Affiliations and Collaboration

 SARChI 

 CIF 

 Osiri 

 APTN 

APROS

 MODE 

IKD

 RIIA 

Odyssey Group

 DRS

SARChI Innovation Studies Research Group, (SARChI), is based at Tshwane University of Technology, Gauteng, South Africa and led by Professor Mammo Muchie.

I am Professor Extraordinaire at the Centre contributing to research and to the development and delivery of Graduate Module TVC501 Technology Venture Creation.

As a member of the All-Africana Post Graduate Academy I also participate in virtual doctoral symposia with colleagues and students from across the African continent and beyond.

Centre for Islamic Studies (CIF), was launched in 2012 led by Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haq and provides Masters and Doctoral level studies in all aspects of Islamic finance.

I am currently supervising eight students from six Muslim and non-Muslim countries

Osiri University Business School: Osiri University is a private university headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.

It envisions a curriculum that combines the African philosophy of Ubuntu (a united spirit in creating a better world) and a Western educational framework. Osiri University’s mission is to deliver quality global education (with a local feel) at a sufficient scale to create a better world within the context of Ubuntu by coaching learners to their strengths as they concentrate on developing their core values and mastering the knowledge they need to make a difference. challenging learners to use their history and culture to solve the problems in their local communities.

In 2024 I delivered the module BUS510 'Business Strategy for Sustainability' and am currently developing a second module based on my 2004 book 'Design and Determination'

Asia Pacific Technology Network (APTN), was based in London as a non-profit organisation which aimed to raise awareness of the developments occurring in high technology in Asian countries and to encourage collaboration between companies in the UK (and indeed Europe) and those in the Asia-Pacific region.

The company closed following the retirement of the CEO to Cornwall and the activities are being archived online.

Continuing joint projects include the AP-BioPharma seminar series and initiatives on skill and capacity development for African science and technology.

Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies (APROS) has members from across the Pacific Rim and beyond.

I was a board member and co-organiser, with Masatoshi Fujiwara of Kyoto-Sangyo University, of APROS-15 which took place in Tokyo in February 2013, hosted by Hitotsubashi University.

Since 1989 I have attended meetings in Australia, Japan, China, India and the U.S.A. and I developed the first APROS website to support the 2000 Sydney meeting.

The Management and Organizational Development in Europe (MODE) project was a cross-national collaboration with the ATLAS experiment, one of four particle physics experiments using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva.

This examined knowledge sharing within an international, cross-institutional collaborative network with teams from 167 institutions from 37 countries throughout the world working on different aspects of this 'big science' project.

The aim of the research was to understand how strategic knowledge can be shared effectively across a collaboration of research institutions in a large number of countries.

Chatham House (RIIA), formerly known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is one of the world's leading institutes for the analysis of international issues.

APTN enjoyed a long standing relationship with Chatham House and contributed to joint events of mutual interest.

The Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) iss an interdisciplinary research centre at the Open University, UK. It organises and conducts research in three main streams: innovation, knowledge and development. These streams are connected through various cross-cutting themes which build on recognised excellence in the areas of biotechnology innovation and development; innovation and industry dynamics; knowledge management; entrepreneurship; social learning and public action; and design innovation.

I was a founder member of this Centre which integrated researchers from six OU research groups from the Faculties of Social Sciences, Technology and the OU Business School (OUBS)..

Activities included an initiative on Asian Drivers in the Global Economy and led to my involvement with the African Technology Hub and Tshwane University of Technology.

The Odyssey Group functioned as an open network of organisation researchers meeting in physical and cyber-space to discuss and enact the implications of emerging Information and Communication Technologies.

I was involved with this group from its inception, attending meetings and workshops in North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, London, Tyneside, Ulster, Stockholm and New York.

Design Research Society (DRS)

My initial professional qualification was in architecture, followed by a Masters in Applied Psychology. My doctoral studies investigated the organisational implications of computer aided architectural design (published in 1988) at the Department of Design Research, Royal College of Art, London. This resulted from contacts through the Design Research Society with which I was  involved for over fortyfive years, serving as a Council Member, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor during that time.

The Society meets regularly and cooperates with a variety of partners and international conferences are held every two years. The 2022 conference was held in Bilbao, Spain.

DRS founded the journal Design Studies in 1979. This is the principal refereed journal for multi-disciplinary design research published by Elsevier.