external funding

2023                 Recipient of “Researcher of the Year” Prize, awarded by the College of Business and Social Sciences, Aston University.

2023                 ESRC Made Smarter Innovation (InterAct Network+) - Systematic Review Call 2 - How to make manufacturing charming again? It is everything, everywhere, all at once. (PI, c. £53,068)

2023                 DBT The impact of Late Payments on UK Economy. Department for Business and Trade- UK Government – £15,000 (secondment).

2024                 ESRC – Innovation & Research Caucasus – SOTA Review on Innovation in Manufacturing and Productivity. (PI- £3,000) – w Dr Carolina Marin-Cadavid  & Prof Jill Macbryde (Stathclyde University)

2024                 ESRC – Innovation & Research Caucasus – UK Firms’ R&D Internationalisation: A comprehensive statistical review (PI- £20,000) – w Prof Jun Du (Aston University)

2024                 ESRC - Innovation & Research Caucasus – Building Winners: The policy Levers for Impactful Innovation (Co-I, £50,000) – with Dr Tasos Kitsos (PI), Dr Charlotte Hoole & Dr Chloe Billing (Investigators – CityREDI, Birmingham University)

2024                 ESRC – Labour Market and spatial inequality – (researcher, £300,000), w Dr Tasos Kitsos (PI), Dr Enrico Vanino (Co-PI – University of Sheffield), Gregory Twarthes –Resolution Foundation.

2024                 DBT and London Economics. The Impact of Late Payments on the UK Economy. Academic expert (£5,000)

2025 British Academy -  Horizon Europe Pump Priming collaboration between UK and EU partners 2025 (PI - £10,000) with Dr Alina Patelli (Engineering and Life Sciences) as Co-I. Project is on Regional and Urban infrstructure for a low- carbon economy