Dr François Nel is a Reader in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Media Innovation Studio of the University of Lancashire, UK, where he leads the Media Innovation Studio group and is an Associate Director of the Institute for Creativity, Culture and Community. He gained his doctorate from City St George’s, University London, where his research explored the decision-making of journalistic innovators in the newsroom, boardroom and classroom. He specialises in media innovation and leadership development. He is a founder and convenor of the Digital Editors Network (UK), a Fellow of the European Entrepreneurship Educators Programme (3EP) and a 2013 National Teaching Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. François is the first academic to become an executive member of the World Editors Forum and has worked to support entrepreneurial individuals and forward-thinking organisations worldwide, including News UK, Trinity Mirror/Reach Plc, National World/Johnston Press, Times Media Ltd (South Africa), and the World Editors Forum.
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Dr Coral Milburn-Curtis gained her doctorate from the University of Oxford, where her empirical research explored the effects of dialogic argumentation on the critical thinking of young adolescents. Her specialism is statistical analysis. She is a freelance academic and an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
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backstory
A casual conversation about data in the Barclay Room at Oxford University sparked a partnership that led the two Green Templeton College-affiliated scholars to collaborate on a global study that underpins, amongst other things, two reports for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), a string of academic papers, and the establishment of the Innovation Research Group.
- Read more about IRG’s roots and links.
collaborators
Our projects, including World Press Trends and The World News Publishers Outlook report and related academic articles, are made possible through collaboration with a variety of industry partners, including WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, and DEN, the Digital Editors Network, and scholars:
- Dr Kamila Rymajdo, Independent Researcher, UK
- Prof Castulus Kolo of Macromedia University of Applied Science, Germany
We welcome conversations with others who share our interest in research with impact, so don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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