Our team

Professor of Circular Innovation and Co-Director Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy

Fiona Charnley is Professor of Circular Innovation in the Business School at the University of Exeter. She is Co-Director of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub, with the aim to develop interdisciplinary capability and accelerate the transition towards a UK circular economy.

She leads multiple government and industry-funded research projects covering topics such as the use of digital technology to inform decisions surrounding the implementation of circular economy strategies and the development and application of self-healing materials to enable product life extension.

Fiona has an extensive publication track record across the areas of design, manufacture and business modelling for a Circular Economy. Additionally, she is editor of the ‘Handbook of the Circular Economy’ published last year. She has extensive experience of working with organisations from across sectors to identify new approaches to design, innovation, manufacture and business modelling to transform resource use and value creation.

Email: F.Charnley@exeter.ac.uk

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Professor of Circular Innovation and Co-Director Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy

Peter is Co-director of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Programme, Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy, Co-Director of the United Nations Centre of Excellence for Circular Economy, and UK Government Focal point for the UN Circular Step programme. Peter leads the development of the UKs Circular Economy Data Observatory to improve the evidence base for Circular Economy transformations. He leads the Exeter-Ellen MacArthur Foundation Masterclass 'Implementing the Circular Economy' to  global business and industry. He is working closely with UK Government (Defra) to align CE value proposition to resource and waste strategy and future policy needs. 

Email: P.Hopkinson@exeter.ac.uk

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Associate Professor in Innovation and Circular Economy

Allen is a senior researcher, investigating the role that innovation and knowledge-based capabilities play in enabling a transition toward the Circular Economy (CE), in particular focussing on Circular Acceleration.  At product/service level this considers Circular Innovations; at firm-level Circular Business Models and at regional, national or societal-level, how CE principles contribute to socio-economic transition theories.  

Email: A.T.Alexander@exeter.ac.uk

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Professor of Environmental Economics, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP)

Ian J. Bateman OBE, US-NAS, FBA, FEAERE, FRSA, FRSB, is Professor of Environmental Economics and Co-Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of nearly 200 research papers in international peer-review journals and has been an advisor on environmental improvement to senior Government Cabinet ministers for over a decade. 

Email: I.Bateman@exeter.ac.uk

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Professor in Organisation and Sustainability

Steffen Boehm is a Professor in Organisation & Sustainability at the University of Exeter Business School. He completed a BA in Business Administration at Lancaster, a MA in Organisation Studies at Warwick, and a PhD entitled ‘The Political Event: Impossibilities of Repositioning Organisation Theory’, also at Warwick. Prior to joining Exeter in January 2016, he was Professor of Management & Sustainability and Founding Director of the Essex Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Essex.

Email: S.Pascucci@exeter.ac.uk

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Professor in Digital Economy

Alan is focused on designing digital strategies for growth, leading agile approaches to digital technology adoption and business transformation, and understanding the relationship between technology adoption and business innovation in today’s rapidly-evolving digital economy.

Email: a.w.brown@exeter.ac.uk

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Academic Support Administrator

I'm Hollie! I joined the University in June 2023 as a Academic Support Administrator. I provide support for the Circular Economy Centre by being the first port of call for academics with routine enquiries or problems. I also organise travel, accommodation, conference registration and other administrative duties.

Email: H.Church@exeter.ac.uk

Professor of Ecotoxicology

My research focuses on marine pollution, the human health effects of pollutants and the sustainable development of novel materials and substances. I am a member of the Environmental Biology research group. and the Exeter Marine network.

Email: T.S.Galloway@exeter.ac.uk

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Project Co-Ordinator (CE-Hub)

Imogen joined the University in August 2021 as Marketing Assistant for the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE), following completion of a Masters Degree in Marketing from Cardiff University. She moved to her current role in the CE-Hub in April 2023, where she is Project Coordinator and leads on communications and events.

Email: I.Hosie@exeter.ac.uk

Professor of Management Systems, Academic Director INDEX

Roger Maull is Professor of Management Systems at the University of Exeter’s Business School and Academic Director of the Initiative for the Digital Economy at Exeter (INDEX), which is based on London’s South Bank.

Roger’s initial research was in Operations Management and he has continued to publish on that topic (see below for list of publication). Since 2009 his research has moved to focus on the impact of the Digital Economy on individuals, organisations and more generally on society. He argues that we are living through a revolution driven by digital devices that can help us understand more about people (eg biometrics, see DIGIT grant) and things (eg Internet of Food Things project). These new sources of data are changing how individuals live and work; how organizations operate; how businesses create value; how competition unfolds; how industries are structured and how innovation happens.

Email: r.maull@exeter.ac.uk

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Head of Department - Management (Business School) and Professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy

Stefano Pascucci is a social scientist interested in sustainability connected to organization theories, innovation management, entrepreneurship and value chain analysis. His research focuses on agribusiness, sustainability and circular economy. He is particularly concerned about how to analyse the interplay between sustainability, innovation and value chain configurations.

Email: S.Pascucci@exeter.ac.uk

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Impact Partnership Development Officer Executive Education (Delivery)

I am an Impact Partnership Development Officer (IPDO) at the University of Exeter. Managing operational delivery and co-ordination of the global Circular Economy Masterclass in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. I support income generation and partnership development and deliver on other bespoke Executive Education programmes within the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE) such as an SLB Masterclass (now in it's second year) and a mini Masterclass for PepsiCo.

Email: M.Ryan4@exeter.ac.uk

Marketing Assistant Executive Education

Dan joined the University in June 2023 as the Marketing Assistant for the Executive Education team. Marketing activities for The Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE) are big part of his role, from social media, to website management, to shooting photo and video content. 

