PhD (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Assistant Professor in Sustainable Innovation
Department: Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipE-mail: pattanapong.tiwasing@nottingham.ac.ukTel: +44 (0) 115 8466680
Location: B27 (South Building, Jubilee Campus)
Dr Pattanapong Tiwasing (Pat or Oak) is an Assistant Professor in Sustainable Innovation at the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Newcastle University. Prior to this position, Pattanapong was a Lecturer in Data Analytics and Economics at Keele University and worked as a Researcher in Rural Enterprise at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). He also held roles as a Research Fellow and Data Analyst at the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), Coventry University and as a Research Associate in Rural Enterprise at the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE), Newcastle University.
Pattanapong's research focuses on various areas, including rural enterprise, rural innovation, small business economics, SME productivity, the economics of digitalisation and innovation, agricultural and food economics, food security, agricultural sustainability (both sustainable production and consumption), and edible insects as food and feed. With over seven years of research experience, he has successfully secured funding from numerous national and international organisations, including Newton Fund Institutional Links, Innovate UK, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Department for Business and Trade, ESRC Productivity Insights Network, the Scottish Government, and the Thai Government.
Currently, Pattanapong serves as an Associate Editor (Quantitative Studies) for the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Additionally, he previously served as a grant reviewer for the British Council (Newton Fund) from 2018 to 2020. He is also open to PhD applications and expanding his research networks. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in his research areas or would like to connect.
Areas of ExpertiseRural Enterprise; Rural Innovation; Rural-Urban Divide; the Economics of Digitalisation, the Economics of Innovation; SME Productivity; Small Business Economics; Agricultural and Food Economics; Food security; Agricultural Sustainability; Sustainable Food Production and Consumption; Edible Insects as Food and Feed.
The following lists my publications from 2014 to the present day.
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Pattanapong is the Model Convenor for Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (BUSI2165)
Current and previous research funding:
2024-2025: "On farm circularity: A hub-and-spoke approach with insect protein" funded by Innovate UK (£55,978)
2024: "Flexible work and firm productivity: An analysis of working hour arrangements and SME productivity in Scotland" funded by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) and Department for Business and Trade, UK (£5,000).
2023-2024: "Developing a toolkit for benchmarking rural entrepreneurial ecosystems" funded by Economic Data Innovation Fund, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK (£100,000).
2022-2023: "Insect farming as a future solution to sustainable agri-food systems in Scotland: A roadmap development" funded by the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI), UK (£10,694).
2022: "Climate change, the land-based labour market and rural land use in Scotland - an evidence assessment" funded by Scotland's Centre of Expertise connecting Climate Change Research and Policy, UK (£33,171).
2021- 2022: "Export-readiness in the Thai edible insect industry: Devising a Roadmap" funded by Newton Fund Institutional Links (Thailand and UK) (£75,215).
2021-2022: "Graphic design and local economy development: A case study of Baan Moo Pottery Community in Thailand" funded by Thai Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (£10,000).
2019-2020: "Counter-urbanisation and Entrepreneurial Emergence in Rural Areas" funded by DEFRA, UK (£147,010).
2019: "Spatial disparities in SME productivity in England", Small grant for the analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey funded by Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)/ Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK (£5,000).
2018: "UK Industrial Strategy: Progressing Rural Contributions" funded by Productivity Insights Network (PIN), UK (£10,000).
2018: "Spatial disparities in SME productivity for business services" funded by Productivity Insights Network (PIN) for Early Career Researchers, UK (£2,500).