Dr John Rigby

Overview

John read History at Cambridge and then worked as an IT manager before completing his PhD at the University of Manchester, studying under Professor Luke Georghiou and Dr Mark Boden of PREST, and Dr Sue Tindal of the Building Research Establishment, and writing his thesis on the rationale, rhetoric and impact of an information and advice dissemination programme for energy efficiency. John is associated with the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (of which PREST is now a part), the University’s main research centre in science and technology policy. John previously held the role of Institute's and the Innovation, Management and Policy Division's Postgraduate Research Coordinator/Associate Head of Postgraduate Research.

John has previously taught on the MRes and Doctoral Training Programme and also on the MIOIR Evaluation Course. His research interests centre on the themes of theories, rhetorics, implementation and impacts of policy in the contexts of science policy and innovation. His interests in methodology concern the use of network analysis and the use of relational databases to store and manipulate research data.