I am Professor in Organisation Studies at Warwick Business School. Previously I worked at Lancaster University Management School as a lecturer, and as guest research associate in University of Kyoto in Japan, and University of Turku in Finland. 

I am an expert in collective memory and traditions in organizations and fields. My research intersects sociology and management studies to unveil how social and organizational changes take place in the encounter of tradition vs. modernity. More specifically, I have studied long-living and heritage-based craft firms, refugees, and indigenous people to understand how they culturally survive in the changing institutional environment. 

I believe in the cultural and economic value of heritage craft and advocate that we should not let them die away. More research and advocacy work are needed to make heritage craft survive and flourish and to enrich our lives in today’s society.   

I am a heritage professional, with a particular interest in intangible cultural heritage and craft. I completed my BA in History at the University of Manchester in 2018 then returned in 2021 for a MA in Heritage Studies. My thesis was titled “Sew in the city: Examining the motivations of heritage craft practice in an urban setting.” 

As the Research Assistant for this project, I collect primary and secondary research and then compile this into digestible formats for the stakeholders we meet. I am a self-taught stitcher focusing on hand-sewing and traditional techniques, so conducting interviews with craftspeople has been particularly enjoyable. These people do important work preserving the past, and I hope to see their work appreciated by the public and the government.  

Daniel has worked in the arts, crafts and heritage sectors for over 15 years which is why we chose him as our Strategic Partner on this project. He was one of the founders of Heritage Crafts back in 2009 when he was working for Creative Lives (formerly Voluntary Arts) which exists to promote active participation in everyday creativity. He led Heritage Crafts’ Pre-Apprenticeship project in West Somerset in 2017, and was commissioned in 2018 to lead the research on the second edition of Red List of Endangered Crafts, before being recruited onto the staff team in 2019.  

He is a Trustee of Arts&Heritage, an Ambassador of The Fathom Trust and a judge for the Global Eco Artisan Awards. 

Davide’s research investigates how organizational culture, identity, history and memory affect change and innovation, or are affected by them. I am also interested more generally in cultural processes shaping entrepreneurship, design, and new product development. Davide has been serving as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal since 2022. 

Before joining the UCL School of Management, he was a Professor of Management at the Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School), London, and Bocconi University, Milano, where he also received a PhD in Business Administration and Management. In the past, Davide has been the Associate Editor for the Journal of Management Studies (2010-2013), and the Chair of the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management. 

Working with other universities strengthens the validity of our output and having Davide as an Adviser on this project ensures that our research remains innovative and relevant to this field.  

This project is funded by the UK Research and InnovationLink opens in a new window