Dr Memon is interested in aspects of integration and innovation in public services, with a view to how managers learn, innovate and influence governance in public service organisations. More broadly interested in Public Management theory, Social Innovation theory and Qualitative Research methodologies. Areas of research interest include:

• Integration of Public Services 
• Management in Healthcare Service Systems
• Learning in Public Sector Organisations 
• Governance and Public Management
• Public Service Innovation
• Secularization and National Development (SAARC and GCC regions)

Dr Memon has research interest in public service organisations and is based at Newcastle Business School. He currently also serves as member of Northumbria University's College of Ethics Reviewers.

Dr Memon currently serves as a Research Ethics Committee Member with the NHS Health Research Authority. He also serves on the board of Gosforth Group Federated Academies Ltd. and is also a postgraduate external examiner at Aston University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Prior to joining Northumbria University, he was based at Kingston University (London) where he extensively taught and supervised research on the MSc Leadership and Management in Health programme. Formerly, he taught and supervised on postgraduate programmes at University of Edinburgh and on the Alpha1Education programme at University of Oxford.  

He has served as a Research Associate on an Erasmus Plus project (PROPOUND) funded by the European Commission Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) which examined transversal skills development and graduate employability in Europe. His research work has featured in internationally leading journals and has received recognition from bodies including Holyrood, the International Research Society for Public Management, and the Irish Academy of Management.

As a Chartered CIPD practitioner, he has undertaken a diverse portfolio of training and consultancy work with a range of public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally. This includes evaluations of the 'Leadership Development Programme for NHS commissioners' and the 'NHS-Go app for health literacy in young people', funded under the Healthy London Partnership initiative.

Dr Memon was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh where he examined the management and governance of integrated healthcare service systems. He is a horology and cobblery enthusiast and his alma maters include Keele University, University of Edinburgh, University of Wolverhampton and Drogheda Grammar School.

Affilitations: 

• Research Ethics Committee (REC) Member, NHS Health Research Authority 
• Fellow (FRSA), Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
• Associate Consultant, Public Administration International Ltd.
• External Examiner (MBA), Aston University 
• Trustee (Board of Trustees), Gosforth Federated Academies Ltd.
• Referee, Public Management Review Journal
• Chartered MCIPD, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 
• Member, UCL Qualitative Health Research Network