
Visiting researchers
We warmly welcome short- and long-term research visitors who enrich the intellectual life of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) and contribute to our research themes.
As an interdisciplinary and collaborative institute, we offer a vibrant and supportive research environment with strong connections to scholars across the University.
We invite expressions of interest from researchers wishing to visit MIOIR. For more information, read our visiting guidelines.
Funding opportunities are available through the Simon and Hallsworth Visiting Professorships and the British Academy Visiting Fellowships.
For more information about visiting opportunities, please contact Debbie Cox.
Past visitors
- Pelle Berkhout (Utrecht University, Netherlands) – Visiting doctoral researcher (Jan–March & summer 2025) working on public procurement for innovation, hosted by Prof. Elvira Uyarra.
- Alberto Corsini (Spanish National Research Council, Spain) – Visiting postdoctoral researcher (Jan–Feb 2025) specializing in science and innovation policy, hosted by Prof. Cornelia Lawson.
- Ying He (Tianjin Normal University, China) – Visiting researcher (1-year stay) specializing in scientometrics, peer review, and science policy, hosted by Prof. Cornelia Lawson.
- Emanuele Lucca (University of Turin, Italy) – Visiting researcher (until Aug 2025) focusing on labor market regulations and innovation, hosted by Mabel Sanchez-Barrioluengo.
- John Loomis (Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil) – Visiting postdoctoral fellow (10 months) researching sustainability transitions in global value chains, hosted by Prof. Philip Shapira, Dr. Aarti Krishnan, and Prof. Nadvi.
- Prof. Andrea Mina (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy) – Simon Visiting Professor. Visiting in November 2024 and March 2025, hosted by Ronnie Ramlogan.
- Fabiana Resio (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) – Visiting doctoral researcher (Jan–March 2025) researching university-to-industry technology transfer, hosted by Prof. Philip Shapira.
- Gayane Shakhmuradyan (University of Padua, Italy) – Visiting doctoral researcher (Feb–April 2025) studying corporate innovation and resilience, hosted by Prof. Cornelia Lawson.
- Jiangru Wei (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China) – Visiting researcher (1-year stay) studying entrepreneurship and digital transformation, hosted by Dimitri Gagliardi.
- Yifei Wang (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) – Visiting doctoral researcher (March–April 2025), studying technology investments and labor markets, hosted by Prof. Elvira Uyarra.
- Wanshu Zhang (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) – Visiting doctoral researcher (1-year stay) studying scientists' careers and research funding, hosted by Prof. Philip Shapira.
- Na Jin (National Chengchi University, China) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (August 2023–July 2024), hosted by Ian Miles & Elvira Uyarra.
- Álvaro García (University of Zaragoza, Spain) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (September–October 2023), hosted by Raquel Ortega-Argilés.
- Tiantian Shen (Tongji University, China) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (September 2023–August 2024), hosted by Cornelia Lawson.
- Aycan Yuksel (Government Agency, Turkey) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (September 2023–April 2024), hosted by Kieron Flanagan.
- Diletta Pegoraro (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (January 2024), hosted by Silvia Massini.
- Stig Erik Jakobsen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway) – Visiting Researcher (March 2024), hosted by Elvira Uyarra.
- Giacomo Grassi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (April–June 2024), hosted by Silvia Massini.
- Giulia Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (April–October 2024), hosted by Kieron Flanagan.
- Marcos Antón Tejón (University of Malaga, Spain) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (Sept-November 2023) under the EU-SPRI circulation programme, researching the effectiveness of Science and Technology Parks as a regional innovation policy tool, supervised by Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo.
- Maria Stadler (Fraunhofer ISI, Germany) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (March–April 2023) under the EU-SPRI circulation programme, hosted by Elvira Uyarra.
- Gloria Cicerone (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy) – Visiting Researcher (April–July 2023), hosted by Raquel Ortega-Argilés & Philip McCann.
- Lukas Drier (University of Jena, Germany) – Visiting Researcher (May 2023), hosted by Cornelia Lawson.
- Maike Becker (University of Hohenheim, Germany) – Visiting Doctoral Researcher (July–September 2023), hosted by Elvira Uyarra.