Billy Greville
Management and Business Studies
ESRC +3
University of Bristol, Business SchoolStart date: September 2022
Research topic: Investing or Gambling? Understanding online retail investor culture in the UK.
My research will explore recent changes to consumer behaviour, technology and online culture related to retail investing, to reopen fundamental questions about the nature and meaning of investing in light of increased participation in the financial markets since the pandemic. Specifically, I will examine if this has become more speculative and high-risk, and thus, showing evidence of an evolving relationship with gambling culture.As a Consumer Culture Theory scholar, I will investigate the area holistically, meaning a view from both production (Industry/state) and consumption (consumers) will be pursued, principally using qualitative digital methods (i.e Netnography; WalkThrough Method; interviews).
Research supervisors: Prof. Sharon Collard, Dr Fiona Spotswood, Dr Raffaello Rossi
Email: lq22363@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billygreville/
Chris Dimos
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, School of ManagementStart date: September 2017
Research topic: The effectiveness of innovation policy and its implications for industrial strategy; a behavioural approach
The research focuses on innovation policy and industrial strategy. More specifically, I am interested in the effectiveness of public R&D support measures in promoting private R&D and innovation and the associated implications for industrial strategy. Beyond the effects on R&D and innovation outputs, the study will attempt to capture firm-level behavioural changes due to the receipt of public support.Research supervisors: Dr Phil Tomlinson , Professor Hugh Lauder
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Meta-Analysis of Economic Research Network (MAER-Net), Hendrix College (since 2013)The Open Review (TOR) journal
Email: c.dimos@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdimos0
Clodagh Murphy
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business Studies (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, Business SchoolStart date: October 2019
Research topic: Corporate Governance and Gender Diversity
Looking to better understand, through research, the role that stakeholders play in creating and sustaining gender diversity in the boardroom. In addition, seeking to contribute to the research on the impact gender diversity has on a firms’ financial and non-financial performance metrics.Research supervisors: Prof. Ruth Sealey, Prof. Ilke Inceoglu, Dr. Johanne Ward-Grosvold
Email: cr539@exeter.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clodaghmurphy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClodaghFMurphy
Di Liu
Management and Business Studies
1+3 ESRC
University of Bristol, Business SchoolStart date: September 2022
Research topic: Estimating the Effectiveness of Internal Carbon Pricing: Evidence from Companies and Higher Education Organizations
My research intends to explore the impact of different types of internal carbon pricing methods on different types of organizations, such as companies in different industries and higher education organizations. The research will support the decision-making process for the selection of internal carbon pricing methods and provide target references for different types of organizations to maximize the benefits of internal carbon pricing.Research supervisors: Dr. Minhao Zhang, Prof. Palie Smart, Dr. Bangong Zhi
Email: yo22400@bristol.ac.uk
Website/Blog: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Di_Liu105
Joseph Harrison
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, School of ManagementStart date: October 2019
Research topic: An assessment of the impact of front end project initiation activities on the long-term deliverability of major projects.
Since the evolution of project management as a research discipline, the field has suffered from chronic lack of understanding surrounding the complexity and challenges facing the initiating phase (i.e. project front-end) of major projects. This research addresses that gap through an investigation into the activities completed at the front-end of large-scale projects in order to help better understand, and provide reasoning behind, why this under-researched stage in the project life-cycle can have such a significant impact upon a projects end result.Research supervisors: Prof. Michael Lewis , Prof. Jens Roehrich
Email: jwh65@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-harrison-860219bb/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/harrison_jw
Katherine Wall
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business Studies (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, School of Economics, Finance and ManagementStart date: September 2018
Research topic: Organising for change: Understanding the relationship between prefigurative practice and strategic focus in social movement organisations’ theorisation of social change.
