People
Metaply combines a small fixed staff who have experience in both research and consultancy (indeed have built and sold consultancies/research organisations and with direct Board experience at PLC level) gained over many years with the ability to access additional 'specialist subject experts' from academia, government or commerce as they are required. Additionally Metaply actively draws on staff from CSMTC and SFO as required.
Professor Michael Hulme: Chairman, CSMTC Ventures
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Dr Steve Smith: Group Research Director
Steve has eight years' experience of initiating, managing and delivering innovative qualitative and quantitative research projects around technologies and brands. Before joining CSMTC at the beginning of 2008, Steve was a Senior Researcher at the BBC, focussing upon understanding the changing roles given to and challenges facing vision content and brands in online environments. Prior to this, Steve was a Researcher at StudioIncite in the Sociology Department of the University of Surrey, where he worked collaboratively with commercial companies and public sector organisations to understand the importance and places that people give to information and communication technologies in their everyday lives. During this time, Steve also completed his PhD about how technologies can be understood through a sociology of branding.
In his role as Group Research Director, Steve oversees all research undertaken by CSMTC, the Social Futures Observatory and the newly launched Metaply, and continues the collaborative work we undertake with Lancaster University.
Steve also holds an MSc in Social Research Methods (Surrey) and a BA (Hons) in Sociology (Sussex).