Donna Champion

Dr Donna Champion serves as Associate Professor in Technology Innovation and Society at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Previously, she held Readerships at Cranfield University and Loughborough University. Her professional background includes work as a Science Officer at The Textile Conservation Centre based at Hampton Court Palace prior to transitioning to academia.

Her research critically examines the construction of resilient, inclusive, and sustainable communities, directly advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). Current investigations focus on community gardens and food banks as vital support systems during the post-pandemic cost of living crisis, alongside community-led pandemic recovery narratives and place-based social prescribing initiatives.

Dr Champion has secured substantial research funding through competitive grants:

• Principal Investigator for British Academy Small Grant (2021-2023) examining community-led pandemic recovery in the East Midlands
• Co-Investigator on £180K AHRC project (2022-2023) extending social prescribing across Mid-Nottinghamshire
• Principle Lead for £250,000 Food Standards Agency/STFC Sandpit on 21st Century Abattoir (2019)
• Principal Investigator for UK STFC-funded Global Food Security Information Architecture scoping project (2018)

Her collaborative network spans industry leaders including Jaguar Land Rover and the British Association of Chemical Specialities, alongside social enterprises supporting homeless populations in Charnwood, Leicestershire.