Welcome to CENTRIM — the Centre for Research in Innovation Management

Innovation drives progress

Innovation is a major force for business, economic and social progress. However, it is very difficult to manage and implement effectively. A special form of management is needed to enable individuals, organisations and societies to enjoy the benefits of innovation and overcome the challenges.

Making a unique contribution to the effective management of innovation is CENTRIM’s raison d'être, putting us at the forefront of the field.

CENTRIM people are academics with a difference

CENTRIM is an academic research group with a difference. We believe that innovation is a vital pathway to gaining a competitive edge in business. But innovation is needed in other domains as well. It is essential if we are to address the most pressing challenges of our time. The world needs to learn how to manage innovation for the good of all mankind.

• We undertake our research with passion, and a belief that we can make a difference
• we adopt the rigour of social science to add depth and breadth to our work 
• we work closely with practitioners, knowing that their experience is replete with wisdom and insight
• we create products and services that take the understanding of innovation management forward.

Our hope

It has been suggested that ‘innovation is the exploitation of new ideas’ — this is true, but there is more. Innovation begins not with an idea but with hope: a belief that the future can be better than the past.

We, the researchers of CENTRIM, combine rigorous analysis with a deep understanding that passion and persistence are vital elements of innovation. Our dedication to seeing innovation as a quintessentially human capability gives us a multidimensional view.

We are researchers with a mission!