Funded Projects

Funded Projects

Total Funding: £1.9m


    2026

  1. Consultancy: Arrow: WMD
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) , Dr Dinara Davlembayeva
    Funder: UK Shared Prosperity Fund
    Duration: 03/2026 - 04/2026


    2. 2025

  2. Impact: ESRC Strategic Fund IAA
    Enhancing Online Engagement with AI Technologies: Insights from Interactive Digital Platforms
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) , Dr Davit Marikyan , Dr Dinara Davlembayeva
    Funder: ESRC & EPSRC EdgeAI Hub Integrator Project
    Duration: 11/2025 - 10/2027

  3. Research: UK Academy for Information Systems
    Digital Nostalgia – a Psychological Resource or a Burden?
    People: Dr Dinara Davlembayeva (PI) , Dr Davit Marikyan , Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: UK Academy for Information Systems
    Duration: 07/2025 - 11/2025

  4. T&L: Digital Innovation in the Curricula
    AI in Business: Unlocking Opportunities and Innovation – A Course for Students and Practitioners
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) , Dr Dinara Davlembayeva , Dr Davit Marikyan , Dr Liucen Pan
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 02/2025 - 06/2025

  5. Impact: HASS Faculty Impact Fund
    Impact Fund
    People: Dr Dinara Davlembayeva (PI) , Dr Davit Marikyan , Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: HaSS Faculty
    Duration: 02/2025 - 05/2025

  6. Impact: ESRC IAA
    Tackling Real-World Challenges in Digital Transformation and AI
    People: Dr Dinara Davlembayeva (PI) , Dr Davit Marikyan , Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: ESRC
    Duration: 01/2025 - 01/2025


    7. 2024

  7. Consultancy: Arrow: Kobmineer
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) , Dr Davit Marikyan
    Funder: UK Shared Prosperity Fund
    Duration: 09/2024 - 11/2024

  8. Research: National EdgeAI Hub
    The EPSRC National Edge Artificial Intelligence Hub will deliver world class fundamental research, co-created with stakeholders from other disciplines and regions, to protect the quality of data and quality of learning associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms when they are subjected to cyber attacks in the Edge Computing (EC) environments.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: EPSRC
    Duration: 02/2024 - 01/2029
    Web: Project's website


    9. 2023

  9. Consultancy: Arrow: Fit Training International
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: UK Shared Prosperity Fund
    Duration: 12/2023 - 02/2024

  10. Consultancy: Arrow: Living Archives
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDC)
    Duration: 01/2023 - 03/2203


    11. 2022

  11. Research: NIA Northern Gas Network
    Customer Energy Village
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) , Prof Diana Gregory-Smith
    Funder: NGN
    Duration: 08/2022 - 01/2024
    Web: Project's website

  12. Consultancy: Arrow: Easibathe
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 07/2022 - 08/2022

  13. 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) , Prof Diana Gregory-Smith
    Funder: OFGEM
    Duration: 03/2022 - 04/2022

  14. Consultancy: Arrow: Audemic
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022

  15. Consultancy: Arrow: Grapesoftware
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022

  16. 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 , Prof Diana Gregory-Smith
    Funder: OFWAT
    Duration: 01/2022 - 12/2025
    Web: Project's website

  17. Consultancy: Arrow: Mucckle
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 01/2022 - 03/2022


    18. 2021

  18. 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)
    Funder: Research England (Faculty Allocation)
    Duration: 01/2021 - 03/2021

  19. Research: Smart cities in Jordan: A triple helix study
    Smart cities opportunities and challenges
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Government of Jordan
    Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2021


    20. 2020

  20. Consultancy: Arrow: Scientistt
    Business Development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 07/2020 - 08/2020

  21. Consultancy: Arrow: PlayMaker Solutions
    Business development
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 06/2020 - 07/2020

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

  23. 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)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 01/2020 - 09/2020
    Web: Project's website


    24. 2019

  24. Consultancy: Arrow: Powder Butterly
    Country of origin authenticity in the souvenirs’ marketplace
    People: (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 05/2019 - 09/2019

  25. 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) , Prof Eleftherios Alamanos ,
    Funder: Research England
    Duration: 04/2019 - 02/2021
    Web: Project's website

  26. 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)
    Funder: Office of National Statistics
    Duration: 04/2019 - 12/2013
    Web: Project's website

  27. Consultancy: Arrow: WeLove Media
    Storytelling in virtual reality
    People: (PI)
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 02/2019 - 02/2019

  28. Consultancy: Arrow: ActivCare
    Assessing opportunity related to developing new services
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) ,
    Funder: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
    Duration: 02/2019 - 03/2019


    29. 2018

  29. 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
    Funder: EPSRC
    Duration: 06/2018 - 06/2021

  30. Research: Smart Homes
    Studying acceptance and dissonance in a Smart Home setting
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 04/2018 - 07/2018

  31. Research: Knowledge Transfer Partnership
    Digitally transforming the company through branding and co-creation
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI) ,
    Funder: Innovate UK
    Duration: 04/2018 - 04/2020

  32. Research: KTP: Value co-creation in the management of social and community services: The case of Byker Community Trust
    To develop a customer engagement and change management capability to facilitate an improved product offering. To also develop an enhanced marketing strategy to further the appeal of the Byker Community Trust’s product.
    People: Prof Eleftherios Alamanos (PI)
    Funder: Innovate UK
    Duration: 03/2018 - 03/2020

  33. Impact: Creative Fuse Innovation Project: Skills Match
    Brokering of human and social capital
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: Creative Fuse
    Duration: 02/2018 - 06/2018


    34. 2017

  34. 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)
    Funder: HK Poly
    Duration: 09/2017 - 09/2019


    35. 2016

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


    36. 2015

  36. 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)
    Funder: Society for the Advancement of Management Studies & Universities
    Duration: 11/2015 - 11/2014

  37. T&L: ULTSEC Innovation Fund: Strategic projects
    CrowdSkills online platform
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 06/2015 - 06/2016

  38. Research: British Council Vietnam Project
    Adding value to the Vietnamese agri-food sector
    People:
    Funder: Newton Fund British Council Project
    Duration: 01/2015 - 01/2017


    39. 2014

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

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

  41. Engagement: Engage CMS
    Create an online engagement platform.
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis
    Funder: Newcastle University Enterprise Activity Support Fund
    Duration: 03/2014 - 07/2014


    42. 2013

  42. 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)
    Funder: Newcastle University Institute of Social Renewal
    Duration: 06/2013 - 07/2013

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


    44. 2012

  44. Research: Research Internships
    Web Site Change: Studying the diffusion of Internet technologies
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Newcastle University Business School
    Duration: 04/2012 - 07/2012


    45. 2010

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

  46. T&L: Teaching and Innovation Fund Award
    Online research methods module
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 04/2010 - 02/2011


    47. 2009

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

  48. T&L: Teaching and Innovation Fund Award
    Delivery of online taster courses
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: Newcastle University
    Duration: 10/2009 - 04/2009


    49. 2008

  49. Research: Research Fellowship
    Online video services
    People: Prof Savvas Papagiannidis (PI)
    Funder: British Telecoms
    Duration: 11/2008 - 02/2009


    50. 2006

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

  51. 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
    Funder: British Academy of Management
    Duration: 03/2006 - 09/2006


    52. 2005

  52. 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
    Funder: DTI, ESRC
    Duration: 06/2005 - 06/2007