Michael Hulme
Current Research:
During 2009 the major themes and areas of Michael's research will be
Themes and trends of Social Change in the next decade
Digital Lives Research Programme
Public Screens in Social Spaces
Young People and Digital Media at Moments of Personal Crisis
For any further details please contact Michael directly.
Biography
Michael Hulme is Hon Professor and Associate Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Lancaster University where he is a member of the Lancaster University Development Board. He holds an MPhil in Critical Management also from Lancaster. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Market Research Society. Michael is Director of the Social Futures Observatory, an independent ‘Think Tank’, closely allied to the Institute of Advanced Studies it seeks to understand societal change both today and in to the future. The Social Futures Observatory is also responsible for undertaking the annual technology and media behavioural study, Digital Lives Research Programme.
His involvements outside social research include Chairing the Merseyside Special Investment Fund a public private partnership providing seed and growth funding to SMEs in the Merseyside region.
Michael's career began in corporate finance before moving into marketing and then strategy in the computer industry, becoming Head of Strategic Marketing in Europe's then largest financial services software house. He then became an independent entrepreneur starting, developing and selling companies in the consultancy and mobile communications industries. Whilst, during the last 10 years he has devoted most of his time to social research he has also been able to play an active role in the economic and social regeneration of the North West with a particular commitment to Cumbria.