My name is Katherine Wall. I am a PhD student at the University of Bristol exploring the relationship between land and racial justice in England. I am interested in uncovering the interconnected histories of land and racial injustice; desires and imaginings of a more just future; and questions of what can be done in the present that takes into account these histories and builds towards reparative futures.Research supervisors: Dr Patricia Gaya, Prof Keri Facer
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Social movement facilitator with Resist+Renew and Organising for Change.Email: kat.wall@bristol.ac.uk
Marta Staff
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business Studies (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, Business SchoolStart date: October 2020
Research topic: An Investigation into Operations Research (OR) Methods for the Demand and Supply-side Modelling of Donor Human Milk Banks
I will be looking into Operations Research in the healthcare setting, using the field of human milk banking as a case study, which is an area of particular interest to me. This will include examining the full-cycle of human milk donation, milk banking, and hospital use in the UK.Research supervisors: Professor Navonil Mustafee, Professor Gianluca Veronesi (Bristol)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
OR Society Student MemberSWDTP Student Rep
Email: ms670@exeter.ac.uk
Melissa Treen
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business Studies (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, School of ManagementStart date: October 2017
Research topic: Multiple Foci of Commitment and Tacit Knowledge Sharing in the Knowledge Economy: A Theory Towards the Multi-Focality of Knowledge Sharing
My research will employ qualitative research methods to explore the interrelationship between multiple foci of commitment and tacit knowledge sharing in Professional Services Firms (PSFs). With the shift towards the knowledge economy, employees now work within as well as across organisational boundaries, throwing up a plethora of challenges and moving the spotlight away from the traditional dyadic employer-employee relationship. Arguably, the personal nature of tacit knowledge sharing has now become the most valuable form of capital for PSFs, which calls into question individual agency in the knowledge sharing process, as influenced by multiple foci of commitment.Research supervisors: Professor Juani Swart, Dr Nina Hansen
Professional memberships/Positions held:
TOR- Social MediaEmail: mct36@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melissatreen
Michael Rogerson
Management and Business Studies, Student Rep
PhD Researcher in Management and Business (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, School of ManagementStart date: September 2018
Research topic: Modern slavery, the Modern Slavery Act, organizations, and supply chains
My research centres on how institutions affect firm behaviours around modern slavery in the UK and Russia, with a particular focus on the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. Why have so many companies not yet reported as legally required by the law? Why is modern slavery so prevalent in modern business?Research supervisors: Professor Andy Crane, Dr Johanne Ward-Grosvold
Email: mr900@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikerogerson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSR_Michael
Michelle Tjahjono
Management and Business Studies
University of Bristol, Business SchoolStart date: September 2024
Research topic: Unravelling Social Commerce’s Design Elements and Its Role in the Cycle of Fashion Overconsumption
My research explores how social commerce (an integration of social media and e-commerce) contributes to the overconsumption of fast fashion, despite growing awareness of its environmental impact. Platforms like Instagram and TikTok integrate entertainment with shopping, driving impulsive, trend-focused purchases among young consumers. This sociocultural phenomena highlights a disconnect between environmental concerns and actual behaviors, rooted in societal pressures and normalised fast fashion consumption. By investigating social commerce’s design elements, I aim to understand how social commerce perpetuates fast fashion and identify what these ingrained consumption norms are that inhibit more sustainable shopping practices.Research supervisors: Dr Fiona Spotswood, Professor Caroline Moraes
Email: sr24825@bristol.ac.uk miche.tjahj@gmail.com
Simon Wilde
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, School of ManagementStart date: September 2014
Research topic: Risks and returns from infrastructure investing
Research supervisors: Professor Ian Tonks, Professor George Bulkley
Email: sgw31@bath.ac.uk
Violet Broadhead
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management and Business Studies (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, School of Economics, Finance and ManagementStart date: October 2019
Research topic: The role of UK charity shops within sustainable retailing and consumption
My research interests include sustainable consumption and second-hand economies, with a specific focus on the charity retail sector. With the growth of public awareness of sustainability issues, charity shops are increasingly identified with sustainable consumption, while changing legislation puts pressure on the sector to engage with the issue directly. My doctoral research explores how sustainability is interpreted and put into practice by stakeholders in the UK charity retail sector, how understandings of sustainability interact with the other values, goals and priorities of charity retailers (for example, fundraising imperatives), and the consequences of this interaction for material flows. I favour qualitative methods, particularly ethnographic ones, and am interested in approaches which allow close attention to the material and its interplay in social relations.Research supervisors: Professor David Evans, Professor Dale Southerton
Email: v.broadhead.2019@bristol.ac.uk
Zoe Sanderson
Management and Business Studies
PhD Researcher in Management (ESRC +3)
University of Bristol, School of Economics, Finance and ManagementStart date: October 2017
Research topic: Developing critical perspectives in work and organizational psychology
I’m curious about the construction and management of ideology in non-profit organisations, and issues of meaningful work and identification in these contexts. I expect my work to use qualitative and participatory methodologies.Research supervisors: Dr Humphrey Bourne, Dr Patricia Gaya
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Member of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational PsychologyEmail: zoe.sanderson@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoesander
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