Karl Knox is currently the Head of Business at Ravensbourne University London. Before Ravensbourne, he was the Associate Dean of the Business School at the University of Bedfordshire from 2016 to 2025. Before joining Bedfordshire, he held academic, research, and management roles at the Universities of Abertay, Nottingham Trent University, and Leeds Metropolitan.
Karl has also taught internationally at Southern Cross University in Australia, Dubai Polytechnic in the UAE, and Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
Before undertaking an academic career, he worked within the Hospitality Sector for a number of international hotel chains and boutique establishments, including The Inter-Continental Hotel, Hilton International, The Dorchester Hotel and The Lanesborough Hotel, London.
Qualifications
- PhD – Nottingham Trent University.
- MSc Information Management – Lancaster University.
- PGCE Business Studies and Economics – University of London, Institute of Education.
- BA (Hons) Accountancy and Economics – The City of London Polytechnic.
Research interests and publications
- The use of data, information and knowledge within organisations.
- Information strategy within Higher Education.
- Research methods and the teaching environment.
- Soft systems methodology and its use within complex situations.
- How a multi-methodological approach can be incorporated into the research process.
