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In his current capacity, he is leading modules in Supply Chain Management and Operations Management for students majoring in Business Management and International Business at levels 5, 6, and 7. Utilising his combined academic and industry experience, he leverages his profound knowledge in innovation management and sustainability to motivate and assist existing business professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, and future engineering industry leaders. 

His interdisciplinary research interests are in sustainable supply chains and innovation management for product lifetime extensions which have been vital to his teaching, coaching and research excellence, aiming to foster innovation, growth and internationalisation.

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

• Dao, T., Cooper, T., and Watkins, M., 2023. Opportunities for sustainable business innovation: an exploratory study of the consumer repair journey. Exhibition at 5^th Conference of Product Lifetimes And The Environment (PLATE2023). Espoo: Aalto University, Finland.
• Dao, T., 2022. Fostering repair culture through sustainable business innovation. In: Blueprint Circular Economy Roadshow. Essex: UK.
• Sung, K., Dao, T., 2021. Repair and Upcycling: How Do We Know Which Repair Is Considered as Upcycling? In: State-of-the-Art Upcycling Research and Practice: Proceedings of the International Upcycling Symposium 2020. Springer.
• Dao, T., Cooper, T., and Watkins, M., 2021. Business innovation for product repairability: implications for future policies. In: Proceedings of 4^th Conference of Product Lifetimes And The Environment (PLATE2021). Limerick: University of Limerick, Ireland.
• Dao, T., Cooper, T., and Watkins, M., 2020. Explorative insights into the ‘consumer repair journey’ and opportunities for sustainable business innovation. In: Proceedings of 6^th Electronics Goes Green Conference. Berlin: Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
  
• Dao, T., Cooper, T., and Watkins, M., 2019. What businesses might benefit from product repair? Insight from different stakeholders. In: Proceedings of 3^rd Conference Product Lifetimes And The Environment (PLATE2019). Berlin: Technical University of Berlin, Germany, pp. 183-191. ISBN 9783798331259
• Dao, T., 2019. Using less stuff: What will the economy of the future look like?. In: Nottingham Green Festival. Nottingham: Nottingham City Council, UK.  
• Dao, T., Cooper, T., and Watkins, M., 2020. Sufficiency-driven business model through product repairability: a study on potential value to business stakeholders. In: 5^th New Business Model conference (NBM2020). Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands.
• Dao, T., Cooper, T. and Cole, C., 2018. Might emotional attachment to products influence owners repair decisions? In: Proceedings of 3^rd International Conference of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI2018). Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
• Dao, T., Cooper, T. and Cole, C., 2018. Commercial repair as a potential approach to sustainable business. In: Proceedings of The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment. Kobe, Japan.
• Dao, T., 2015. Opportunities for and challenges to lean management: lessons from different business stakeholders. In: Business Innovation conference. Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam National University, Vietnam. 

supply chain management, lean management, sustainable production, sustainable consumption, product lifetime extensions

• Supply chain management
• Operations management
• Business innovation
• Sustainable production and consumption
• Engineering management 

• PhD in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Nottingham Trent University 
• MSc Global Supply Chain Management, Nottingham Trent University
• BA Industrial Management, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

• Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Chartered Manager of Chartered Management Institute (CMgr MCMI)
• Qualified Practitioner of Chartered Quality Institute (PCQI)