacturing. Outputs from his research have been published as scholarly articles in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Science and Public Policy.

Tausif is a biochemist by training. Prior to his PhD, Tausif held strategy, innovation and finance roles in biotechnology and automotive multinationals in Asia and Europe. He was a Chevening Scholar during his MBA at the University of Exeter Business School (2015-16 – graduated with distinction).

Tausif has recently become interested in the manufacturing sector’s turn towards decarbonisation and sustainable practices. He is curious both about how sustainability transitions might be achieved in manufacturing and with what implications for responsible research.

Research Interests:

• Innovation management and policy
• Sustainability transitions
• Responsible research and innovation

Tausif’s research interests are threefold: (a) Innovation management and policy, encompassing organisational, institutional and policy challenges in the development and adoption of emerging technologies; (b) Sustainability transitions, examining how technological and non-technological factors might accelerate a shift toward zero or low carbon manufacturing; and (c) Responsible research and innovation, aiming to understand how ethically responsible perspectives align (or don’t align) with Engineering Biology (the application of engineering principles to design/redesign living cells to e.g., enable low carbon manufacturing of chemicals).

Qualifications:

• PhD Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (University of Manchester)
• MBA (University of Exeter)
• MSc Biochemistry (Bangalore University)
• BSc Biotechnology (Bangalore University)