Nicole EL Maalouf is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Before becoming a full-time member of staff at Northumbria University, she worked as an Associate Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy (EIS) department at Northumbria University, and as a Tutor and Module leader on a part-time basis at the University of York, UK. Previously, Nicole EL Maalouf was a Tutor in Marketing at Newcastle University London (NUL), and a Teaching Assistant in Management-related modules at Newcastle University. She has also worked before, as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Businesses at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon. She holds a PhD degree in Innovation Management from Newcastle University Business School (NUBS), UK, and an MSc degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Surrey, UK. Her research interests are at the intersection of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Her research mainly links the domains of AI, female entrepreneurship, open innovation, green innovation, sustainability...  Nicole EL Maalouf is continuously attending several teaching, learning and research methods-related workshops and training, and has obtained different Certificates accordingly. For instance, she has successfully completed the Fellowship in Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Additionally, she has completed the UK Team Mastery Coach Training. She also has industry experience in the areas of New Product and Business Development, Sales and Marketing. As part of her current role at Northumbria University, she also led an Entrepreneurship module at the Doha campus of QFBA-Northumbria University, delivering part of the course in person in Doha and continuing the rest virtually from the UK. Beside teaching, she supervises students at the UG, PG and PhD levels, as well as placement students. 

Conference Presentations

1. EL Maalouf, N., Dilaver, O., Petrylaite, E.,Owusu-Kwarteng, A. The use of AI by women entrepreneurs in creating and developing sustainable enterprises. Presented at: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). (November) 2025. Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
2. EL Maalouf, N., Klubinski, W., Petrylaite, E., Owusu-Kwarteng, A. Universities and sustainability: an open innovation (OI) perspective. Presented at: Business & Law (B&L) Research Conference. 2025, Northumbria University, UK.
3. EL Maalouf, N., Petrylaite, E., Owusu-Kwarteng, A. Sustainability and Open Innovation in Higher Education. Presented at: World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC). (November 6-7), 2024, University of California, Berkeley (virtually).
4. EL Maalouf, N., Owusu-Kwarteng, A., Fahed-Sreih, J. Female Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the UK and Lebanon. Presented at: British Academy of Management (BAM). (September) 2024, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
5. EL Maalouf, N., Owusu-Kwarteng, A., Fahed-Sreih, J. Female Entrepreneurship: a comparative study between the UK and Lebanon. Presented at:  Business & Law (B&L) Research Conference. (July 1-2), 2024, Northumbria University, UK.
6. Damij, N., Elsahn, Z., Pattinson, S., Bazi, S., El Maalouf, N. Making sense of multi-level analysis in management studies: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Presented at: British Academy of Management (BAM). (September) 2023, the University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, UK.
7. Maalouf, N.E., Bahemia H., and Papagiannidis S. The implementation of open innovation at the UK manufacturing firms. Presented at: the 8th Annual World Open ‎Innovation Conference (WOIC). December 9-10, 2021, the High-Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Virtually).
8. Maalouf, N.E., Bahemia H., and Papagiannidis S. The Breadth of Open Innovation Activities: Antecedents and Outcomes, a Dynamic Capability Perspective. Presented at: the 18th Open & User Innovation Conference(#OUI2020+1). 2021, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (Virtually).
9. Maalouf, N.E., Bahemia H., and Papagiannidis S. The firm-level antecedents of open innovation: A dynamic capability perspective. Presented at: British Academy of Management (BAM). (September) 2018, Bristol, UK.
10. Maalouf, N.E. Open innovation, project level, project performance, adoption, UK SMEs. Presented at: 2018 HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Annual Postgraduate Research Showcase. Evolving Perspectives. 2018, Newcastle University, UK (posters presentation).
11. Maalouf, N.E. Open innovation adoption and implementation at the project level. Presented at: 1st year PhD student conference. 2017, Newcastle University, UK.
12. Fahed-Sreih, J., and Maalouf, N.E. Determinants of effective succession in family businesses and their influence on decision-making. Presented at: International Conference on Organisation and Management (ICOM) 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE: International Conference on Organisation and Management.