Professor Peter Wells
Professor of Business and Sustainability, Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research, Pro Dean Public Value
- wellspe@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5717
- B45, Aberconway Building, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Media commentator
- 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.
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
Publications
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Teaching commitments
- MBA Confronting Grand Challenges
- Executive MBA Sustainable Business Management
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
Supervision
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