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Prof Vishanth Weerakkody

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United Kingdom University of Bradford

Biography

I am a Professor of Digital Governance at the School of Management at University of Bradford. After serving as Dean of the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, I have recently assumed a university wide role as Chair of the Bradford Business and Social Enterprise Board to lead the implementation of the university’s new Business, Community Engagement and Enterprise strategy. While discharging responsibilities as Chair, I continue to lead the strategic development of the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences’ international growth agenda and efforts to strengthen existing academic and research partnerships, as well as developing new global relationships around student mobility, enterprise and entrepreneurship. Prior to this, I held the role of Associate Dean (Planning and Resources) for the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences at University of Bradford. Before moving to University of Bradford, I held various senior management roles at Brunel Business School and was a Professor of Digital Governance at Brunel University London. My current research is multidisciplinary and centred around public sector policy implementation, process transformation through digital government, social innovation and the implementation, diffusion and adoption of disruptive technologies within a smart city – services context. Focusing on the evolving role of technology, I closely follow and critique digital enabled service transformation efforts in government. In this realm, I have presented written evidence to separate parliamentary inquires on the UK Universal Credit and Common Agriculture Policy Development Programmes and given oral evidence on Digital Government to the Science and Technology Committee in the House of Commons. My passion for solving societal problems through research and innovation together with a vast network of collaborators from both academia and industry has allowed me to attract over £25 million of R&D funding over the last few years from the EU, ESRC, Qatar Foundation, British Council and UK Local Government.

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Sector Classification and Institutional Legacy Entrenchment in 6G Digital Infrastructure Adoption
Imesha Wedikkara Gedara University of Bradford
Vishanth Weerakkody University of Bradford
Jing Li University of Bradford
Uthayasankar Sivarajah Kingston University London
Innovation Developmental Paper Session Paper
Innovation Developmental Paper Session (4)
BAM2026 Conference
Revving up SMEs’ competitive advantage: Embracing emerging technologies for strategic renewal decision-making
Marius Dobre York University
Uthayasankar (Sankar) Sivarajah
Charles Vincent University of Bradford
Nripendra Rana Qatar University
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eBusiness and eGovernment Full Paper Session Paper Attachment
e-Business and e-Government Full Paper Session
BAM2023 Conference