For our 2025 virtual KMbF conference we would like to introduce our two keynote speakers: Davide Nicolini, Professor of Organisational Studies at Warwick Business School, and Catherine-Rose Stocks-Rankin, Co-Director of the Scottish Policy and Research Exchange.
Davide Nicolini
Davide Nicolini is Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School, where he co-directs the PhD programme, leads the IKON Research Centre, and coordinates the Practice, Process and Institution Research Programme. His current research focuses on developing the practice-based approach and its application to shed new light on phenomena such as organizational attention, expertise, managerial knowing, collaboration, safety, and technological innovation in organizations. Over the years, he has used these approaches to study healthcare organizations, managerial work, construction sites, factories, public organizations, cybersecurity, pharmacies, scientific labs, and investment ecosystems.
Catherine-Rose Stocks-Rankin
Catherine-Rose is a knowledge mobiliser and has worked across different areas of policy and practice, including community development, health, social care, youth justice, children and family services and public health. Her research brings together an ethics of care and the sociology of knowledge. She is also an experienced evaluator using creative methods and contribution analysis.
At her heart, Catherine-Rose is a carer – someone who looks to the ways we can repair and heal. She was a young carer and a care worker. Then she studied systems of care. Now, she works to repair the systems of support we have around us.
As the Co-Director of the Scottish Policy & Research Exchange, Catherine-Rose is focused on supporting just and equitable governance in Scotland by connecting decision makers with a diversity of research about the problems we face.
