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BEI DIGEST
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER - ISSUE #7
there is so much public engagement work
EXECUTIVE across BEI and the launch of the CfPD is one
way to help capture these activities. CfPD
DEAN’S Director Dr Pamela Yeow (Management) has
FOREWORD also launched the BEI Talks series with Aran
Welcome to the summer 2021 BEI newsletter. Jones and Dr Balissa Greene as the first two
This marks the end of teaching for the 2020- presenters on what will become a regular
21 academic year and I want to use this as an series through the Centre.
opportunity to thank all involved in the
development and delivery of online modules Whilst the REF 2021 may now be over, it
throughout this past year. It has been a hasn’t stopped our colleagues from
challenge, underpinned by a constant sense of continuing to pursue research, as you will
uncertainty, but the online support and read in this edition. A special mention to Dr
learning experience that we have provided to Hubie Chen (Computer Science) for his
our students has been extremely well thought award of £594,000 by the Engineering and
through and delivered. I want to also take the Physical Sciences Research Council for his
opportunity to acknowledge the commitment project in query evaluation. These outputs
of our students this year. It has not been easy continue to demonstrate our strengths in
to adapt to online learning but it is a real research.
delight to hear so much positive feedback and
At this point, it is difficult to say what the
a real vindication of the work everyone has
next academic year will look like. We have,
put in.
throughout this pandemic, made
Outside of teaching, it has been a busy predictions that we would be returning to
summer term. We have had the annual face-to-face delivery, only to have to
series of Memorial Lectures – all online – continue to deliver online as circumstances
welcoming Paul Johnson, Paul Clarke, Kwasi change. Whilst I am confident (and hopeful)
Kwarteng MP and next week Professor that we will be able to welcome colleagues
Sally Maitlis to present on a range of very and students back to Bloomsbury in
topical issues. We have also had the October, we must also remain vigilant.
postgraduate graduation ceremony and the Whatever happens, the hard work by all this
BEI prizegiving ceremony to acknowledge academic year means we go into the next
the exceptional performance by students with a strong offer and one that I believe
from each department. The BEI Centre for will be different, yet improved, from the pre-
Professional Development (CfPD) has been COVID era. I wish you all a healthy summer
launched to demonstrate our commitment and hope to be able to see you all in person
to knowledge sharing, increasing public come the autumn.
understanding of our research and
providing training opportunities for Dr Geoff Walters
organisations. As reported in this edition, Executive Dean, BEI School
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IN THIS ISSUE: June, Paul Clarke addressed the collision of
physical and digital worlds in the Andrew
School Highlights..……………………………2 and Kathleen Booth Memorial Lecture, while
Public Engagement…………………………...4 the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP provided an
update on the government’s response to
Awards, Honours and Appointments.......6 climate change in the Lord Marshall
Memorial Lecture.
International Students Update…..............7
We look forward to welcoming Professor
Latest PhD Graduates from BEI……….…..8
Sally Maitlis, Saïd Business School, University
New Staff Appointments and of Oxford, to address the topic of leadership
Promotions……………………………………..8 and mental health in July’s Alec Rodger
Memorial Lecture. This event is open to all
Coming Soon……………………………..……9 and is free to book online.
Staff Spotlight…………………..….............10
Latest Publications…………………….…...11 BEI TALKS
BEI’s new conversation series welcomes
speakers with an inspiring career story
SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS to share their experience with our
community. In May, we heard from Aran
MEMORIAL LECTURES TACKLE Jones, Co-Founder, SaySomethingInWelsh,
TECHNOLOGY, POST-COVID on a range of issues affecting his business
RECOVERY AND MENTAL HEALTH and consumers, from inclusive pricing to
IN THE WORKPLACE building a positive online community.
We are excited to welcome Dr Balissa
Greene, Assistant Head of Diversity and
Inclusion at the British Army to discuss
equality in the workplace at our next event.
