Peter Roberts
Senior Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering at Alliance Manchester Business School
Professor of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School
Schools
- Goizueta Business School
- Alliance Manchester Business School
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Biography
Alliance Manchester Business School
Biography
Dr Peter Roberts BSc (Hons) MSc EngD CPhys joined the University of Manchester in October 2014. He is the scientific coordinator of the Horizon 2020 funded DISCOVERER programme (DISCOVERER.space), a 5.7M€ research project which aims to radically redesign remote sensing satellites for sustained operation at significantly lower altitudes. In December 2014 he became the Space Theme Lead at the University of Manchester’s Aerospace Research Institute, and since September 2016 he is also the Programme Director for the University’s undergraduate programme in Aerospace Engineering.
Following the completion of a BSc in Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1994, he moved to Cranfield University to do an MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering (specialising in space debris collision avoidance), and then an Engineering Doctorate (studying drag free control for a space-based gravitational wave detector).
From 2000 to 2014 he was a research fellow then lecturer in the Space Research Centre at Cranfield University. During this time he was the lead design engineer for Icarus, the worlds first spacecraft end-of-life drag-enhancement deorbit device, which is currently on-orbit awaiting deployment on the UK''s TechDemoSat. He was also the principal investigator for a CubeSat mission which, as part of a European Framework 7 project, would make in situ measurements of the lower thermosphere, measure thermospheric winds, and carry out spacecraft aerodynamic characterisation and control tests. His research has been funded by a number of sponsors including the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, EADS Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space), SSBV, and the EPSRC.
He was also the Associate Dean for Taught Courses within the Faculty of Engineering and Aerospace at Cranfield University, for the 26 MSc programmes within the faculty, from 2010 to 2013.
Research Networks and Beacons
Goizueta Business School
Peter is Professor of Organization & Management at Emory University and was the founding Academic Director of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta. He also serves as Academic Director of Specialty Coffee Programs for Goizueta's Business & Society Institute.
His research interests relate to how the behavior and performance of organizations evolve over time. Currently, he directs his interests in entrepreneurship and organizational performance toward topics in the field of social enterprise. His current projects focus on social entrepreneurs and accelerators, on microbusiness development, and on the global specialty coffee industry.
For the past several years, he has been cultivating several programs which focus on making markets work for more people, in more places, in more ways. This led to the establishment of the global Entrepreneurship Database Program, the Start:ME accelerator program, and the Transparent Trade Coffee and Grounds for Empowerment programs.
Peter's PhD is from the University of Alberta. Before taking up his current position at Emory University, Peter served on the faculties of Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Education
- BA Queen's University (1984 — 1988)
- PhD University of Alberta
Companies
- Professor & Founding Academic Director (Social Enterprise @ Goizueta) Emory University Goizueta Business School (2003)
Videos
What’s Working (and isn’t!) in Social Venture Acceleration?
The Impact of Startup Acceleration
MIF Podcast #79 | Prof. Peter Roberts (Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide)
#CoffeePriceCrisis: Spotlight on the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide
Peter Roberts on Empowering Specialty Coffee to Look Beyond the “C” | Re:co Symposium 2019
Emory Small Biz Peter Roberts 2016
TAZA webinar with Peter W. Roberts
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