Professor Dominic Chalmers

Dominic Chalmers is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Adam Smith Business School, where he is also Associate Director for Engagement and Knowledge Exchange. His research sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, digital technology and artificial intelligence, and is published in leading FT50-ranked journals and in Academy of Management Perspectives.

His research has attracted substantial competitive funding from UK and European sources. Dominic is principal investigator on a €1.2m EU EIT HEI Initiative project supporting data-driven entrepreneurship across a consortium of European universities, and on an Innovate UK TechLocal AI Professional Practice Studio (£372,500). He was co-investigator on a €4.5m Horizon 2020 project on the legitimisation of new technologies, on the £1.875m ESRC Future Finance project, and on the Innovate UK Financial Regulation Innovation Lab, which won the Scottish Financial Technology Innovation Award in 2025.

Dominic serves on editorial review boards including the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, and is co-editing a special issue of Technological Forecasting and Social Change on agentic AI and the future of leadership. He teaches on the School’s MBA and has delivered executive education and MBA teaching in Singapore, Malaysia, Oman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the UK.