Dr. Richard Tomlins, Assistant Professor, International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship (ICTE), Faculty of Business & Law, Coventry University, Coventry, England.

Richard received his PhD by research in Ethnic Relations in 1997 from the University of Warwick. He has been Professor of Race, Diversity and Housing at Leicester De Montfort University, and Visiting Professor of Race and Diversity at Coventry University whilst directing his own consultancy Cohesia. 

His new innovative research techniques and approaches are demonstrated by recent project awards:

•  £1,349,961.58 3 year ESRC Global Challenges' Research Fund on playful educational models for social resilience (Co-I).

•  Playfulness and creative economy work informing a £450,000 Coventry City of Culture Trust transforming leadership win (Co-I).

•   84,272.00 USD for an 18 month UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity project, one of only 9 projects awarded globally (Co-I).

•    £197,415.00 2 year Newton Impact Fund “Reducing social and economic inequalities through creative economy and social entrepreneurial interventions in Mexico”.  This is British Council recognition of the innovation in his previous Sprint rapid prototyping forming part of nested playful techniques flowing from LEGO through Business Model Canvas and Sprint to Nudge (PI).

•  These are also showcased in his 3 related Ukraine projects totalling £100,000 with Oksana Malynka and other colleagues from the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (PI).

Richard is active in the creative economy in Coventry participating in the writing of its successful bid to be UK City of Culture for 2021 and working locally with Fargo Creative Village to scale its offer. 

www: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/richard-tomlins

Email: aa3252@coventry.ac.uk