Webinar Description
In this fourth BAM Wellbeing Webinar, the first in 2026, we bring together a panel of four Management and Organisation scholars from across the spectrum of the academic career cycle. They will share the ups and downs of their academic careers to date and offer some tips for surviving the lows and enjoying the highs. We will collectively discuss the challenge of finding stability and belongingness amidst the ‘roller coaster’ of academic careers.
Please note: Due to the interactive and sensitive nature of these wellbeing webinars, these sessions will not be recorded.
As part of our strategic objective to promote wellbeing and positive mental health in business and management academics and doctoral researchers, we are excited to launch our series of webinars which will run monthly on Fridays 12:00 - 13:30 throughout the Academic year 25/26.
These webinars will be facilitated by Professor Sarah Robinson.
Provider Information
British Academy of Management
Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to all Sections, as detailed in the BAM Framework
Guest Speakers
Noma Mguni
Noma Mguni is a doctoral student at the University of Derby in the UK.
Noma has 7+ years of working in HR and as an employment mentor.
Finally, Noma is the host for Ph.D. hard-talk.
You can subscribe and follow her on YouTube.
Dr Daniel Fisher
Dr Daniel Fisher is a qualitative researcher. His work draws on a wide variety of theoretical lenses to understand public and private dynamics among and between organizations, as well as within occupations.
Daniel's main objective is to understand what it is like to be the person he studies. What tensions do they encounter? How does their physical environment affect them? Why do they execute their job in a particular way? He is equally interested in how organizations, hierarchically or collectively, make sense of their public and private responsibilities.
Daniel's current research program has focused on the UK rail industry as it exemplifies a setting that grapples with both public and private demands. His research has explored narrative constructions of efficiency in public organizations, how organizations shape and influence bodywork of an occupational group, moral dynamics linked with drives for efficiency and wrongdoing by public-private partnerships.
These projects have maintained his interests in processes of automation, discourses and rhetoric, processes of commensuration, misconduct and wrongdoing as well as identity and temporality in organization studies.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-fisher-03b145292/
Dr Emily Yarrow
Dr Emily Yarrow is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Organisations, in the Leadership, Work and Organisation Subject Group. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and Academic Member of the CIPD (MCIPD).
Emily's scholarly work focusses on and contributes to contemporary understandings of gendered organisational behaviour, women's experiences of organisational life, and the future of work. Her research interests broadly include organisational theory, gender and inequality regimes, impact, and governance in higher education.
Emily earned her doctorate at the Centre for Equality and Diversity (CRED) at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She also holds an MA in International Business Management from Newcastle University Business School.
She has contributed to leading journals including: Gender, Work and Organization; Work, Employment and Society; Public Management Review; The British Educational Research Journal, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Emily is an Editorial Review Board Member of: Gender, Work and Organization; Work, Employment and Society; and Group & Organization Management.
Prof Scott Foster
Prof Scott Foster is the PhD Programme Leader and Professor of Postgraduate Research Culture, leading the Doctoral Research Hub for over 311 doctoral students and shaping policy and practice across the Faculty at Liverpool John Moores University. His work is driven by a deep commitment to creating inclusive, supportive, and innovative environments for postgraduate researchers.
His leadership focuses on doctoral education, equality, well-being, and innovation. He spearheaded the Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation project, which transformed recruitment policies and introduced a new framework adopted across the university to improve access for underrepresented groups. International collaborations from Vietnam to Kurdistan have reinforced the importance of cultural sensitivity and adaptability, strengthening his resolve to champion mental health, digital inclusion, and ethical research practices.
Chaired by
Prof Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson is a Co- Vice chair for the British Academy of Management with a responsibility for Academic Career Development (ACD). She is also leading on the academic wellbeing initiative, which is one of BAM’s current strategic priorities, and will be designing and facilitating this webinar series.
Sarah is currently Professor in People and Organisations at IÉSEG School of Management (Paris). She has research interests in professional careers, professional learning and development and has conducted several projects on academic careers including studies of: early career academics; academic wellbeing; academic doubt and failure; and doing academic careers differently.
Benefits of attending
- allow you to engage with the concept of workplace place wellbeing in business and management academia;
- give you the space to reflect on your wellbeing challenges and how to tackle them;
- offer you the opportunity to think about your own personal boundaries and to receive tips on how to set and maintain them.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
This event is free for all to attend.
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
For more information, please visit BAM Membership
Registration closes on 15th January 2026 at 23:59 GMT.
Payment and Cancellation Policy
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Cancellations
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