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Dr Simon Kimber

Dr. Simon Kimber

Director, Executive MBA | Senior Lecturer

SP Jain London School of Management

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Business, Surrey Business School, University of Surrey
  • PGCE (QTS), Lancaster University
  • MA Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • BA (Hons) Geography, University of Staffordshire

Bio

Dr Simon Kimber is Director of the Executive MBA and Senior Lecturer at SP Jain London School of Management. He has extensive international experience in higher education across the UK, China and Vietnam. His teaching and research interests include marketing, leadership, consumer behaviour and strategy, with a particular interest in applied business education and industry engagement. Simon holds a PhD from the University of Surrey and has published in leading international journals.

Subjects Taught

  • Marketing
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • International Business
  • Research Skills

Areas of Expertise

  • Executive Education
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Business Education
  • Industry Engagement

Academic experience

  • Director, Executive MBA, SP Jain London School of Management
  • Head, Centre for Postgraduate Studies, University of Staffordshire at British University Vietnam
  • Programme Leader, MSc Strategic Marketing, Swansea University
  • Director, International Tourism Business Management Faculty, University of Surrey International Institute, China
  • Over 15 years of teaching and academic leadership across the UK, China and Vietnam.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles
  • Zhu, X., & Kimber, S. (2026). Chinese Voluntourist Gaze: A Self-Reflection Perspective. Current Issues in Tourism, 29(4), 734–748.
  • Kimber, S., Yang, J., & Cohen, S. A. (2019). Performing Love, Prosperity and Chinese Hipsterism: Young Independent Travellers in Pai, Thailand. Tourist Studies, 19(2), 164–191.
  • Thomopoulos, N., Cohen, S., Hopkins, D., Siegel, L., & Kimber, S. (2021). All Work and No Play? Autonomous Vehicles and Non-Commuting Journeys. Transport Reviews, 41(4), 456–477.

Book Chapters

  • Kimber, S., Siegel, L., Cohen, S., & Thomopoulos, N. (2020). The Wider Use of Autonomous Vehicles in Non-Commuting Journeys. Advances in Transport Policy and Planning, 5, 125–148.

 Research Funding

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 42571282 (2026–2029)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 42071177 (2021–2024)
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