Book your place.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
POSTGRADUATE CLASS OF 2021
BEI’s 2021 Memorial Lectures welcomed On Wednesday 28 April, we hosted our
leading figures in government and online graduation and prizegiving
industry to address the key challenges of a ceremonies. Graduates received their award
post-COVID-19, post-Brexit society. Paul (virtually) in a ceremony with Professor
Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal David Latchman, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Geoff
Studies outlined the economic choices Walters, Executive Dean of the School of BEI
facing Boris Johnson’s government in and Baroness Joan Bakewell, President of
May’s Ronald Tress Memorial Lecture. In Birkbeck.
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In the evening, students who had performed as ‘carbon literates’ by the Carbon Literacy
exceptionally well in their studies were Trust will help promote carbon literacy and
presented with awards at the BEI Prizegiving empower our members to minimise
Ceremony. After a particularly challenging personal carbon footprints. I do highly
academic year, this was a welcome commend carbon literacy training to all.”
opportunity to recognise the talent and
determination of our students. We would
like to congratulate all our graduates on MANAGEMEMENT AND OP PHD
completing their studies and wish them CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL
every success in the future.
After a forced year out in 2020, the joint
The opening ceremony and a list of this Management and Organizational
year’s prizewinners is available to view Psychology PhD Conference was back with a
online. bang on 22 June 2021. Organised by PhD
students Isabel Beydag (OP), Manista
BEI OFFERS CARBON LITERACY Cooshna (OP), Yemidale Odunze (MGMT)
TRAINING TO RESEARCH and Stella Xu (MGMT), the day began with a
STUDENTS keynote speech on ‘Research as Practice’
from Professors Emma Bell (Open
University) and Hugh Wilmott (Cass
Business School). Research students then
had the opportunity to present their work to
a live audience and receive questions and
feedback from academics and their peers.
PhD Programme Directors Dr Konstantinos
Chalkias and Dr Rebecca Whiting
commented on the high calibre of
The Carbon Literacy Training at Birkbeck is presentations and how the event and its
led by Dr Fred A Yamoah with funding opportunity for collaboration between staff,
awarded by The Society for the students and academic departments was
Advancement of Management Studies much missed last year. Congratulations to
(SAMS) UK towards integrating the following students on their awards,
sustainability in management education. which were presented at the closing
ceremony:
Dr Yamoah – the lead for the UN Principles
of Responsible Management Education Best Presentation
(PRME) at Birkbeck – said at the inaugural • Isabel Beydag (OP)
session: “This is an exciting opportunity to • Carolann Edwards (OP)
offer our students and staff the chance to • Yunwen Jiang (MGMT)
appreciate the basics and importance of Best Poster
climate change and carbon emissions and • Margaret Ochieng (OP)
to highlight our collective and individual • Greg Swaysland (OP)
responsibilities and contributions. Getting • Yemidale Odunze (MGMT)
many of the Birkbeck community accredited
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MASTER’S STUDENTS TAKE PART working’ to the NHS HR Directors
IN GREENING ENERGY AND Network (Southeast) at the inaugural
FINANCE SUMMER SCHOOL AgiLab workshop hosted by the
University of Sussex in May 2021.
Five Birkbeck Master’s students were among • Professor Walter Beckert (EMS) and
the 46 attendees of a 5-day Summer School co-authors Professors Howard Smith
and Yuya Takahashi published an article
on Greening Energy and Finance, part of
on individualised pricing and market
the GrEnFin EU grant that Professor Hélyette
power in VoxEU.
Geman received for Birkbeck with the
• Dr Konstantinos Chalkias (MGMT)
Universities of Bologna, Vienna, Katowice contributed to a Geneva Association
and Paris Dauphine Munich. The Summer research report on ‘Public-Private
School took place in Katowice, Poland, Solutions to Pandemic Risk’.
from 7 – 11 June. Students received a • Research by Dr Benedetta Crisafulli
certificate of attendance and a mark for (MGMT) on social media influencers
their project on solar panels. published in the Journal of Business
Research was featured in a radio
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT episode at 2SER radio in Australia.
