Research Methods and Skills

Pascale Hardy, PhD, Director (Operations) Executive PhD Programme

Pascale Hardy (Ph.D.) is the Director (Operations) of the Executive PhD Programme. She holds extensive experience in senior academic and managerial positions in educational institutions in France, UK, Netherlands and Switzerland including the management of professional doctorates in Management, using online, distance and blended learning approaches. She has played a leading role in a number of international research projects with partners such as the European Commission, UN, World Bank, OECD, as well as many other international and national organizations and companies worldwide. Pascale has attracted significant research funding from international organizations (e.g., EU, UN, World Bank, etc.).

She has authored books in the areas of Knowledge Management, Organizational Behaviour, and E- learning and her work has appeared in European Management Review, Computers & Education, E-learning and Digital Media and presented in leading international Conferences organized by the Academy of Management, American Marketing Association, and the European Marketing Academy.

Further, she has acted as an advisor to the UN on e-learning and knowledge management strategies. Pascale has several years of professional experience as key account and business development manager in a SME producing luxury goods.

Caren Crowley, PhD, Assistant Professor in Research Methods and Skills

Caren Crowley is an Assistant Professor at Maastricht School of Management, where she teaches graduate research methods courses. Her research interests focus on digital, women's and artisan entrepreneurship. Her research has been published in top international journals, most recently, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, the Journal of Rural Studies and Small Business Economics (forthcoming). Caren has significant international research and teaching experience, working in China, Belgium, Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands. In 2008/2009 she received a Fulbright-CRH Scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky as a visiting scholar. Dr. Crowley holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (2003), a Master of Business Studies in Corporate Strategy and People Management from the National University of Ireland, Galway (2004) and a PhD in Management and Innovation Studies from the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change, National University of Ireland, Galway (2011).

Terry Kakeeto-Aelen, PhD, Assistant Professor

Terry Kakeeto is Assistant Professor in Marketing at Maastricht School of Management. She first joined the School as a Junior Research Fellow in February 2012. Dr. Kakeeto holds a PhD from Tilburg University, The Netherlands, an MBA from the University of Pune, India and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University in Uganda. She is a Chartered Marketer and member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK. In her earlier career, Dr. Kakeeto worked as a lecturer at Makerere University Business School, Uganda where she taught marketing, entrepreneurship and subjects related to general business management. She also did a great deal of consultancy work in the area of marketing. Moreover, she was actively involved in training SME owner-managers and employees in Uganda and has carried out extension services in the areas of marketing and general business management. Her main research interests lie in the fields of relationship marketing and branding with a special focus on emerging and developing economies.

Vincent Feltkamp, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management information Systems

Vincent Feltkamp is an Assistant professor of Management Information Systems at Maastricht School of Management. He lectures Big and Small Data, Quantitative Data Analysis, Big data management, E-business and Digital transformation, Supply Chain and Operations Management, and Management information Systems. His academic interest lies in quantitative research on building energy usage management and banking valuations.

Dr. Feltkamp holds an MSc degree in Mathematics from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) in Belgium and a PhD degree in Game Theory from Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

Prior to joining MSM, he spent one year as a Post-Doc at the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and lectured Mathematical Optimization at the Economic Faculty of the University of Alicante, Spain. He then worked as a statistical researcher at Statistics Netherlands (CBS), and was a senior Researcher in e-organizations at the International Institute of Infonomics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He lectured e-Business at National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan (ROC).

Iris Weijenberg, BA, Manager Information Office and PhD Admissions Officer

Iris Weijenberg serves as the Manager of the Information Office and Admissions Officer at Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Maastricht University. As a professional librarian and scientific information specialist, she is the primary point of contact for staff and students regarding all library-related matters. In addition to this, she oversees the admissions process for the Executive PhD programme. Iris holds a Bachelor's degree in Library and Information Science.

Her expertise lies in conducting systematic literature searches and equipping students with the skills to efficiently and effectively locate academic resources. She specialises in analysing research questions, breaking them down into key concepts, and identifying the most relevant terms for literature searches. Additionally, she provides guidance on search strategies, techniques for evaluating search results, and best practices for referencing, including the use of referencing tools.