Neil Turner PhD wins IPMA Young Researcher of the Year
Dr Neil Turner, who was awarded his PhD from Bath in 2011, has won the prestigious title of Young Researcher of the Year by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) for his project ‘The Management of Ambidexterity – An Intellectual Capital Perspective’,supervised by Professor Juani Swart.
Neil studied for his MBA at Bath before undertaking his PhD. In 2006, he won the British Energy Modular MBA Student of the Year award. Neil is now a Senior Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management.
Neil’s award will be presented to him at the IMPA World Congress, taking place in Crete between 29 and 31 October.
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