Tim Weiss is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London. His research programme applies an organizational theory lens to studying entrepreneurship phenomena with a specific focus on the changing nature of entrepreneurship and its social effects. His research has been published in top management journals and has been covered by the business press.

Leveraging qualitative methods (i.e., extensive fieldwork, ethnography, and archival work), Tim studies phenomena such as colocating, identical car repair firms in Kenya; experimentation on gig workers; and fraud court cases against Silicon Valley start-ups.

Tim is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Network for Technology and Entrepreneurship Research in Africa which supports emerging research talent who focus on studying African economies and of the annual Entrepreneurship & Society conference.

Before joining the faculty at Imperial College, Tim was a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Work, Technology & Organization in Stanford’s Management Science and Engineering Department. He holds a Doctorate and Master’s degree from a start-up academic institution, Zeppelin University in Germany, and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Vienna.

NEWS:
1. Master's, PhD or postdoctoral researchers with a focus on climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in African societies are encouraged to reach out. Specifically, the role of voluntary carbon markets and clean tech entrepreneurs as well as the impact of climate actions on rural citizens (e.g., pastoral communities, subsistence farmers and/or rural villages) is of key interest.

2. Prospective and visiting PhD students interested in working on the organizational and business side of vaccine manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa are encouraged to get in touch with a special emphasis on East African and West African students.

Several funding options for interested students exist such as the fully funded MRes/PhD programme in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, the President's PhD Scholarship, the visiting PhD Scholarship for black heritage students, the Imperial College Research Fellowship for postdoc opportunities, and the LISS.