Dr Crammond is senior lecturer (associate professor) in enterprise and management with a distinct teaching and research interest in enterprise and entrepreneurship education, reflecting on relevant stakeholders and the university context.
He is an internationally-published researcher and author, and teaches a number of modules across many disciplines. These include: entrepreneurship and innovation, organisational stakeholders and managing business relationships, business and management, leadership, human resource management, organisational development, and business and managerial research skills.
Dr Crammond is a Senior Fellow (SFHEA) of Advance HE, and Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) with the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS). At the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Crammond is the module and CPD leader of the biggest entrepreneurship course at the university, Enterprise Creation. He is also an academic team lead for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), and co-lead of the UWS Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Research Group. He is also a visiting professor at CBS International Business School, Cologne, Germany.
A thematic lead (Enterprise Education & Policy) in UWS's 'Transformative Enterprise Research Group' (TERG), Dr Crammond publishes in many academic journals concerning enterprise, management, and higher education, Crammond has also authored two books: Advancing Entrepreneurship Education in Universities: Concepts and Practices for Teaching and Support in 2020 (Palgrave Macmillan) and Entrepreneurship and Universities: Pedagogical Perspectives and Philosophies in 2023 (Palgrave Macmillan).
Dr Crammond is an associate editor with the Baltic Journal of Management and Journal of Intellectual Capital. He is also an editorial board member with International Journal of Intellectual Property Management and International Journal of Management Education.
In supporting academic development, Dr Crammond supervises undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral-level theses, is the academic lead for the UWS Business Student Society, is the writing retreat coordinator for early career researchers (ECR), academic representative on the School of Business & Creative Industries' school board, and is an occasional internal examiner & viva chair for viva voce examinations.
He holds several external roles in academia, including external examiner positions with the University of Aberdeen, and the University of the Highlands and Islands. He is also a research supervisor with the University of Stirling.
Crammond has written for several higher education and business-specific publications, including: Advance HE, Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS), the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network, the European Financial Review, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), The Conversation, The Herald, and Wonkhe.
Experience
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2021–presentExternal Examiner, University of Aberdeen
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2022–presentEditorial Board Member , International Journal of Intellectual Property Management
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2022–presentEditorial Board Member, The International Journal of Management Education
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2022–presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Intellectual Capital
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2022–presentAssociate Editor, Baltic Journal of Management
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2023–presentVisiting Professor, CBS International Business School, Cologne
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2021–presentSenior lecturer, University of the West of Scotland
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2021–presentExternal Examiner, University of the Highlands and Islands
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2021–presentDissertation Supervisor, University of Stirling
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2021–presentKeynote Speaker, Various
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2018–2021Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland
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2017–2018Teaching Fellow, University of the West of Scotland
Education
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2023University of the West of Scotland, DipHE (SFEDI)
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2018University of the West of Scotland, PhD
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2013University of the West of Scotland, MSc
Publications
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2023Re-evaluating Entrepreneurship Education Through a Team-Based Approach: Activities and Archetypes Within a Scottish University. In: Block, J.H., Halberstadt, J., Högsdal, N., Kuckertz, A., Neergaard, H. (eds) Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training. FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship., Springer
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2023Entrepreneurship and Universities: Pedagogical Perspectives and Philosophies, Palgrave Macmillan
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2023Developing intellectual property management skills and the entrepreneurial university element: an educator perspective, International Journal of Intellectual Property Management
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2022Reframing University-Level Entrepreneurship Education Through Digitisation and Transformational Technologies: An Institutional Case Study. In: Hyams-Ssekasi, D., Agboma, F. (eds) Entrepreneurship and Change, Palgrave Macmillan
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2020Advancing Entrepreneurship Education in Universities: Concepts and Practices for Teaching and Support, Palgrave Macmillan
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2020Witnessing Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Proclivity in University Students: Developing a Process Model, Education + Training
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2019Progressing Enterprising Education within Universities: Asserting Principles of Stakeholder Engagement, Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management (JoHESSM)
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2019The Normalisation of Enterprising Education: Transatlantic Reflections between distinct Institutions, Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management (JoHESSM)
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2018Establishing successful methods of entrepreneurship education in nurturing new entrepreneurs, Journal of Higher Education Service Science and Management (JoHESSM)
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2018Managing knowledge through social media: Modelling an entrepreneurial approach for Scottish SMEs and beyond, Baltic Journal of Management
Professional Memberships
- Chartered Association of Business Schools
- Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA)
- Director - Transformative Enterprise Research Group (TERG) - University of the West of Scotland
- Member - Social, Innovation, Leadership & Management (SILM) - University of the West of Scotland
- Member - Protracted Crisis Research Centre (PCRC) - University of the West of Scotland
- The Hive (Enterprise Incubator) - University of the West of Scotland (Lanarkshire Campus lead)
- Expert Contributor - Entrepreneurial Mindset Network
- Business 'Agitator' - Elevator UK
- Scotland University Scale Up Initiative - University of the West of Scotland Representative
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Website
- @AdvEEUni
- Article Feed
- robert.crammond@uws.ac.uk
- ORCID
- Joined