Email: D.Tumani@exeter.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Futures

Dr Constantine Manolchev is a Senior Lecturer in SITE and Programme Director for BSc Business (Penryn). He studies ethical organisational infrastructures, specialising in precarious work, bullying and harassment and place-based, circular systems. In 2022, Constantine led research on a clean growth report for Cornwall, commissioned by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. In 2023 he was part of a team, which produced a follow-up report for Innovate UK.

Email: C.manolchev@exeter.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Futures

Edvard Glücksman's work focuses on the relationship between organisations and the environment. As a Senior Lecturer within the Business School's Sustainable Futures unit in Cornwall, he teaches undergraduate modules that connect management and organisational theory to best practice environmental and social sustainability actions.

For example, he leads the Business Field Trip module (BEP3090), which uses Dundee and Edinburgh as a case study in circular economy, sustainable innovation and regional development, connecting students to local businesses, political leaders and flagship sites.

Edvard also leads and supports executive education programmes designed to offer professionals cutting-edge training in climate and sustainability science, and to apply key concepts to their everyday practice and to their organisation's broader strategy. He has previously worked with large global companies (>100,000 employees) as well as regional SMEs across the UK South West, and is currently Programme Director on the Sustainable Solutions Leadership Programme (SSLP), delivered to Capgemini UK.

Finally, Edvard is Academic Lead on Future17 (BEP3172), a unique module led by the University of Exeter and delivered in partnership with QS and a growing consortium of global universities. Working in groups, Future17 students join forces with colleagues from across the planet to tackle challenges issued by businesses and NGOs based anywhere in the world. All the challenges relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and, at the end of the module, students pitch their solutions live to stakeholders and are assessed on the quality of their work, the plausibility of their proposed actions and the professionalism of their delivery.

Email: e.glucksman@exeter.ac.uk

RAEng Research Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Manufacturing (E&R)

Dr Okechukwu Okorie is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Manufacturing in the Department of Engineering, Systems, Processes and Data-Centric Engineering Section, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy (ESE), the University of Exeter. His research concerns digitally enabled remanufacturing in manufacturing operations and supply chains, as well as developments of novel circular business models and solutions for more sustainable, resilient and better-performing manufacturing processes, products and services. In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship for a 5 year funded study in manufacturing Scope 3 emissions reduction and building a research group in low carbon manufacturing multidisciplinary research.

An early career researcher, he is a mixed-method researcher and has published in Computers in Industry, Business Strategy and Environment, Resources, Conservation and Recycling and Journal of Cleaner Production. A trained Mechanical Engineer (BEng Hons) he has a PhD in Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (Cranfield University, United Kingdom). In 2022, he was named amongst the Top 30 researchers in the UK GW4 region comprising of Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter and Bath Universities). He has recently contributed to the Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy and regularly presents his work at international conferences and industry-based webinars. He is a STEM Ambassador, holds as AFHEA qualification and is a UK Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications and cited 800+ times (Google Scholar) and has won multiple funding for his research.

Email: O.S.Okorie@exeter.ac.uk

Lecturer in Innovation and Circular Economy

Tausif is a biochemist by training. He holds an MBA from the University of Exeter Business School (where he was a Chevening Scholar) and a PhD in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy from the University of Manchester. The unifying theme of Tausif’s research interests is a quest to gain a deeper understanding of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing from responsible innovation and circular economy perspectives. Some of his ongoing research assesses why and how circular strategies might influence firms to adopt these technologies. Tausif values fostering curiosity in the classroom by integrating academic research into applied experiences.

At Exeter, he is the module leader of the undergraduate course BEM3059 Circular Economy Business and Enterprise. Prior to his PhD, Tausif held strategy, innovation and finance roles in biotechnology and automotive multinationals in Asia and Europe.

Email: T.Bordoloi@exeter.ac.uk

Impact Fellow- Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy & CE-Hub of NICER Programme

Ananda is an experienced sustainability professional with cross-functional experience in large-scale engineering projects and academia. She is a Chevening scholarship alumna from India and completed MSc at Imperial College London with a research focus on climate change mitigation and finance and has worked with a range of UK-based entrepreneurs in the sustainability sector.

She recently completed an MBA at the University of Exeter Business School specialising in circular economy prior to joining the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy to work on EU Funded project 'Circular Revolution' & UKRI funded NICER programme as an Impact Fellow. She endeavours to combine her techno-managerial skills with the business acumen acquired during MBA to help businesses and whole industries through a circular transition framework and bring sustainability to the forefront of their operations and improve the triple bottom line.

Professor in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Deputy Head of Department of Operations and Analytics

Mickey Howard is professor in sustainable supply chain management at the University of Exeter Business School. He was previously a senior lecturer at the University of Bath, School of Management, and has 10 years prior industry experience. His research examines the implementation of circular supply chains and how value is recaptured for business & society while protecting the natural environment.

He has published in academic journals including Journal of Business Research, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and Journal of Information Technology. He is the author of several books: the ACA-Bruel award winning ‘Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective’ (2014, 2018) Routledge UK, and ‘Procuring Complex Performance’ (2011) Routledge NY. He has served at Exeter as Head of the Operations & Analytics Group, Director of Research, and co-founder of the Circular Economy Business Forum.

Email: M.B.Howard@exeter.ac.uk

Lecturer in Sustainable Futures

Ruth's work aims to bring together business engagement activities and regional initiatives in order to build and implement innovative teaching and learning approaches. Her research explores how sustainable practices are embedded within organisations and considers the importance of local context, communities and environmental conditions.

Ruth joined the University of Exeter in February 2017. She has a BSc in Renewable Energy from the University of Exeter, is an Associate of the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM) and has a PhD in Engineering from the University of Warwick.

Email: R.Cherrington@exeter.ac.uk