Peter Robbins

Background

About Peter Robbins

Dr. Peter Robbins is one of Ireland’s foremost experts in innovation and new product and service development. He is a former Global Director of Innovation Excellence for GSK. His area of research is how firms organize for innovation. He was head of the Department of Design Innovation in Maynooth University until January 2019 when he joined DCU's growing Business School. He has published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, R&D Management (where he serves on the Editorial Review Board) the Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, the Irish Journal of Management, International Journal of Innovation Management, London Strategy Review. He regularly speaks at international conferences and corporate events on the subject of managing creativity and innovation. His particular expertise is in Design Thinking. His profile is unique among Irish academics, having worked in his field at a global level in a top 3 pharma company before completing a doctorate and moving to academia. Peter lectures in the DCU Business School where he is a member of the National Centre for Family Business and is jointly leading a new research sub-group on Innovation & Technology.