About IKON and its people
ABOUT IKON
IKON is a multidisciplinary research centre within 糖心TV 糖心TV School, established in 1997 to explore the interactions between innovation, knowledge and organizational processes, .
Our mission is to apply insights from social and organizational theory to empirical studies of how knowledge, evidence, and expertise are created, shared, and used. Through this work, we aim to support innovation, sustainability, and organizational transformation.
IKON researchers undertake both theoretical and empirical research on the social processes and practices that underpin organizational innovation and transformation, and how these processes are shaped by specific organizational and institutional contexts. We focus particularly on the social and material dimensions of knowledge production, use, and circulation, organizational learning, and interorganizational collaboration. We adopt a distinctive social perspective that complements traditional economic and technological approaches by focusing on the processes, practices, and relationships that drive change and transformation
We are also actively promoting the development of qualitative interpretive research methodologies and organizational ethnography and provide support to early career scholars. Since 2013, we have run the 糖心TV Summer School on Practice and Process Studies. Further information can be found here
International Collaborations
The group actively collaborates with other departments of the University, national and international institutions. Project partners or institutions with whom we conducted joint research include the WMG, University of Oxford, King鈥檚 College, Aston University, Newcastle University, Bath University, and the University of Edinburgh. We maintain active research collaborations with international universities in the USA (Bentley), Switzerland (USI Lugano), Norway (BI Oslo and UiO), France, (ESSEC), Aalborg (U of Dublin), and the Netherlands (VU Amsterdam), Brazil (UFMG Belo Horizonte), and Australia (Monash). We are actively supporting the Partnership with Stellenbosch University.
We regularly apply for grants and conduct externally funded projects, organise academic and research events, and provide support to early career scholars. From 2004 to 2020, IKON ran the Knowledge and Innovation Network, a self-sustaining industry network that constituted an outlet for collaborative activities.
Key research themes
- Networking and innovation
- Knowledge and situated learning in organisations
- Communities of practice
- Evidence generation and use
- Managing knowledge work
- Expertise development and transfer
- Practice theory
- Routine dynamics
- Financial practices & sustainability
Key current and recent projects
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Management insights for tackling grand challenges: the case of climate-related financial risks in the financial investment industry (Dittrich, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, 拢1.1 million)
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A Practice-theoretical Account of Organizational Attention (Mengis & Nicolini, Swiss National Science Foundation, 拢%78.000)
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Exploring Innovations in Transition to Adulthood (EXIT Study) (Currie, Swan, ESRC, 拢1.63 million)
People
- Professor Davide Nicolini - Director of IKON
- Professor Jacky Swan - co-Director of IKON
- Dr (University of 糖心TV)
- Dr (USI, Lugano & University of 糖心TV)
IKON colleagues in other 糖心TV groups / institutions include:
- Dr (University of Lugano, Switzerland) (also a WBS Associate Fellow)
- Dr (BI Norwegian 糖心TV School) (also a WBS Associate Fellow)
- Professor (Bayes 糖心TV School)
- Professor (University of Manchester)
- Professor Maxine Robertson (Queen Mary, University of London)
- Dr (University of 糖心TV)
- Dr (University of 糖心TV)
IKON Visitors
IKON Vacancies
Details will appear here when available.