From 2011 – 2015, Hannah undertook PhD research at the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Computing. The doctoral research studied the concepts, methodologies, and tools of The AmbITion Approach, and validated it as a framework for business transformation of the creative industries in a digital age. Hannah has been awarded the PhD and the thesis is available to read and download – see link opposite (please reference it: Rudman, H. (2015) A framework for the transformation of the creative industries in a digital age. Ph.D., Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh.).
A new theoretical and conceptual framework called Participatory Transformation has emerged from the work. Hannah’s cross-disciplinary research interest is in organisational transformation and exploring how enterprises that are impacted by disruptions (be they digital, social, economic, or environmental) can successfully and sustainably transform. The work crosses the fields of Information Systems (IS), Business and Management, Design, and creative practice, and is undertaken through the qualitative, interpretive, mixed methodologies of participatory action research.
