Miles is an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University Business School. Key research interests include advancing purpose-led business and the application of systems thinking for sustainability and circular business models.
Miles holds a PhD and First-Class Honours degree from Aston Business School in Birmingham.
Miles makes an impact through his involvement (Founding Trustee) of Edinburgh CAN B (places Edinburgh as part of a growing international cities network – promoting wider individual and organisation engagement to impact global change at a city level) and over ten years of supporting business leaders and young professionals to "get on board" and make a difference as charity trustees (awarded an Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence and national Herald Higher Education Award for empowering student learning for this body of work). Miles has made a long standing contribution as a UK Council member of the UK Operational Society, currently part of its UK research committee and annually chairs the "Grand Challenges and OR" session at each conference.
Within the Business School, Miles leads efforts towards PRME (the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Business in Management) and at a university level, Societal Impact.
You can join one of Miles CPD courses run annually:
Leadership in Board Governance
Building a Purpose-led Business
Systems Thinking for a Circular Economy
Miles is actively looking for PhD students that are interested in the application of systems thinking for sustainability and circular business models towards closing what Miles describes as the value(s)-action gap in sustainability (between an organisations intentions embodied in its purpose and values, and in putting these values into action to create value with meaningful impact).
Tweet with Miles: @weavermiles.
Research Interests
Systems Thinking for Sustainability, Sustainable SCM, Circular Economy, Stakeholder Engagement, Cross-sector Collaboration, Problem Structuring Methods, Community Operational Research.
Teaching and Learning
My teaching areas of interest include Strategic Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Business Sustainability and Board Governance.
Module Leader for:
Building a Purpose-driven Organisation;
Creating Business Excellence & Marketing;
Business Strategy and Sustainable Development.
Led the award-winning ‘Get on Board’ programme to offer our students work-related opportunities in the form of a board trusteeship. Awarded a HEA CATE in 2020.
ResearcherID
AGJ-6793-2022
Scopus Author ID
0000-0002-9072-5819
PhD Supervision Availability
Yes
PhD Topics
Systems Thinking / Systems-based Approaches for Cross-sector Collaboration to Attain the SDGs
Circular / Sustainable Supply Chains
Governance and Sustainability: Powering up the Governing Documents for Impact
The Build for Purpose Canvas
Board Governance / Trusteeship (linked to Get on Board programme)
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
