Group members
The Smart Networks for Sustainable Futures research group brings together researchers with expertise in topics connected to physical, digital and technical networks from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Social Sciences & Law, other faculties within the University and within the wider community.
Group lead
Dr Nikolaos Stylos, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: smart tourism, hospitality and the economy; online platforms and big data to support various collaborative consumption models pertaining to tourists' accommodation, transportation and activities and respective implications for sustainability.
Dr Fulya Acikgoz, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: blockchain technology, cryptocurrency adoption, new technology, information, privacy, social media, influencer marketing, digital marketing, tourism & hospitality marketing.
Group members
Dr Jitendra Agarwal, School of Civil, Aerospace and Machanical Engineering
Research interests: infrastructure systems such as transport and utility networks, which are spatially-distributed and encounter a range of hazards during their service; measures that can be taken in a timely manner to improve systems resilience and that of the communities which depend upon them.
Dr Vanessa Beck, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: sustainable employment ranging from recruiting and retaining skilled staff to sufficient quality employment being available for individuals with a range of skills, and based in diverse regions; smart networks may be extremely helpful to a sustainable working environment and business overall.
Dr Katharina Burger, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: Smart Cities, Urban Analytics, Behavioural Operations Research.
Dr Lloyd Fletcher, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: organisational boundaries; project working and project management; strategic thinking and strategic planning; technology management; ICT management and strategy; product management; industrial/B2B marketing.
Dr Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka, School of Economics
Research interests: common ownership to manage property resources in a sustainable way.
Dr Martin Homer, School of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Engineering Mathematics
Research interests: to what extent can the tools of complex systems research be extended from the natural to the social domain.
Dr Fiona Hyland, Public Engagement, University of Bristol
Research interests: to support SNSF group with public engagement and offer networking opportunities to existing and future projects.
Prof Morag McDermont, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: Housing Law and Policy; Administrative Law; Regulation and Risk; Social Theory.
Prof Agnes Nairn, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: understanding how digital advertising networks can operate to secure a sustainable future for both advertising and the content it funds.
Dr Colin Nolden, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: energy and climate service business models; energy and climate policy; sustainability.
Prof Richard Pancost, School of Chemistry / School of Earth Sciences
Research interests: sustainability; smart cities and digital innovation; networks and system thinking.
Dr Eleonora Pantano, University of Bristol Business School
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Dr Steve Pearce, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: the design characteristics for digital service interactions; creating sustainable business models and processes.
Dr Mary Phillips, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: interested in rural economies that tend to be ignored but which suffer from unseen economic inequalities and particular challenges in building resilience against, for example, flooding.
Dr Margherita Pieraccini, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: empirical studies of 'regulatees' engagement with social media and the extent to which this links people up and contribute (or not) to better environmental regulation (e.g. fishermen sharing information on Twitter); also, to investigate whether the right to environmental information is fulfilled via social media.
Prof Arthur Richards, School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: non-convex optimisation for avoidance constraints; robust model predictive control; applying optimisation in real time; distributed optimisation and control; enabling cooperation across large teams of vehicles.
Dr Andrew Rogers, University of Bristol Business School
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Dr Lawrence Sayer, School of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Engineering Maths
Research interests: radio propagation modelling for ‘5G’ applications and some of the wider sociological/ethical/legal issues surrounding the technology.
Dr Emma Slade, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: fintech; consumer behaviour; digital marketing; sustainability.
Prof Palie Smart, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: business via digital, physical and social networks; new models of innovation for industrial sustainability.
Dr Fiona Spotswood, University of Bristol Business School
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Dr Nikos Tsileponis, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: market-based accounting, textual analysis and natural language processing; corporate disclosures and information intermediaries.
Prof Gianluca Veronesi, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: long-term sustainability of health systems implementing smarter, more cost-effective care provision, with care pathways designed and delivered across organisational boundaries.
Dr Malu Villela Garcia, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: emergence of Mission-Led Business; the way that social end environmental networks develop and influence business in the region.
Prof Xiaojun Wang, University of Bristol Business School
Research interests: new marketing applications in the technological era and big data; a more integrated approach to the delivery of services.