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Prof Savvas Papagiannidis

David Goldman Professor of Innovation & Enterprise


Prof Savvas Papagiannidis

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Savvas is a graduate of Newcastle University's Physics Department, where he studied for a BSc Honours and a PhD in Theoretical Physics. He has also completed a second Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), a Masters in Education (Practitioner Enquiry), a Masters in International Studies and a PG Certificate in Academic Practice.

His research interests revolve around electronic business and its various sub-domains and how digital technologies can transform organisations and societies alike. More specifically, his research aims to inform our understanding of how e-business technologies affect the social and business environment, organisational strategies and business models, and how these are implemented in terms of functional innovations (especially in emarketing and ecommerce). His work puts strong emphasis on innovation, new value creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities, within the context of different industries. Apart from the impact that the Internet and related technologies can have on businesses, he is also very much interested in the impact such technologies can have on individual users.

Research Interests

  • E-business / E-commerce
  • E-marketing / E-retailing
  • E-learning / Higher Education
  • Information Systems Management
  • Adoption, Acceptance and Diffusion of Technologies
  • Digital innovation and transformation
  • Social Media / Metaverses/ Artificial Intelligence / IOT & Smart Technologies

Savvas is an Associate Editor for Technological Forecasting and Social Change and the International Journal of Information Management. He is also one of the founding editor of the International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management. He is also the Editor of TheoryHub and the Goldman Teaching Cases books.


Membership

  • Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Fellow of the British Academy of Management (FBAM)
  • Member of the UK Academy of Information Systems (UKAIS)
  • Member of Institute of Physics (MInstP)

Roles

  • Head of the Information Systems and Operations Subject Group

Past External Roles

  • President of the UK Academy for Information Systems
  • Co-Vice Chair on the Executive responsible for SIGs, Tracks and Networks, British Academy of Management
  • Elected Council Member, British Academy of Management
  • Chair Ebusiness & Egovernment SIG & Track, British Academy of Management

Past Internal Roles

  • Head of the Marketing, Operations and Systems Subject Group
  • Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Ebusiness Group
  • Research Group Leader for Innovation Systems
  • Degree Programme Director of MSc Ebusiness (Emarketing and IS)
  • Member of the Alumni Consultative Group and vice-chairman of the NE NUBS Alumni Branch

Doctoral Supervisions

Kim GuoMeltem HutAkuzike KamwanjaHamed NayerniaNurul TanwirMengjie Zhang



Funded Projects

Total Funding: £1,390,853


2023

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Living Archives
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,078)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDC)
    Duration: 01/2023 - 03/2203
    Budget: £4,078


    • 2022

  • Research: NIA Northern Gas Network
    Customer Energy Village
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£293,026), Prof Diana Gregory-Smith (Co-I) (£293,026)
    Funder: NGN
    Duration: 08/2022 - 01/2024
    Budget: £293,026

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Easibathe
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,983)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 07/2022 - 08/2022
    Budget: £3,983

  • Research: Strategic Innovation Fund
    Critical factors for the adoption of smart homes for energy efficiency: implications for consumers and providers
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£55,394), Prof Diana Gregory-Smith (Co-I)
    Funder: OFGEM
    Duration: 03/2022 - 04/2022
    Budget: £55,394

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Mucckle
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,073)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022
    Budget: £4,073

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Audemic
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,000)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022
    Budget: £4,000

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Grapesoftware
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,921)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022
    Budget: £3,921

  • Research: Innovation Fund
    The Fair Water project, led by Northumbrian Water alongside partners including National Energy Action, Northern Gas Networks, Newcastle University and Procter & Gamble, aims to test and develop more effective and sustainable water and energy solutions for people’s homes – including those on low-incomes, the elderly and vulnerable – to find tailored solutions to reducing carbon through energy and water efficiency.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (£450,000), Prof Diana Gregory-Smith (£450,000)
    Funder: OFWAT
    Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2025
    Budget: £3,800,000


