Becoming a Research-Oriented Professor Development Programme 2022

Professor Tim Vorley OBE

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Oxford Brookes Business School

Professor Tim Vorley is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Oxford Brookes Business School and leads on Entrepreneurship and Enterprise cross the University. His research is on entrepreneurship, enterprise and regional economic development. He works extensively with government departments and has been involved in a number of projects examining the impact of Covid-19 on small and micro businesses.

Tim has led and participated in several large projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), and Horizon Europe. He currently leads the Innovation Caucus funded by ESRC and Innovate UK, was Co-Director of the ESRC funded Productivity Insights Network, and PI of the NextGenPSF project funded by UKRI to accelerate AI Readiness in law and accountancy firms.

Tim is a member of the ESRC Strategic Advisory Network, the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Skills and Talent Advisory Group, and chairs the ESRC’s Transforming Business through Social Science advisory group. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Small Business Charter, created by Lord Young, which is leading the delivery of the Help to Grow Management programme through business schools across the UK.

Tim is also Vice-Chair of the Small Business Charter, created by Lord Young to recognise business schools that play an effective role in supporting small businesses and student entrepreneurship.

Professor Anne-marie Greene

Chair in Work and Diversity, University of York Management School

Professor Anne-marie Greene holds a Chair in Work and Diversity at the University of York Management School. She is Knowledge Exchange/Impact Lead and Interim Deputy Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, with responsibility for Athena Swan.

She joined the University of York in November 2021 and has held previous academic posts at the University of Leicester School of Business (where she was Associate Dean for Research), De Montfort University, University of Warwick, University of Aston and University of North London. She is Chair of the Standing Conference on Organisational Symbolism (SCOS) and Co-Convenor of the Gender and Employment Study Group of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA). She has held editorial positions on the boards of Gender, Work and Organisation; Work, Employment and Society; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Industrial Relations Journal.

Professor Greene researches equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in theory and practice. A particular research interest is the interface between work, life, family and community, especially where a sense of calling, mission or activism is required. This often concerns areas of work that stand outside of the standard employment relationship and which are less formally regulated, bringing with them challenges of management policy and practice and issues of inequality. Current research projects include WomenTheatreJustice-An investigation of Clean Break (www.womentheatrejustice.org) funded by the AHRC and Working with Emotions in Volunteering Toolkit (www.managingvolunteers.org) funded by the ESRC.

New book: The Dynamics of Managing Diversity and Inclusion: A Critical Approach (2022: Routledge). New article: ‘“They can replace you at any time!" (In)Visible Hyper-Ableism, Employment and Sickle Cell Disorders in England' (2021, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research).                                  

New article: ‘Locked up and down: Incarceration, care and art in a pandemic’ (2022, Gender, Work and Organization)

Professor Rick Delbridge

Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff Business School

Rick Delbridge is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Cardiff Business School and co-convenor of the Centre for Innovation Policy Research, Cardiff University. He has previously been Associate Dean for Research for the Business School and the University’s Dean of Research, Innovation & Enterprise. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Research in the Sociology of Work and was previously an editor of Academy of Management Review and Organization. He was the founding co-editor of JMSSays. His main project currently is the design and delivery of a £10M Challenge Fund for Cardiff Capital Region.

Professor Jonathan Liu

Programme Facilitator, BAM Performance Management

Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Ming-Ai (London) Institute and is responsible for the strategic direction of Ming-Ai. He is a founding Dean of the School of Management and Leadership, and Vice Provost at Elite Innovation College Cambridge. He is an adjunct Professor with the University of Wales, Trinity St David where he supervises research students.

Professor Geoffrey Wood

BAM Fellow, DanCap Chair of Innovation and Head of DAN Management, University of Essex and Western University in Canada

In addition to his role at Essex Professor Geoffrey Wood is DanCap Chair of Innovation and Head of DAN Management at Western University in Canada. Previously, he served as Dean and Professor of International Business, at Essex Business School and before then as Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, UK. He has authored/co-authored/edited eighteen books, and over one hundred and eighty articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has an H-index of 41, and an i10 Index of 163. He holds honorary positions at Griffith and Monash University in Australia, and at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Geoff's research interests centre on the relationship between institutional setting, corporate governance, firm finance, and firm level work and employment relations. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, and is also in receipt of an Honorary Doctorate in economics from Aristotle University, Greece. Geoffrey Wood is Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Management, Official Journal of the British Academy of Management (BAM), and is Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Perspectives, Official Journal of the Academy of Management (US), as well as of Human Resource Management. He also serves on the BAM Council. He is also Co-Editor of the Annals of Corporate Governance. He is also editor of the Chartered ABS Journal Ranking list, and International Reviewer of the ABDC Journal Guide. He has had numerous research grants, including funding councils (e.g. ESRC), government departments (e.g. US Department of Labour; UK Department of Works and Pensions), charities (e.g. Nuffield Foundation), the labour movement (e.g. the ITF) and the European Union.

Professor Martyna Sliwa

Martyna Śliwa is Professor of Business Ethics and Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability at Durham University Business School UK. Her research focuses on diversity, inclusivity and intersectionality in organizations, language differences and their effects on organizational hierarchies and power relations. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Management Learning and the Vice-Chair for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity for BAM.

Professor Susan Vinnicombe, CBE

Prof Nic Beech

Vice-Chancellor , Middlesex University

Nic Beech is Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University having previously been a Vice-Principal of the University of St Andrews, Provost of the University of Dundee and Lead Fellow of the ESRC Advanced Institute of Management. He is President of the British Academy of Management, Hon. Treasurer of the Academy of Social Sciences, Chair of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment, Chair of AccessHE and on the board of the UK Quality Assurance Agency, London Higher and the Chartered Management Institute Race Network. He has a particular interest in the role of education in social mobility and economic participation, and in inclusive innovation. His research focused on identity, diversity, change leadership and learning and he has held visiting chairs in the UK, Europe and Australia. Nic has been awarded fellowships or companionships of the British Academy of Management, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Royal Society of Arts, the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management.

Professor David Denyer

Professor of Leadership and Organisational Chamge, Cranfield University

David is a leading authority on organizational resilience and leading change with over 20 years of experience gained in academia, industry and consultancy. He is Professor of Leadership and Organisational Change and Strategic Business Director at Cranfield School of Management and leads the Cranfield University multi-disciplinary Resilience Grand Challenge.

David is Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of the British Academy of Management, Fellow of the CIPD, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Advanced Institute for Management Research and Fellow of the Centre for Evidence-based Management.

David’s academic papers have been cited more than 20,000 times on Google Scholar and he delivers keynotes at high-profile international conferences. Both the Academy of Social Sciences and the Economic and Social Research Council have showcased David’s work as an exemplar of excellence in research impact.

Prof Ashley Braganza

Deputy Dean, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University London

Ashley Braganza is a Deputy Dean of the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University London. The College incorporates Brunel Business School, Brunel Law School, Department of Economics and Finance, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Arts and Humanities and the Department of Education. He holds the Chair in Organisational Transformation in the Business School.

He is the Director of Brunel’s Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Programme Director of the Masters in AI Strategy.  His research interests encompass artificial intelligence, big data, change management, strategy implementation, process and knowledge management, and transformation enabled information systems. He has published over 100 papers in prestigious academic and practitioner journals and three books. He is the Founder of the British Academy of Management Special Interest Group in Transformation, Change and Development. He has carried out over 50 consultancy assignments with large global organisations.