Nuša Fain

Nusa Fain is an Assistant Professor at Smith School of Business, specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation management, and is currently the Director of Smith's Master of Innovation & Entrepreneurship program.

She completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on process management within innovative organizations at University of Ljubljana (2010). Prior to joining Smith School of Business, Dr. Fain was a lecturer at Strathclyde Business School (UK), where she taught Managing Innovation, Strategic Global Marketing and Integrated Marketing Communications.

She has extensive consulting experience within the field of product development and innovation management with a wide diversity of firms (including oil and gas, manufacturing and retail). Her research interests are two-fold. She is exploring implementation of open innovation practices into mature organizations and looking into pedagogies that support the development of entrepreneurial mindsets in design students.

At Smith School of Business, Dr. Fain teaches entrepreneurship and new venture creation courses on the Commerce program and supports the delivery of content for the individual projects on the Master of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship program.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. Innovation Management Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2010)
• PG Diploma in Advanced Academic Studies University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2014)
• BSc Marketing Management and Marketing Communication Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2004)

Academic Experience

• Smith School of Business, Queen's University
  • Director, Master’s of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MMIE) (2021 - Present)
    
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2018 - Present)
    
• Strathclyde Business School, The University of Strathclyde
  • Assistant Professor (tenure-track) (2012-2018)
• School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London
  • Commercialization Analyst/Howden Industrial Fellow (2011-2012)
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
  • Researcher, Laboratory for Computer-Aided Design (2010-2011)
  • Young researcher, Laboratory for Computer-Aided Design (2006-2010)