    • 2021

  • Research: QR Strategic Priorities Fund
    Mapping the digital sector in the North East of England using a novel big data / web mining approach
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£13,987)
    Funder: Research England (Faculty Allocation)
    Duration: 01/2021 - 03/2021
    Budget: £13,987

  • Research: Smart cities in Jordan: A triple helix study
    Smart cities opportunities and challenges
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£14,990)
    Funder: Government of Jordan
    Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2021
    Budget: £14,990


    • 2020

  • Consultancy: Arrow: Scientistt
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,422)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 07/2020 - 08/2020
    Budget: £3,422

  • Consultancy: Arrow: PlayMaker Solutions
    Business development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£6,756)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 06/2020 - 07/2020
    Budget: £6,756

  • Capacity Building: Data-science workshops
    Organise three data-science workshops for doctoral students with QMUL and Coventry University.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£5,750)
    Funder: Society for the Advancement of Management Studies & BAM Ebusiness and Egovernment SIG
    Duration: 03/2020 - 03/2021
    Budget: £5,750

  • Capacity Building: Theory Hub: Creating an online theory resource
    Theories are formulated to explain, predict, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and extend existing knowledge within the limits of critical bounding assumptions. In social sciences, theories are typically taught as part of modules or utilised in research dissertations. Still despite the opportunities that students have to engage with theories, their exposure is relatively narrow and confined to widely-used theories. Following experiences of teaching/supervision and interaction with PGR and PGT students, this project's aim is to create an online TheoryHub that covers a wide range of theories and act as a starting point for theory exploration in different research and T&L contexts.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,450)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 01/2020 - 09/2020
    Budget: £3,450


    • 2019

  • Engagement: Mapping and Facilitating the IoT Ecosystem
    The aim of this project is to extend a national IoT database, study the adoption barriers for IoT growth and support companies in the region by facilitating interactions among them.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£54,589), Prof Eleftherios Alamanos (Co-I) , (Co-I)
    Funder: Research England
    Duration: 04/2019 - 02/2021
    Budget: £54,589

  • Research: Big Data-based Identification and Mapping of Temporal Dynamics of Industrial Clusters
    This research will develop an evidence based empirical framework for the identification and detection of evolution of industrial clusters over time.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,425)
    Funder: Office of National Statistics
    Duration: 04/2019 - 12/2013
    Budget: £4,425

  • Consultancy: Arrow: ActivCare
    Assessing opportunity related to developing new services
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,238), (Co-I)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 02/2019 - 03/2019
    Budget: £3,238


    • 2018

  • Research: Privacy-Aware Cloud Ecosystems (PACE)
    Many people using cloud computing services often entrust their data and identity without realising that service providers may share the data with other services, such as analytics and advertisers. This is likely to be greatly exacerbated by the expansion of internet-connected devices. This interdisciplinary project aims to address challenges facing the capacity of users to give informed consent to the use, sharing and re-purposing of data through a mobile software ‘container’ that will securely log all access instances, thereby improving transparency, creating an audit trail of providers and facilitating greater trust between users and service providers. The project, involving Cardiff University, Newcastle University and UCL, will develop novel computational methods to better ensure that cloud providers can enhance data privacy and will provide the basis for conforming to recently-introduced General Data Protection Regulation requirements.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (Co-I) (£109,268)
    Funder: EPSRC
    Duration: 06/2018 - 06/2021
    Budget: £1,145,552

  • Research: Smart Homes
    Studying acceptance and dissonance in a Smart Home setting
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£1,250)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 04/2018 - 07/2018
    Budget: £1,250

  • Research: Knowledge Transfer Partnership
    Digitally transforming the company through branding and co-creation
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£137,099), (Co-I)
    Funder: Innovate UK
    Duration: 04/2018 - 04/2020
    Budget: £137,099

  • Impact: Creative Fuse Innovation Project: Skills Match
    Brokering of human and social capital
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (Co-I) (£4,750)
    Funder: Creative Fuse
    Duration: 02/2018 - 06/2018
    Budget: £4,750


