Our team
The team at Research Consulting come from a variety of backgrounds, allowing us to offer a broad spectrum of services to our clients.
In addition, we have a wide network of associates who can contribute specialist expertise when required. For more information on our team, see the profiles below.
I lead our work in the areas of research management and open science, and ensure that all our projects are undertaken to the highest professional standards. I am committed to helping research organisations increase their effectiveness and impact, and to making the knowledge arising from research as open as possible.
I began my career in the Education practice at KPMG, working with clients in higher education and industry in both the UK and New Zealand. I then spent a number of years at the University of Nottingham as Head of Research Operations, before founding Research Consulting in 2013. Since then I have led projects for more than 80 clients across government, academia and the private and not-for-profit sectors. I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a member of the leadership group for the Open Scholarship Initiative, and serve as an independent reviewer and evaluator for the European Commission.
To find out more about my past experience, please look me up on LinkedIn, or check out some of our projects and testimonials. If you’d like to know more about what we have to offer please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-2954Contact Rob at rob.johnson@research-consulting.com
I lead our work in research development, partnership and knowledge exchange. Having held senior positions at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, I have experience in all aspects of research, research management and strategy development, research business development and knowledge exchange. Place, partnership and business engagement are particular areas of expertise.
Prior to joining Research Consulting, I was Director of Partnerships, Local Engagement and Commercial Services at Nottingham Trent University, establishing a new team supporting partnerships with business and other employers. Between 2001 and 2017, I held a number of roles at the University of Nottingham where I led teams supporting research, knowledge exchange and strategy across the University. Roles included Acting Director for Research Enterprise and Graduate Services and Head of Business and Local Partnerships.
I am passionate about the role research and universities have in developing places and have been working closely with civic and economic development partners. This includes roles as Director of the University of Nottingham Innovation Park management company, advisory input into the local governance committees for the 2007-2014 ERDF programme and 2014-2020 ESIF programmes and management of business grant schemes.
To find out more, please look me up on LinkedIn, or check out some of our projects and testimonials. If you’d like to know more about what we have to offer please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Contact Dan at dan.king@research-consulting.com
A public policy specialist, I have direct experience in academic research and direct knowledge of the startup world. Before joining Research Consulting, I worked as a third-sector lobbyist, and as a consultant for prestigious firms in the international legal sector, providing independent advice to governments, businesses and civil society organisations on matters related to public sector governance, environmental and economic policies. After earning a PhD in international law at the University of Nottingham, I also held teaching roles at the University of Leicester and the University of Nottingham.
I joined Research Consulting in 2016, after a PhD at the University of Nottingham. During my MSc in nuclear and energy engineering and my PhD in civil engineering, I learned to apply a number of approaches to data collection and analysis. I also gained extensive experience in the fields of applied and theoretical research, which resulted in the publication of numerous journal articles.
A Chartered Accountant, I trained at KPMG and after 5 years with the firm’s audit practice moved to the University of Nottingham in 2009 as a Financial Accountant within the Corporate Finance team. I became self-employed in July 2015 and then spent 12 months working on a large transformational project for the University of Nottingham as well as assisting on projects run by Research Consulting.
Siobhan has over 28 years of executive administration experience, working within both the public and private sectors in many high-profile roles, gaining invaluable skills and qualifications through the Civil Service College.
A strategic designer-thinker with a Masters Research degree in Branding & Identity from Nottingham Trent University, I am a brand specialist with a career in advertising and marketing environments stretching back over twenty years. Before setting up my own business in 2011, I held a role as senior graphic designer for East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA), supporting teams across all Agency functions, covering the broad remit of regional economic development.
A member of the British Educational Research Association and the Social Research Association I work with Research Consulting on projects requiring formal stakeholder analysis and evaluation. I have a wide range of experience in all research methods, but especially in survey design, administration and analysis (both online and paper questionnaires).
