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Professor Nuran Acur is a leading academic in Innovation Management at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. Her career includes roles at Strathclyde University (UK), Ozyegin University (Turkey), Aalborg University (Denmark), and Bilkent University (Turkey). She has held visiting positions at MIT, London Business School, and Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on emerging innovation trends like AI and 5G, with emphasis on societal impact across healthcare, telecommunications, and public sectors. She co-chairs the Innovation and Product Development Conference and leads high-impact projects such as TANDEM (digital health ecosystems in Indonesia) and DARWIN (driverless car innovation with ESA funding). She has secured over £5M in research grants from agencies including EPSRC, ESRC, and European Space Agency. Her work integrates theory-driven research with practical applications, emphasizing responsible innovation frameworks to maximize societal benefits.
Research Interests: Open innovation, digitalization, innovation ecosystems, social innovation, and ethical technology implementation. Her projects address challenges like non-communicable diseases through digital health solutions and responsible business models for autonomous vehicles.
Awards: Includes Most Inspirational Conference Paper Award (2016), BAM Best Development Paper (2015), and multiple editorial roles at top journals like Journal of Product Innovation Management. She serves on grant review panels for UKRI, SSHRC, and TÜBİTAK.
Key Projects: TANDEM project improves NCD management via community health ecosystems; DARWIN project develops driverless car tech with ESA funding. She established the DARWIN innovation lab at Glasgow to foster collaboration across sectors.
