Research, Enterprise & Innovation (RIE) Academic Leadership

Prof Nick Antonopoulos - Vice Principal of Research, Innovation and Enterprise

Nick joined Edinburgh Napier in January 2019 from the University of Derby, where he was Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and Research Professor in Cloud Computing. He has more than 20 years of academic and leadership experience, with a very strong background in initiating, leading and delivering improvements at an institutional level. Nick has an excellent international reputation in his field, evidenced by his papers, books, chairing of prestigious conferences, and his active leadership of broad reaching research partnerships nationally and internationally. He has an extensive network across government, commerce and industry. The Deans of the Schools of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment and Health & Social Care report to Nick.

School Heads of Research

University Heads of Research

The following colleagues take lead responsibility for each of the underpinning themes, but also work closely together as part of an Interdisciplinary Research Themes Coordinator Team. ​The role of the theme coordinator brings together an academic community to actively debate and collaborate on academic topics related to the relevant theme. The community is encouraged to discuss the curriculum as well as learning and teaching, and not just research and innovation. The aim of developing such a community is to foster more inter-disciplinarity in our academic work that will hopefully produce joint publications, joint bids for external funding, and potentially joint modular or other curriculum developments across the University.