Dr. Nicola Searle is Senior Lecturer at ICCE. An economist and management scholar who specializes in innovation, intellectual property and the digital economy, Nicola joined ICCE in 2015. She has two key research lines: the first examines innovation in the creative industries through the lens of copyright and business models in digital media. The second investigates trade secrets, knowledge flows and innovation. Dr. Searle is Chair of the EPSRC Digital Security and Resilience Advisory Board, member of the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (IPO) Expert Advisory Group, Visiting Professor at Bologna University and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck. Dr. Searle has been awarded three prestigious Fellowships: a Thomas Edison Innovation Policy Fellowship at the Center for Intellectual Policy and Innovation Policy at George Mason University a UKRI Digital Economy Early Career Fellowship and an AHRC/ESRC Placement Fellowship.