Sotiris T Lalaounis

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Design Management with the Department of Organisation Studies. I joined the University of Exeter Business School in October 2011. I previously taught at the Centre for Creative Industries at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to joining academia, I held management positions in design firms, managing major clients including DELL (EMEA), Scottish & Southern Energy and the De Vere Group of hotels.

I have a BA(Hons) in Marketing from Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, an MSc in Public Relations from the University of Stirling, an MSc in Design & Digital Media from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD from the Centre for Creative Industries at Glasgow Caledonian University. My PhD thesis investigated business development issues in the creative industries, with a focus on design firms, and was sponsored by the UK’s Department of Trade and Industry through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Design Management Institute, the Design Research Society, and the European Group for Organizational Studies.

I am interested in the areas of organisational creativity, design management and the creative industries. My research explores, through the theoretical lens of paradoxes, how organisations in the creative industries manage creativity and innovation.

Education

BA(Hons) in Marketing, University of Strathclyde, 2002
MSc in Public Relations, University of Stirling, 2003
MSc in Design & Digital Media, University of Edinburgh, 2004
PhD Design Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2008

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

•Paradoxes and Ambidexterity.
•Organisational Creativity and Innovation.
•Design Management.
•Creative Industries.

Personal Interests

•Arts & Design.
•Architecture.
•Creative Industries
•Running (10k/Half-Marathon).

Books

Articles