• Professor Hélyette Geman (EMS)
• Daniele Archibugi (MGMT) gave hosted the Symposium 'Women for
a webinar at the Center for European Climate' at Birkbeck. The Keynote talk for
Studies, Syracuse University, Maxwell 'Women in Quantitative Finance', 4th
School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Edition, was organized in London,
on ‘Italian Politics from Draghi (2021) to sponsored by HSBC and Bank of
Draghi (2021)’ on March 19 2021. America and delivered online. Professor
Professor Archibugi also participated at Geman also gave a talk at the
a round table on ‘Is the responsible conference ‘The Commodities
university adapted to the Law of the Sypercycle’, organized on 24 May by the
Market?’ organised by the RNI Forum Policy Center for the New South, Rabat,
Innovation 2021, France on June 2 2021. Morocco.
• Daniele Archibugi (MGMT) and Vitant • Dr Jan Hidders (CSIS) was invited to a
onio Mariella gave a webinar on ‘Is a panel ‘Executive Roundtable - The
European Recovery Possible Without Future of Graph Query Languages: the
High-Tech Public Corporations?’ at the GQL and SQL PGQ Standards’ to discuss
Institute for Innovation and Public the ongoing standardisation efforts for
Purpose, UCL on June 7 2021. Archibugi graph data management at the GRAPH
and Mariella will also give this webinar + AI Summit, April 2021. Dr Hidders also
at the School of European Political gave the keynote address on the
Economy of Luiss University, Rome in Property Graph Schema Working Group
July. and was invited to a panel discussion on
• Professor Alexandra Beauregard (OP) ‘Standardisation efforts for knowledge-
delivered a presentation on ‘Managing graphs’, moderated by Josh Shinavier
the work-life interface: Insights from the from Uber, at the Knowledge Graph
pandemic and implications for flexible Conference, May 2021.
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• Dr Caroline Kamau-Mitchell (OP) • Professor Helen Lawton Smith
provided written evidence to the House (MGMT) was moderator of an
of Lords on the implications of Long international panel discussion on ‘Policy
Covid for the UK workforce as part of insights on building high tech clusters’
their inquiry for the UK government’s in an online event on ‘Policy for High
risk assessment and planning. Tech Clusters – Lessons from Cambridge,
• Dr Sue Konzelmann (MGMT) gave UK’, The OECD Centre for
invited talks on ‘John Maynard Keynes, Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and
Adolf Berle & the Modern Debate about Cities (CFE) and the Global
Corporate Purpose’ at the University of Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), March
Lisbon and University of Coimbra, 13 30 2021.
May 2021 and ‘The Corporate • Professor George Magoulas (CSIS)
Governance Machine’, Discussant was keynote speaker at the virtual
for UCL / LSE Law and Finance Seminar, International Conference ‘STE(A)M
16 March 2021. Dr Konzelmann also educators & education’, 7-9 May 2021.
gave a presentation on ‘After the The conference was an initiative
Pandemic: A New Approach to supported by the Greek Ministry of
Economics and Society – Or Back to Education, the Community for Science
Business as Usual?’ to the Co-operative Education in Europe and the EU, and
and Labour Parties in North Wales, 17 aimed at bringing together teachers,
May 2021. educators, researchers, academics,
• Dr Sue Konzelmann (MGMT) was a education providers and policy makers
signatory for the open letters ‘Call to at an international level to discuss the
Action on Sustainable Corporate future of STE(A)M Education.
Governance’, The Modern Corporation: • Professor Almuth McDowall and Dr
Corporate Governance for the 21st David Gamblin (OP) are collaborating
Century, 18 March 2021 and ‘Debt and with Police Now to investigate the
Our GDP’, The Times, 3 March 2021. impact of Police Now graduates in a
• Dr Sue Konzelmann (MGMT) features longitudinal project to 2023.
in videos discussing a new book by the
Progressive Economy Forum, ‘The
Return of the State: Restructuring Britain
for the Common Good’ and
her contributing chapter to the book.
• Professor Helen Lawton Smith
(MGMT) gave talks on ‘Support
Networks for BAME and disabled
entrepreneurs’ to the British Business
Bank Northern Ireland Entrepreneurship
and Diversity Group, March 18 2021 and • Dr Halley Pontes (OP) delivered a
on ‘Regional Geographies of Innovation training session to over 700 individuals
and Entrepreneurship Support: An EDI on healthy technology use. The training
Approach’, Circle, Lund University, session was facilitated by the National
February 17 2021. Register of Health Service Psychologists
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in partnership with the American increase women’s employment in Italy
Psychological Association (June 2021). on 29 March 2021.