    • 2017

  • T&L: Teaching Development Grant 2016-19 (Larger-Scale Collaborative Project)
    An Online Competitive and Collaborative-based Approach for Developing Multi-Disciplinary and Internationalised Learning Experience
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,300)
    Funder: HK Poly
    Duration: 09/2017 - 09/2019
    Budget: £60,190


    • 2016

  • Research: North East Fuse
    Map the art business clusters
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (£2,900)
    Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
    Duration: 03/2016 - 09/2018


    • 2015

  • Capacity Building: British Academy of Management E-business and E-government SIG Doctoral/ ECR Workshops
    Organise 5 doctoral and early career research workshops on e-business and e-government
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£11,500)
    Funder: Society for the Advancement of Management Studies & Universities
    Duration: 11/2015 - 11/2014
    Budget: £11,500

  • T&L: ULTSEC Innovation Fund: Strategic projects
    CrowdSkills online platform
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£6,060)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 06/2015 - 06/2016
    Budget: £6,060


    • 2014

  • Research: Post-retirement entrepreneurship
    Study the psychological process that determines post-retirement entrepreneurial intention
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£1,250)
    Funder: Newcastle University Institute of Social Renewal
    Duration: 12/2014 - 06/2015
    Budget: £1,250

  • Research: Enhancing the online brand experience
    Research Fund application.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£1,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 03/2014 - 06/2014
    Budget: £1,000

  • Engagement: Engage CMS
    Create an online engagement platform.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (£25,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University Enterprise Activity Support Fund
    Duration: 03/2014 - 07/2014
    Budget: £25,000


    • 2013

  • Research: Research and Engagement Projects on Social RenewalEngagement Projects on Social Renewal
    5 projects funded on research and engagement related to Social Renewal
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,350)
    Funder: Newcastle University Institute of Social Renewal
    Duration: 06/2013 - 07/2013
    Budget: £4,350

  • Research: Research Internships
    The user of space by a social enterprise / Social media and engagement
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 06/2013 - 08/2013
    Budget: £3,000


    • 2012

  • Research: Research Internships
    Web Site Change: Studying the diffusion of Internet technologies
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 04/2012 - 07/2012
    Budget: £3,000


    • 2010

  • Research: Virtual reality experiment
    Study experimentally 3D product authenticity
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£3,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 09/2010 - 08/2011
    Budget: £3,000

  • T&L: Teaching and Innovation Fund Award
    Online research methods module
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,500)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 04/2010 - 02/2011
    Budget: £4,500


    • 2009

  • Consultancy: Business Voucher Scheme
    To improve the online presence and services of a local SME.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 10/2009 - 01/2010
    Budget: £4,000

  • T&L: Teaching and Innovation Fund Award
    Delivery of online taster courses
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£5,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 10/2009 - 04/2009
    Budget: £5,000


    • 2008

  • Research: Research Fellowship
    Online video services
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£4,500)
    Funder: British Telecoms
    Duration: 11/2008 - 02/2009
    Budget: £4,500


    • 2006

  • T&L: HASS Faculty Teaching Fellowship
    Develop a management information system to facilitate institutional assessment strategies.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) (£12,000)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 10/2006 - 03/2007
    Budget: £12,000

  • Engagement: Online platform
    Working with BAM Council and BAM Executive to specify, design, develop and implement an online resource portal for the British Academy of Management.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (Co-I) (£15,000)
    Funder: British Academy of Management
    Duration: 03/2006 - 09/2006
    Budget: £15,000


    • 2005

  • Research: Knowledge Transfer Partnership
    To map and re-engineer the company's key business processes and put in place the supporting IT and e-business systems in order to improve competitiveness and customer services and reduce costs and lead-time.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (Co-I) (£99,044)
    Funder: DTI, ESRC
    Duration: 06/2005 - 06/2007
    Budget: £99,044


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