Biography

Emily Rowe is a Senior Research Fellow in the National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands (NIHR ARCWM). 

Emily joined WBS in January 2024 and completed her PhD in Business and Management at Warwick Business School in 2021. In her current role, Emily collaborates with the Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to co-develop and deliver research between the ICB and teams at the University of Warwick, related to the organisation and management of integrated care and services across the region. 

Her research focuses on understanding how relationships and collaborative dynamics influence organisation and systems change, for example, the ability to innovate, improve, adopt, and implement new practices and processes in health and care environments. Before joining WBS, Emily worked as a Research Fellow at Warwick Medical School in the Centre for Mental Health & Wellbeing. She collaborated with local and international research teams and partners on projects for funding bodies such as NIHR, MRC, and the British Council, implementation research and evaluation studies.

During her PhD, she was a Research Assistant for the NHS-VMI Evaluation, leading the organisational network research and supporting other aspects of the evaluation, its dissemination, and impact.

Research Interests

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange, Networks: Organisational, Inter-organisational, Knowledge, Collaboration & Leadership in Organisations & Systems, Social & Organisational Relationships, Organisational Change, Healthcare Improvement, Organising Healthcare, Social Network Research Methods