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Peter Wells

Professor Peter Wells

Professor of Business and Sustainability, Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research, Pro Dean Public Value

Cardiff Business School

Email
WellsPE@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75717
Campuses
Aberconway Building, Room B45, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
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Media commentator
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

I undertake research into the global automotive industry with academic and applied interests in socio-technical transitions, business models, cultures of automobility and sustainability. I love challenging audiences and contesting accepted wisdom. I hope that I am contributing to a more sustainable world, in what I teach and in the research I undertake.

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Research

Research interests

  • Alternative local economies
  • Automotive industry
  • Celebrities, wealth and sustainability
  • Corporate strategy
  • Government transport and environment policy
  • Mobility
  • Sustainable business models
  • Transitions to sustainability

PhD supervision research interests

  • Business models
  • Electric vehicle industry business
  • Local development initiatives in alternative transport
  • Sustainable business

Teaching

Teaching commitments

  • MBA Confronting Grand Challenges
  • Executive MBA Sustainable Business Management

Biography

Qualifications

  • Phd
  • MSc City and Regional Planning
  • BA (Hons) Geography

I have worked in Cardiff Business School since 1990, primarily in research and post-graduate teaching.

I am currently Pro-Dean of Public Value, and Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research.

Professional memberships

Active member of

  • Centre for Automotive Industry Research
  • Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence
  • Sustainable Places Research Institute

Supervisions

Multiple system integration in socio-techical transitions in the automotive industry

Business model innovation for sustainability in new mobility concepts

Corporate power and control in the circular economy, with reference to battery electric vehicles