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Professor Sarah Robinson

Co-Vice Chair: Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building

Sarah Robinson is a Professor at Rennes School of Business and a visting Professor at the University of Glasgow. Previously, she worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, the Open University, Lancaster University and in international development in China and Ukraine.

Her interests relate to learning in its many forms, both personal and organisational. She is particularly interested in developing visual, digital and hermeneutic research methodologies for organisational research and in applications of Pierre Bourdieu’s work to organisation studies. 

Projects

Current projects include:

• a study of the learning and development of early career academics in contemporary business schools
• the origins and development of the English wine industry
• the genesis of women as political leaders in Scotland.

Journals

Sarah has published in a broad range of journals including:

• Human Relations
• Organization Studies
• British Journal of Management
• Organisation
• Business History
• Management Learning
• Leadership and International Small Business Journal.

Professor David Sarpong

Co-Vice Chair: Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building

David Sarpong is Professor of Strategy and the Marketing and Strategy Subject Group Head at Aston Business School, Aston University. An elected Vice Chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM), David serves on the BAM Council’s Sub-Committee of Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB), and is a former Convenor of the Annual Doctoral Symposium of the Academy. A Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, David has since 2015 conducted research on Russia's Basic Research Program (RBRP) on 'Global Competitiveness’ at the National Research University in Moscow. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Strategy and Management, and currently enjoys a Visiting Professorship at the Bristol Business School, and an Honorary Research Fellowship at the School of Management, Information Technology, and Public Governance, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Professor Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki FBAM

Chaired Professor of International Business, University of Vienna, Austria

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, BA, PhD is Chaired Professor of International Business and Head of the Department of Marketing and International Business at the University of Vienna, Austria. She is also Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, UK.

Before she joined the University of Vienna, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki was Professor of International Business at the University of Leeds, UK. She holds a PhD from the University of Strathclyde, UK where she subsequently remained as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Her doctoral studies were supported by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, while her Post-doctoral research was funded by the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK.

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki currently serves as Associate Editor in the British Journal of Management. Her research interests refer to qualitative research in International Business; SME and family firm internationalization and international entrepreneurship. She also seeks to understand and problematize the role of time, context and space in International Business theorizing. She has published in highly ranked academic journals including the Academy of Management Review, British Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business and Journal of Management Studies.

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki has been awarded the Medal for Research of the British Academy of Management (BAM) in 2023. In 2021, she received the prestigious Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Decade Award for her co-authored paper entitled “Theorising from Case Studies: Towards a Pluralist Future for International Business Research”. She is regularly invited as a guest Professor and keynote speaker at leading international universities and conferences and provides supervision for PhD Theses.

Prof Mathew Hughes

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Leicester

Mathew (Mat) Hughes is Schulze Distinguished Professor and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Leicester School of Business. His expertise lies in entrepreneurial management and innovation strategy, with a special interest in entrepreneurial orientation. Mat has published in world-leading journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, British Journal of Management, and Long-Range Planning. Mat sits on several editorial review boards, including the Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, and British Journal of Management. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Family Business Strategy and Journal of Business Research and Senior Editor of FamilyBusiness.org. Mat also has several teaching and research awards to his name.

Prof Adina Dudau

Professor of Public Management, University of Glasgow

Adina Dudau is Professor of Public Management at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School and Senior Fellow at the University of Glasgow Centre for Public Policy. She is a regular at management and public administration conferences and has published in top journals in the field. She is also serving on the BAM Council, the IRSPM executive board, as well as being co-editor of the European Management Journal, and associate editor of Public Management Review and of Journal of Management Inquiry. 

Adina's work has been funded by the EU, UKRI, CIMA and Carnegie Trust. Her current research is three-fold: research policy (research ecosystems including doctoral training, people, culture and environment), public service ecosystems, and the impact of digitalisation on the future of work and on integrity management and corruption.