Assistant Director

Tomas Ulrichsen is an Assistant Director at PACEC, and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Centre for Business Research. He holds a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Key research interests include the exploitation of the innovation system knowledge base and the socio-economic impact of higher education, sector competitiveness analyses, and industrial / innovation policy development and evaluation. Many of his major projects involve cross-country analyses to draw out lessons learnt from international experience. He has worked for a wide range of clients including HEFCE, BIS, HM Treasury, RDAs including EEDA and SWRDA, NAO, Ministry of Trade and Industry Ghana, and a range of universities and private sector clients. Recently, he managed a major stream of research for HEFCE evaluating their knowledge exchange funding and produced a series of working papers (knowledge exchange infrastructure, synergies, IP, civic/community roles, and a comparison with the United States). This work has been instrumental in shaping the future of the Higher Education Innovation Fund. In 2008, he was formed part of an expert team providing advice to the Government of Ghana on their new Industrial Policy focusing on the exploitation of science and technology for enhancing industrial innovation and competitiveness.

He has significant experience in undertaking all aspects of projects including methodology design, survey design and analysis, case studies, data analysis, analysis, report writing and presenting the findings to the highest level of clients and experts. He is frequently invited to conferences, workshops and seminars to present the findings of his research and is frequently invited to provide guest lectures for the Masters in Technology Policy course at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.