Derek Watson

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ABOUT DEREK WATSON

Derek Watson, is an Associate Professor in Cultural Management and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is the founder of the ‘Business Clinic’ within Sunderland Business School and leads the University’s Doctoral ‘Research Fridays’ programme. He has extensive experience of innovation and technology transfer and mapping skills requirements in emerging sectors. In addition he has extensive links and networks as a result of sourcing and embedding external engagement opportunities across the curriculum, with an international portfolio of clients and contacts, such as the British Cabinet Office, Indian Government Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dubai Police, Canon International. His research focuses on academic-industry collaboration, investigating the impact of knowledge exchange on practice in both the classroom and the workplace. He is also actively documenting his research and consultancy experience via international academic journals and has delivered lectures and seminars at Universities and symposiums on a global scale. Dr. Watson has been appointed on the editorial board for the ‘International Journal of Academic Research in Management and the Arabian journal of Business & Management’. He is also an academic reviewer of several international journals and is currently employed as ‘External Examiner’ for Staffordshire University DBA programmes. Dr. Watson is also a Visiting Professor at Sias Business School Academy for Open Innovation International University in China and a Senior Research Fellow at Cyprus Centre for Business Research.