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Research project team
Our research team is staffed by experts from the University of Surrey's Business School.
Principal investigator
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Professor Gavin Hilson
Professor and Chair of Sustainability in Business
Co-investigator
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Dr Mahdi Tavalaei
Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Digital Transformation