• Mark Stringer (OP) featured in the • Dr Hubie Chen (CSIS) has been
Birkbeck Connections video series awarded a £594,000 grant by the
discussing his PhD research: What do Engineering and Physical Sciences
you want from me? A Lacanian Research Council for a project in query
interpretation of Jouissance, Desire and evaluation.
Lack within Employee Engagement.
Mark also presented at two workshops
at Imperial College on politics and
organisational change to over 80
academics and staff.
• Dr Kevin Teoh (OP) spoke about
‘Understanding and managing doctor
burnout’ at the Australasian
Gynaecological Endoscopy & Surgical
Society Conference.
• Dr Lilith Whiley and Professor
Alexandra Beauregard (OP) delivered a
presentation on ‘The trans employee
journey’ at the University of Greenwich’s • Dr Benedetta Crisafulli (MGMT) is co-
Diversity Interest Group and LGBT Staff editing a special issue on ‘Sustainable
Community seminar on Contemporary Business, Social Responsibility, Ethics
Experiences: Understanding the Trans and Consumer Behaviour Research’ in
Experience in Work and Healthcare in Sustainability open access journal.
April 2021. • Dr Jan Hidders (CSIS) joined the Board
of Directors of the Linked Data
Benchmark Council (LDBC) to represent
AWARDS, HONOURS Birkbeck in March 2021. LDBC is one of
the internationally leading organisations
AND APPOINTMENTS with both academic and industrial
partners that focuses on developing
• The Department of Organizational standards and benchmarks for graph-
Psychology has been awarded £10,000 based data-management platforms and
by The Association of Heads of databases.
Psychology Departments to survey the • Dr Yi-Ling Lai (OP) was appointed as
experience of neurodiverse students. Associate Editor, Journal of Work-
Shafag Garayeva will work on this as a Applied Management.
postdoctoral researcher. • Professor Helen Lawton Smith
• Professor Daniele Archibugi (MGMT) (MGMT) has been awarded a BEI School
was confirmed in the Academic Council Impact Grant (2021) of £4865 for the
of the Venice International University on project ‘Engaged Scholarship:
28 May 2021. Professor Archibugi was Addressing regional inequalities in
also appointed to a Working Group of innovation opportunities for BAME and
the Italian Labour Ministry on how to disabled entrepreneurs.’
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• Filipe Martins (OP) received the Wednesday 9 June was an emotional day as
Students’ Union ‘Birkbeck Heroes’ Birkbeck's BEI international students met at
award for Outstanding Contribution to their very first face-to face event of 2021.
Birkbeck. Feedback from a student said This event gave attendees a crucial
‘[Filipe] is an amazing empathetic networking opportunity and a chance to get
person, and I can only imagine how to know Birkbeck - and Bloomsbury - in
different my journey studying MSc could person. Although this event took place
have been without his wonderful towards the end of the summer term,
influence and encouragement.’ attendees were as keen to get involved as
• Dr Kevin Teoh (OP) was appointed students might be expected to be at the
Executive Officer for the European start of term. Andrea and Will were
Academy of Occupational Health delighted to receive a number of further
Psychology. Dr Jo Yarker and Dr Rachel event suggestions and are excited to have
Lewis were also appointed to the booked an upcoming afternoon visit to
Executive Board as Co-Chairs of the Buckingham Palace.
Practitioner Forum.
• Dr Rebecca Whiting (OP) was
nominated for the Sage 2021 Prize for
Innovation and Excellence (together with
her co-author, Professor Gillian Symon)
for the paper: Whiting, R., and Symon, G.
(2020). Digi-Housekeeping: The Invisible
Work of Flexibility. Work, Employment
and Society, 34(6), 1079-1096.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS UPDATE
SUMMER PICNIC ALLOWS NEW
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO
MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME
Throughout the spring and summer terms
of 2021, Andrea Williams and Will Richards
have worked hard to enhance the
international student experience within BEI.
