Rupert is a lecturer at the Nottingham Business School, where he teaches research methods to final year students, supervises doctoral students and conducts research on a range of topics that includes operational improvement in small firms and more recently, Bitcoin. He has published research on topics of business and management in edited books, globally-respected journals for over 10 years and more recently has published in Bitcoin Magazine. Rupert holds degrees in engineering and business and management from the University of Nottingham, U.K.