Karena Yan

Professor Karena Yan is the Dean of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics and an Established Professor of Innovation and Strategic Management.

Professor Yan joined the University in October from Durham University Business School, where she served as Professor and Associate Dean, leading the Doctor of Business Administration programmes. 

Professor Yan has extensive experience in research and academic leadership. Her research has been published in leading journals including Research Policy and Organization Studies and has been supported by major funding bodies such as the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Charles Wilson fund. At Durham University, she also served as Co-director of the Centre for Innovation and Technology Management and Chair of the Board of Examiners for the MSc Marketing programme. 

She has advised the UK All Party Parliament Group’s report on the Metaverse and Web 3.0, and has been featured in The Economist, The Sunday Times and the BBC.