Professor Jason Whalley

Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Jason has more than a decade's experience as an academic. His research focuses on the telecommunications industry, examining how the structure of telecommunications markets has changed over it and the consequences that arise. His research has been published in journals such as International Business Review, info and Telecommunications Policy. Jason has worked with a variety of regulatory bodies and telecommunication companies, exploring how regulatory regimes develop and organisations exploit technological change. Previously Jason worked in the Department of Management Science, Strathclyde Business School.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research focuses on the telcommunications industry. It explores issues arising from the dynamic interaction between technological change, changing market structures and regulation. My research covers both fixed and mobile telecommunications, and is broad in its geographical scope.

Key Publications

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Applying agency theory in a complicated context: a Cynefin-guided framework for cloud contracting, Lu, Q., Damij, N., Whalley, J. 24 May 2026, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Editorial: Papers from a recent European conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Gijón, C., Rua, A., Stocker, V., Whalley, J. 1 May 2026, In: Telecommunications Policy
Old technologies in a modern communications landscape: public call boxes and universal service in the UK, Whalley, J., Stocker, V. 15 May 2026, In: Information Technology and People
The emergence of a national wholesale operator – the case of CityFibre in the UK, Whalley, J., Curwen, P. 11 Mar 2026, In: Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
The geopolitics of technology in the United Kingdom, Sutherland, E., Whalley, J. 29 Jan 2026, The Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Technology, London, United Kingdom, Routledge
Changing Market Structures and New Services: Mobile Operators in Africa and Latin America, Curwen, P., Whalley, J. 2 Sep 2025, The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media, New York, United States, Routledge
Is disruption the second time around easier? The case of Iliad and the Italian telecommunications market, Yang, S., Vialle, P., Whalley, J. 1 Sep 2025, In: Telecommunications Policy
Creating value from 5G: The challenge for mobile operators, Whalley, J., Curwen, P. 1 Mar 2024, In: Telecommunications Policy
Platform ecosystem research in the technology and innovation management discipline: a multi-method literature review, Mukhopadhyay, S., Whalley, J., Pandey, R., Ranganathan, V. 21 May 2024, In: Benchmarking
Rural co-working: New network spaces and new opportunities for a smart countryside, Bosworth, G., Whalley, J., Füzi, A., Merrell, I., Chapman, P., Russell, E. Jan 2023, In: Journal of Rural Studies

PGR Supervision

Arianna Johnson-Castro Equity and Inclusion in Online Dating: Understanding LGBTQ+ experiences on dating platforms in Brazil Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025

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