Cornelia Lawson is Professor of Economics of Science and Innovation at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR). Her research investigates the performance and career paths of researchers and inventors, as well as inter-organisational and inter-sectoral research collaboration and knowledge transfer. Key themes in recent projects are open innovation in science, gender biases and diversity in science, research funding decision making, and the impact of AI on science. Cornelia currently serves as Associate Editor at Research Policy (FT50/ABS4*).

Ongoing funded projects:

• Innovations in the Lab: Leveraging Transformations in Science (2023-2026; UoM)
• DOCTRACK & UK Doctoral Graduate's Contribution to Innovation (2024-2026; EPO & IRC/UKRI)
• IMSO4DIPLO: Inclusive Metascience Observatories for Science Diplomacy (2024-2026; ESRC)
• Building resilience in international research collaboration (2025-2026; Salient/UKRI)

Cornelia previously headed the Innovation, Strategy and Sustainability group at AMBS (2022-2025); and was Programme Director of the MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (2020-2022). Prior to joining AMBS Cornelia was a Prize Fellow at the University of Bath School of Management and a JSPS post-doctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo. She holds a PhD in Economics from City, University of London.

• Associate Editor Research Policy (since 2026)
• Member of the ESRC peer review college
• Scientific committee member and chair of the annual conference "Workshop on the Organisation, economics and policy of scientific research" (WOEPS) (since 2011)
• Guest Editor with Stefano Breschi (Bocconi), Francesco Lissoni (U Bordeaux), Andrea Morrison (U Utrecht) and Ammon Salter (U Bath) of a Special Issue in Research Policy on STEM Migration, Research, and Innovation (2020).