Angharad Watson

Dr Angharad Watson is the Centre Manager for the university's strategic flagship Digital Transformation Innovation Institute. Her role is to support the advancement of interdisciplinary research focused on digital transformation, with a strong focus on impact and innovation. As part of this, she supports a positive research culture within the university, leading the institute's early career researcher development programme and sitting on the board of EMPOWER, an internal Cardiff University network of aspiring principal investigators who identify as women. She respresents an active virtual institute with research interests spanning all three of the university colleges, in areas as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, transport, and fintech, among others. She manages several relationships with key industry partners, and acts to bring together Cardiff researchers with local and international collaborators in other HEIs, businesses, public sector organisations, and other interested groups. She welcomes contact from any parties interested in working with the university on digital transformation research and innovation projects.