Justin Tumlinson
MSc Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation Programme Director and Senior Lecturer
Justin Tumlinson is the Director of MSc Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation and a Senior Lecturer within the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Justin's research focuses on the economics of teams, how they form and when they do not, the incentives of team members and loners, as well as the impact of teamwork on public and private welfare. This study often extends to the behavior of entrepreneurs. Although primarily an applied microeconomic theorist, he also examines questions empirically. More broadly, Tumlinson enjoys applying formal analytics to controversial topics typically associated with softer debate.
Justin is also Founder and Managing Partner of a small firm, ZIVIS LLC, engaged primarily in the advisement of angel investors and management of non-traditional investment assets. Prior to founding ZIVIS, Justin analysed deals and managed portfolio firms for Earlybird, a Munich based, early-stage, venture capital firm. He has also served as Research Fellow of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, a Visiting Professor at EM Lyon Grand Ecole and in a variety of positions at Intel, where he researched advanced networking technologies, advised capital equipment decisions, global manufacturing operations and Intel Capital’s investment strategy.
Academic background
Justin holds a PhD and Master's in Business Administration as well as a Master's in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, all from the University of California, Berkeley. Justin gained his first degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Northern Arizona University. He is a German Chancellor’s Scholar and a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His other awards include the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship, the Fulbright Fellowship, and the Bosch Future Leaders of America Fellowship.
Current research and collaborations
Justin is currently engaged in the following research projects:
- Corporate Social Responsibility with John Morgan at the University of California, Berkeley
- Entrepreneurship with Deepak Hegde at New York University
- Culture in Organisations with Thomas Triebs at Loughborough University
- Solar Energy with Jörg Claussen at the University of Munich
- Contest Theory with Felix Vardy, International Monetary Fund
- International Trade with John Morgan at the University of California, Berkeley