For the second of the School’s face-to-face
Building upon the digital engagement that activities this term, Will Richards hosted a
started with the pandemic, the school is walking tour of Bloomsbury alongside
delighted to have resumed its face-to face professional tour guide, Tim Kidd. On Friday
student experience events in line with the 18 June, although very damp, the BEI
gradual lockdown easing in England. international students were treated to a
fascinating walking tour of the local area,
London’s academic district. Although the
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school is proud to have hosted a number • Panagiotis Iliopoulos (MGMT), Essays
of virtual tours since the start of the on the network structure of global value
pandemic in 2020, we anticipate more and chains and global production networks
more face-to face walking tours as COVID- • Lida Metallinou (MGMT), An
19 measures are lifted. examination of the role of comparative
advantages on Chinese outward foreign
More networking picnics and walking direct investment: the case of cross-
tours have been scheduled (Financial border mergers & acquisitions and
District, along the Thames, Legal District, greenfield investments
East London and its markets) as well as a • Dina Mansour (MGMT), An institutional
string concert in the Birkbeck marquee. theory interrogation of the Egyptian
business services sector: the triad
We also continue to offer online events and relationship of institutions,
are planning to run these activities entrepreneurship and institutional
throughout the summer so that January intermediaries
starters and continuing students can stay in • Chong Zhong (MGMT), Bribery and
touch with us. corruption: their relationships with
resource constraints, innovation and
OFDI
NEW STAFF
APPOINTMENTS AND
PROMOTIONS
Congratulations to the following colleagues
on their recent promotions:
LATEST PHD Computer Science and Information
GRADUATES FROM BEI Systems
Congratulations to the following PhD • Dr Carsten Fuhs has been promoted to
candidates who have successfully defended Senior Lecturer
their theses: • Dr Felix Reidl has been promoted to
Senior Lecturer
• Blanca Grey (MGMT), The
organisational dynamics of integrating Economics, Mathematics & Statistics
corporate responsibility: a sensemaking
approach • Dr David Schroeder has been
• Elizabeth Hornby (MGMT), How do we promoted to Reader
talk about whistleblowing? A pragmatic
textual discursive analysis of
institutionalised whistleblowing in the UK
Banking industry
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Management A warm welcome to the following new staff
members:
• Dr Sue Konzelmann has been
promoted to Professor Management
• Dr Geoff Walters has been promoted
to Professor • Dr Oliver Bährisch, Lecturer in
• Dr Muthu De Silva has been promoted Management (from 1 September)
to Reader • Dr Sara Chaudhry, Senior Lecturer in
• Dr Luca Andriani has been promoted to Management (from 1 September)
Senior Lecturer • Jay Oliver-Kramer, Administrator
• Dr Konstantinos Chalkias has been
promoted to Senior Lecturer Organizational Psychology
• Sean Hamil has been promoted to
Senior Lecturer • Dr Rashpal Dhensa-Kahlon, Lecturer in
• Dr Ashok Kumar has been promoted to Organizational Psychology
Senior Lecturer • Dr Halley Pontes, Lecturer in
• Dr Ellen Yu has been promoted to Organizational Psychology
Senior Lecturer
• Liam Gannicliffe has been promoted to BEI Centre
Team Leader for 12 months to cover
while Claudia Rehm is on maternity • Ryan Arthur, Learning Development
leave Coordinator
• Vanessa Schreiber has been promoted
to Team Leader COMING SOON
• Ingrid Kroeber Sodre has been
promoted to Administrator The Centre for Innovation Management
Research will host an event on ‘Civilizing AI’
Organizational Psychology on Wednesday 14 July from 1-2pm, with
speakers Charles Radclyffe, Riham Satti and
• Dr Rachel Lewis has been promoted to chaired by Andrew Atter. Book your place.
