Dr Richard Williams

Senior Lecturer

Profile

Dr Richard Alun Williams PhD (York), FRSA, CITP CEng FBCS, SMIEEE, PMP (Retired), SFHEA

Dr Williams is a member of the Department of Management Science and actively involved in two of its research groups: Health Systems Research Group, and the Simulation and Stochastic Modelling Research Group. In addition, he is a member of: the multidisciplinary Data Science Institute (DSI) and the Centre for Technological Futures (CTF). Dr Williams' research revolves around the broad theme of Complex Systems Science. At present, he has particular interests in two main areas around: Modelling and Simulation of Complex Organisational Systems, and Project Management as a Complex System.

Currently focused around Complexity in Project Management of Digital Transformation Implementations, because:

The implementation and management of large digital transformation projects often becomes the preserve of external service providers. For example, some of the larger software and technology engineering projects consist of hundreds of customer and third-party team members, who may be located across multiple geographies, and time zones. It has been argued that the increasing size and complexity of these digital transformation projects, leads them to exhibit the behaviours and traits of complex systems.

Without a clear understanding of the emergent behaviours of large digital transformation projects, it is difficult to predict the likelihood of successful implementation. To investigate these emergent behaviours and project complexity, Dr Williams is utilising a number of OR techniques, including Qualitative Data Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation, along with Cybernetics and various Systems Thinking approaches.

Dr Williams is a Member of the Department's Engagement Strategic Team. He has previously been the Early Career Representative on the University Research Committee (2014-15); the Director of Part I Undergraduate Studies in Management Science (2015-16); a Member of the Department's Undergraduate Teaching Steering Committee (2013-2020); a Member of the Department's Research & Enterprise Steering Committee (2017-18); Director of Business Analytics and Consultancy degree and the Director of Part II UG Studies within the Department of Management Science (2018-2020); a Member of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2016-2019); and a Member of the Pendle College Advisor Team (2014-2024).

Dr Williams has academic qualifications within the fields of Biochemistry (BSc Wales, MPhil Cambridge), Computational Biology (MRes York), Computer Science (MSc Kent), Computational Immunology (PhD York), and Higher Education (PGCertAP Lancaster). In addition he has a number of professional certifications and registrations, including: Chartered Professional Fellow and Chartered Engineer of the British Computer Society (CITP CEng FBCS), Project Management Professional Retired Status (due to no longer being in industry) of the Project Management Institute (PMP Retired), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Being Discharged from Hospital: Patient, Caregiver and Staff Perspectives of Pathways 1 & 2 of the Discharge to Assess Model
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2023
Research

Input Uncertainty Quantification for Large-Scale Simulation Models
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2023
Research

Professional identity and HCP resistance to EHR change
01/10/2018 → 30/06/2023
Research

Competitor Intelligence and Product Innovation
02/04/2018 → 30/08/2019
Research

A national service development survey of Foundation doctors' medical ethics and law training
01/06/2017 → 01/06/2018
Other

Sociology of Donation
10/12/2014 → 30/09/2020
Research

Exploring Perceptions of Quality Umbilical Cord Blood in Stem Cell Treatments
01/07/2014 → 31/07/2016
Research

OR of Health and Illness
01/07/2014 → …
Research

Interprofessional Ethics Education
01/02/2014 → 01/05/2020
Other

An Investigation of Business-to-Business Relationships within Large Multi-Vendor Software Implementations based on Commitment-Trust Theory
01/10/2013 → 30/09/2015
Research

To what extent can unsupervised machine learning predict regions within a project social network that have a propensity for relationship conflict
Oral presentation

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council (External organisation)
Membership of council

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Blackpool and the Fylde College (External organisation)
Membership of committee

2023 Simulation Workshop (Event)
Membership of committee

17th IEEE International Systems Conference (Event)
Membership of committee

Cogent Engineering (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Olayemi Oluwaleye
Hosting a student (Other)

Rachael Dibble
Hosting a student (Other)

IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Systems Science and Engineering (Event)
Membership of committee

IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Good (Event)
Membership of committee

Informing and Influencing Curriculum and Practice: Foundation Doctors' Medical Ethics and Legal Training Needs
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

14th IEEE International Systems Conference (Event)
Membership of committee

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Winter Simulation Conference 2019 (Event)
Membership of committee

The ‘Vulnerable’ Practitioner: Exploring the Ethical and Legal Training Needs of UK Foundation Doctors
Invited talk

60th Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Exploring the Ethical and Legal Training Needs of Foundation Doctors
Oral presentation

Exploring the Ethical and Legal Training Needs of Foundation Doctors
Oral presentation

Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (External organisation)
Membership of network

Journal of Simulation (Journal)
Publication peer-review

MSMEs Adoption of Online Commerce: A Complex System
Invited talk

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Blackpool & The Fylde College (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Careers Service, Lancaster University
Business Engagement

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering (Journal)
Publication peer-review

BMC Systems Biology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2017: Special Session on Artificial Immune Systems
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

6th Chartered Association of Business Schools Conference on Learning, Teaching and Student Experience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Statistics Applications Conference (Event)
Membership of committee

BSA Deconstructing Donation Study Group Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

BSA Deconstructing Donation Study Group Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Takuya Matsushige
Hosting an academic visitor

Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Publication peer-review

ICIS 2016 (Event)
Membership of committee

5th Chartered Association of Business Schools Conference on Learning, Teaching and Student Engagement
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

BBSRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee

24th European Conference on Information Systems (Event)
Membership of committee

Project Management Institute (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel

The Royal Society
Business Engagement

Journal of Biomedical Informatics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine (Journal)
Publication peer-review

ESRC Peer College Review (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Computation (Journal)
Editorial activity

European Conference on Artificial Life
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

8th Workshop on Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

27th European Conference on Operational Research
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

The British Computer Society
Business Engagement

Kent Business School Networking and Graduate Careers Event
Invited talk

Science Signaling (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Synergy 2014
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Global Life Sciences and Bionetworking -- Cell therapy production, provision and policies
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Where will our IT Project Managers come from?
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

PLoS ONE (Journal)
Publication peer-review

7th Simulation Workshop (SW14)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Natural Computing (Journal)
Publication peer-review

RCUK
School Engagement

11th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Systems Immunology Symposium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

10th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

STEMNET (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network)
School Engagement

Chartered Biologist (CBiol)
Other distinction

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Election to learned society

Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
Other distinction

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Other distinction

Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE)
Election to learned society

Elevation to Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)
Election to learned society

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Election to learned society

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Election to learned society

Management and Business Development Fellowship
Fellowship awarded competitively

Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)
Election to learned society

Full Member of Sigma Xi
Election to learned society

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Other distinction

Certificate of Recognition by the British Citizen Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Full Paper Award at the British Academy of Management (BAM) conference, in the 'Organisational Transformation, Change and Development’ Track
National/international honour

Shayan Rashidi

Shayan Rashidi

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

Centre for Family Business, Centre for Technological Futures

C066, C - Floor, Management School
Shengjie Zhou

Shengjie Zhou

PhD student

Simulation and Stochastic Modelling

  • Centre for Health Futures
  • Centre for Technological Futures
  • DSI - Health
  • Health Systems
  • Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
  • LIRA - Society and Human Behaviour
  • Simulation and Stochastic Modelling
  • STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training
  • Technology, Systems and Organisation