Richard Woolley
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Instituto de Gestion de la Innovacion y del Conocimiento
Spain
Biography
osition: Researcher Qualifications: B.Arts (Hons I) 1996, Anthropology and Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) 2003 Sociology, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Experience: Between 2004 and 2007 worked as a Research Associate on a series of Australian Research Council funded projects on innovation agents and research careers in the Asia-Pacific. From 2008-2011 was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre of Industry and Innovation Studies at the University of Western Sydney. During this time also completed many contract research projects for Australian government departments and university research groups. In 2011-12, was a visiting researcher, Estancias de Jóvenes Doctores Extranjeros en el Centros Españoles, a program of El Ministerio de Educación España. Project: Mobilizing Technical Knowledge & Skill in Research & Development.
Research Interest
Sociology of science & technology, Skills & innovation, Scientific mobility and highly skilled migration, Science & research policy, Economic sociology, scientific knowledge and consumer products, gambling industries.