Reader
• Dr Rebecca Whiting has been
promoted to Reader
• Dr Joanna Yarker has been promoted
to Reader
• Dr Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya has
been promoted to Senior Lecturer
• Dr Lisbeth Drury has been promoted to
Senior Lecturer Professor Sarah Hart’s first book Once
• Dr Kevin Teoh has been promoted to Upon a Prime will be published by Flatiron
Senior Lecturer in 2023. It is an exploration of the many
ways mathematics can transform our
understanding of literature, and vice-versa.
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9programme. To continue the legacy of
STAFF SPOTLIGHT the KLab, Alex founded and directed the
Professor Alex Poulovassilis retired in April Birkbeck Knowledge Lab, engaging with
2021 after over 22 years of service at colleagues from different departments and
Birkbeck. schools.
As well as holding several leadership roles in
the school, Alex has made key contributions
to the work of the College towards
achieving gender equality in STEM career
development. Specifically, she established
the ComputingWomen@BBK initiative with
the aim of promoting and supporting
women’s careers in Computer Science and
IT through mentoring, networking, social
events and outreach activities. Her
contributions provided a core ingredient
towards achieving the Athena SWAN Bronze
award at department level and supported
the College to reach the same level overall.
Alex reflects on her time at Birkbeck.
Having studied Mathematics at Cambridge What’s your #BBKStory?
and following work in the IT industry, Alex After my first degree, I was lucky enough to
completed her MSc and PhD in Computer get a job as a Programmer Analyst at IBM in
Science at Birkbeck in the 1980s. After Greece. I really enjoyed that job, which
conducting research at other University of involved talking to potential users about
London colleges, she returned to Birkbeck in their requirements for new software
1999 as a senior academic. systems, then designing, implementing and
delivering those systems to the customers. I
At Birkbeck, Alex led the formation of The
found I enjoyed that loop of interaction with
London Knowledge Lab, a unique
people and the creativity of making
collaboration between the Institute of
something new as much as the technical
Education and the Department of Computer
aspect of creating the system. After a few
Science and Information Systems. Founded
years of doing that, I felt that I needed a
with support by a major grant from the
formal academic computing qualification. I
Science Research Investment Fund, the KLab
came and did the Master’s at Birkbeck,
brought together over 50 computer and
which was great fun, and for my dissertation
social scientists working on over 120
project I joined Peter King’s research group
research projects from 2003-2015. The KLab
in databases. I did my Master’s project
is widely recognised for its legacy of deeply
researching into triple stores. These were
successful interdisciplinary research, the
really cutting edge at the time; there were
variety of its knowledge exchange and
just a few groups working on them, only in
public engagement activities, and a
the UK, and now this technique is the
distinctive postgraduate training
foundation of the semantic web, so it was
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10hugely rewarding for those of us who were becoming the first Assistant Dean for
working in that area. When I joined Research in the School of Business,
Birkbeck, I’d only planned on doing a Economics and Informatics and serving on
Master’s, but I enjoyed the experience so the Athena Swan Committee from its
much that it changed the course of my inception in 2011 have been hugely
career and I continued on to a PhD and then rewarding experiences for me.
into academia.
What are your plans for your retirement?
What have been some of the highlights I am continuing my research activity for the
of your time at Birkbeck? foreseeable future, including currently the
I particularly enjoyed my inaugural lecture, Mapping Museums and Museums in the
which was a great opportunity to invite not Pandemic projects. Already in the past
only colleagues but friends and family to month I’ve been able to do more of the
attend and talk about what I’d done up to activities I enjoy, such as walks in the
that point. I remember my four-year-old countryside, tennis, visiting museums and
daughter doing colouring at the back of the art galleries, and visiting new places. I will
lecture theatre, completely oblivious to continue to be available for people at
Mum’s pontificating at the front! Birkbeck and very much wish to keep on
being part of the Department, School and
Another highlight was serving as Pro-Vice College community.
