Paul Oliver
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Dr Paul Oliver

Lecturer

 0131 455 4601

  P.Oliver@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

Paul is a Lecturer in Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship with over 15 years of experience in higher education. He holds degrees in Contemporary Popular Music and Business & Management, as well as a PhD in Creative Entrepreneurship.

His research focuses on digital transformation within the music and creative industries, with specific interests in platformisation, responsible AI, algorithmic bias, data governance, start-up entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning, and intellectual property management.

Paul has presented his work at international conferences and published in academic journals such as Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Industry & Higher Education and Management Decision, as well as in book chapters for Routledge, Springer, and Bloomsbury NY.

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Fellowships and Awards

  • Advance HEA

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Institute for Small Business Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
  • Association of Independent Music (AIM)

 

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Collaboration before competition: How smart city entrepreneurs co-create temporary ecosystems to build capacity for learning

Journal Article
Oliver, P. G., Mora, L., & Zhang, J. (2025)
Collaboration before competition: How smart city entrepreneurs co-create temporary ecosystems to build capacity for learning. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 214, Article 124046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124046
This article explores how smart city entrepreneurs (SCEs) learn to address urban sustainability challenges with innovative digital products and services. SCEs embody social, d...

Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities

Book Chapter
Oliver, P., & Lalchev, S. (2022)
Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities. In G. Morrow, D. Nordgård, & P. Tschmuck (Eds.), Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19 (55-72). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09532-0_4
This chapter focuses on digital transformation—its meaning within, and impact on, the global music industry—and explores its role as facilitator of the development and establi...

Innovative online learning in entrepreneurship education: The impact of embedding real-life industry practice in the virtual learning environment

Journal Article
Oliver, P. G., & Oliver, S. (2022)
Innovative online learning in entrepreneurship education: The impact of embedding real-life industry practice in the virtual learning environment. Industry and Higher Education, 36(6), 756-767. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222221121283
Applied areas of entrepreneurship are growing in popularity due to the ongoing need for students to gain specialised skills to find employment after graduation. This study exp...

Music Copyright, Creators and Fans: Enemies or Friends in the Digital Domain?

Book Chapter
Oliver, P., & Lalchev, S. (2021)
Music Copyright, Creators and Fans: Enemies or Friends in the Digital Domain?. In A. Harrison (Ed.), The Present and Future of Music Law (82-99). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501367809.0014
We live in a time when digital technologies, particularly social media and streaming services, are the most effective and efficient platforms for the exposure of music (Glicks...