Povl Larsen

Senior Research Officer

Tel: 029 2041 6778

Email: plarsen-pdr@uwic.ac.uk

Research Interests

Innovation management

Barriers to innovation facing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

Smart clothes and wearable technologies

Identifying what is design and how design decisions are made

Strategic planning, accounting and design

Recent Publications

Dawson, K, Larsen, P, Cawood, G, Lewis A, "National Product Identities" Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management, 2005; 14:4, 393-404, ISSN: 0963-1690

Larsen, P, Lewis, A, “How Award –Winning Firms Manage The Barriers To Innovation” 12th international Product Development Management Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005, June 12-14

Larsen, P, Lewis, A, “Identifying Best Practice Integrated Design and Management Accountant Practices”, CIMA Research Executive Summary Series, 2005, 1:10, 1-8, ISSN: 1744 – 702X (Print)

Full list of publications

University Responsibilities

PDR representative Smart Clothes & Wearable Technologies Research Group, in collaboration with Newport School of Art, Media & Design, University of Wales, Newport

Project Leader of "Training for Clever Textiles" (T4CT KEF), Knowledge Exploitation Funded programme to develop training materials for the development of smart clothing and wearable technology

Research Student Supervision

PhD – Designing user interfaces for wearable technologies

PhD – Design approaches for overcoming the barriers preventing people wearing wearable technology

PhD – An investigation into wearer needs-analysis for the design of smart clothes and wearable technology

PhD – The impact of advanced manufacturing technology within small Welsh companies

PhD – A comparative Analysis of Strategies for the Promotion of Design in different National Contexts

Other Activities

Academic Supervisor on KTP programmes