Master for Research and International
Students. I was tasked with setting up what
is now the Graduate Research School, LATEST PUBLICATIONS
bringing all research students together and
giving them a forum for training and Journal Articles
interdisciplinary discourse. It was the first • Anabanti, C., Aroh, A.B., Hart, S., and
time I’d been able to meet with experts and Oodp, A.R. (2021) ‘A question of Zhou,
students from across the College in all Shi and Duan on nonpower subgroups
different disciplines, including many other of finite groups.’ Quaestiones
women. Coming from a Maths and Mathematicae, ISSN 1607-3606. (In
Computing background, I’d been working in Press).
a predominantly male environment, so • Antonetti, P. and Crisafulli, B. (2020) ‘”I
being able to meet and work with will defend your right to free speech,
colleagues from across different disciplines provided I agree with you”: How social
was incredibly informative and rewarding media users react (or not) to online out-
and I think led me to the interdisciplinary group aggression.’ Psychology &
research route that I have subsequently Marketing ISSN 0742-6046. (In Press).
followed. • Archibugi, D., Cellini, M. and Vitiello,
M., (2021) ‘Refugees in the European
Another rewarding highlight was when I
Union: from emergency alarmism to
became Head of Department in the mid-
common management.’ Journal of
2000s and briefly again in 2009. I really
Contemporary European Studies, pp. 1-
enjoyed line managing and mentoring less
19.
experienced colleagues – again it comes
back to working with people. More recently,
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11• Archibugi, D. and Mariella, V., (2021) ‘Is N., Pinky, K. N., Islam, M. R., Siddique, M.
a European recovery possible without A. B., Anter, F. S., Hossain, A., Hossen,
high-tech public corporations?’ I., Sikder, M. T., and Pontes, H. M.
Intereconomics, 56(3), pp. 160-166. (2021). ‘Problematic Smartphone and
• Archibugi, D., 2021. ‘Choosing your Social Media Use Among Bangladeshi
Mentor: A letter to creative minds.’ College and University Students Amid
Journal of Innovation Economics COVID-19: The Role of Psychological
Management, pp. I99-13. Well-Being and Pandemic Related
• A. Artale, R. Kontchakov, A. Kovtunova, Factors’. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12(386).
V. Ryzhikov, F. Wolter, and M. • Jelfs, P., Lawton Smith, H. (2021)
Zakharyaschev. (2021) ‘First-order ‘Financial performance studies of
rewritability of ontology-mediated university spin-off companies (USOs) in
queries in linear temporal logic.’ the West Midlands.’ The Journal of
Artificial Intelligence, Volume Technology Transfer.
299,103536. • Kane, A., Yarker, J., and Lewis, R.
• Blasi, S., Crisafulli, B. and Sedita, S.R. (2021). ‘The development of the
(2021) ‘Selling circularity: understanding Embodied, Dynamic and Inclusive (EDI)
the relationship between circularity model of self confidence.’ International
promotion and the performance of Coaching Psychology Review, In Press.
manufacturing SMEs in Italy.’ Journal of • Kane, A., Lewis, R., and Yarker, J.
Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526. (In (2021). ‘Measuring self-confidence in
Press). workplace settings: A conceptual and
• Doyle, N., and McDowall, A. (2021). methodological review of measures of
‘Diamond in the rough? An “empty self-confidence, self-efficacy and self-
review” of research into “neurodiversity” esteem.’ International Coaching
and a road map for developing the Psychology Review, In Press.
inclusion agenda’. Equality, Diversity and • Konzelmann, S., V. Chick and M.
Inclusion: An International Journal. Fovargue-Davies (2021) ‘Keynes,
• Gur, T. and Lachish, O. (2021) ‘On the Capitalism and Public Purpose.’
Power of Relaxed Local Decoding Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(3),
Algorithms’, SIAM Journal on Computing, pp. 591-612.
50(2): 788-813. • Konzelmann, S., V. Chick and M.
• Hart, S. (2021) ‘Ahab's arithmetic; or, the Fovargue-Davies (2022) ‘Shareholder
mathematics of Moby-Dick.’ Journal of Value or Public Purpose? From John
Humanistic Mathematics, 11 (1), pp. 4-32. Maynard Keynes and Adolf Berle to the
ISSN 2159-8118. Modern Debate.’ Research in the
• Herzog N. and Magoulas G.D., (2021) Sociology of Organizations, forthcoming.
‘Brain Asymmetry Detection and • Lamont, R. A., Swift, H. J., and Drury,
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