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Jack Chun-Ren Ke

Viva in Manchester

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Patrick Parkinson

01 Dec 2019
Post Viva celebration
Post-viva celebration for Jack

Patrick was the internal examiner for (Jack) Chun-Ren Ke, a student in the group of Prof. Wendy Flavell who has worked on surface science of hybrid-perovskite optoelectronic materials. The external examiner was Prof. Sven Schroeder of the University of Leeds.

Is Research a Sport, a Market or a Commons?

Is Research a Sport, a Market or a Commons?

Is academic research a sport, a business, or a commons? As UK universities face unprecedented financial strain, we confront an uncomfortable truth: the sector is simply too large for the available funding. We've passed the 'Szilard point' - and it’s time to manage the market reality.
15 Jun 2026 7 min read
A Start Up is (Not) All You Need: Exploring the Innovation Design Space

A Start Up is (Not) All You Need: Exploring the Innovation Design Space

Seen through a one-dimensional lens - public research on the left, commercial spin-out on the right - ARIA's investments look indefensible. But the map is wrong, not the decisions.
12 May 2026 5 min read
The Geometry of Expertise: Mapping R&D Capability in High Dimensions

The Geometry of Expertise: Mapping R&D Capability in High Dimensions

A university is between an R&D lab and an open-source project. Top-down levers fail. So I built a pipeline to map 1,900 researchers as a navigable knowledge space to turn 'corridor knowledge' into strategy.
01 May 2026 5 min read
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