Davide Nicolini

Joint Co-Director of IKON and Joint Co-Director of the Warwick Institute of Health

Lic (Florence), MA (South Carolina), PhD (Lancaster Management School)

Room E0.16 (Social Studies Building)
Warwick Business School
The University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

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Biography

Previously worked at the University of Trento (Italy) and held a senior social scientist position at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London. Experience also in design and management of action-learning programmes and action-research based interventions.

Research interests

Practice-based approaches to the study of knowing, learning, and change in organisations; innovation process in healthcare and other complex environments; advancement of action-based approaches to learning and change; study and promotion of safety

Selected research projects

Contract Amendment 1: The Organisational Practices of Knowledge Mobilisation at Top Manager Level in the NHS: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), March 2011 - February 2013.
Prof Rick Ledema University of Technology Sydney - Australia: IAS (Institute of Advanced Study), February 2012 - February 2012.
The organisational practices of knowledge mobilisation at top manager level in the NHS: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), May 2010 - October 2011.
Resubmission: Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Phase II: EPSRC, April 2008 - September 2011.
Evidence in Management Decisions (EMD) - Advancing Knowledge Utilization in Healthcare Management: NCCSDO R&D, June 2009 - May 2011.
Improving the Capacity of the NHS to Act on Evidence in Patient Safety: EPSRC, April 2009 - September 2009.
The role of Communities of Practice in improving business performance: ESRC, December 2007 - March 2009.
Understanding the Historical Evolution of Pharmacy Practice. A Cross National Study: WBS R&D Fund, March 2007 - October 2008.
Knowledge Management Sytems for Lean healthcare. A scoping study: EPSRC, April 2006 - September 2006.
The Evolution of Biomedical Knowledge: Interactive Innovation in the UK and US - extension: EPSRC, February 2006 - July 2006.

Only selected externally-funded projects are listed here.

Teaching activity this year

Masters Portfolio

IB92H0 Organisational Analysis module leader
IB96X0 Innovation and Knowledge Work module leader

Undergraduate

IB3810 Critical Issues in Management

Warwick MBA

IB9S30 Management of Change

Publications

Journal articles

Eikland, O. and Nicolini, D. Turning Practically: broadening the horizon. Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Organizational Change Management 24 (2011): 164-174.
Nicolini, D. Waring, J., Mengis, J. Policy and practice in the investigation of clinical adverse events: mind the gap. Social Science And Medicine (2011) (In Press).
Nicolini, D., Hartley, J. Stanfield, A. and Hurcombe, J. Through The Eyes Of Others: Using Developmental Peer Review To Promote Reflection And Change. Journal of Organizational Change Management 24 (2011) (Published): 211-228.
Nicolini, D., Waring, J., Mengis, J. The Challenges Of Undertaking Root Cause Analysis In Health Care: A Qualitative Study. Journal Of Health Services Research And Policy 16 (2011): 34-41.
Nicolini, D. Practice as the site of Knowing. Insights from the field of telemedicine. Organization Science 22 (2011): 602-620.
Gkeredakis, E., Swan, J., Clarke, A., Powell, J., Nicolini, D., Scarbrough, H., Roginski, C. & Taylor-Phillips, S. Mind the gap: Understanding Utilisation of Evidence and Policy in Healthcare Management Practice. Journal of Health Organisation and Management 25 (2011): 298-314.
Nicolini, D. Mengis, J. and Swan, J. Understanding the role of objects in multidisciplinary collaboration. Organization Science (2011) (In Press).
Nicolini, D. Medical innovation as a process of translation : a case from the field of telemedicine. British Journal of Management 21 (2010): 1011-1026.
Nicolini, D. Zooming in and out : studying practices by switching theoretical lenses and trailing connections. Organization Studies 30 (2009): 1391-1418.
Nicolini, D. Articulating practice through the interview to the double. Management Learning 40 (2009): 195-212.
Nicolini, D., Powell, J., Conville, P. and Martinez-Solano, L. Managing Knowledge in the Healthcare Sector. A Review. International Journal of Management Reviews 10 (2008): 245-263.
Nicolini, D. Stretching out and expanding medical practices. The case of telemedicine. Human Relations 60 (2007): 889-920.

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