Department of Business Management

Anderson's areas of specialisation include business continuity and crisis management, societal risk assessment, insurance theory and practice and risk identification.

Professor Asenova has published extensively in the areas of public service provision, public-private partnerships, public service reconfiguration, and risk and regulation in health and social care.

A lecturer in Marketing with over 14 years’ experience in industry in product domains from soft drinks to visitor attractions, Ballantyne is involved in several studies that seek to illuminate the relationship between the brand & the consumer.

Barry joined GCU in 2001. Previously as a Technical Manager, she has extensive industry experience of garment manufacture at High Street & Premium product levels.

Media and Film Studies, Media Sociology, Cultural Philosophy, Depth Psychology, Social and Cultural Anthropology

Bereziat worked as Commercial Research Manager at the Moffat Centre for over 10 years. She was involved in a range of projects such as community consultations, policy reviews, scoping & exploration exercises, benchmarking & best practice reviews.

After completing his PhD in Economic Studies from the University of Leeds, Professor Boateng worked at Leeds Metropolitan University, University of Nottingham, University of Huddersfield before joining GCU as Professor of Finance & Banking in 2013.

Dr Sanjukta Brahma completed her PhD in Finance and MSc in Research Methods from The Open University, UK.

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Department of Law, Economics, Accountancy and Risk

Dr Jo Buckle teaches in the areas of criminology, race, crime and society, body and society. Dr Buckle's research interests cover phenomenology, the body, health and illness, history of surgery, history of violence, narratology and historical criminology.

I undertook my CA training with a small firm, Nelson Gilmour Smith & Co. and was admitted to membership in1992. Subsequently I undertook a Master of Education at University of Strathclyde. With family commitments, I am now only a part-time member of staff.

Media and journalism subject group leader, teaching on programmes including the BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism, and the MA Multimedia Journalism; before joining the University in 2004 spent 13 years as a newspaper editor in Scotland and England.

A Caledonian Scholar & Senior Lecturer at GCU, Dr Chalmers is an economist by profession. He has specialised for over ten years in the economics of minority languages, arts & culture & has undertaken research & consultancy for many organisations,

A lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Branding, Connell has a broad range of industry experience having spent a number of years working as the Fashion Editor of a national women’s magazine and a Retail Buyer prior to that.

A Solicitor and Senior Lecturer in Law, Connolly's teaching and research interests are in the areas of jurisprudence (legal theory); property law; intellectual property law; construction law; mooting and mediation.

Professor John Cook is an internationally known and respected academic expert in the study of the media, with particular research specialisms in aspects of television history, media institutions, screenwriting, television drama, documentary and film..

A member of staff at Glasgow Caledonian University for over 30 years, Dr Cooper specialises in quantitative financial economics and has published extensively in a broad array of journals.

Dr Davidson’s research has two main strands - the intersection of environmental political theory, state theory & political economy; & prospects for institutionalising deliberative modes of civic participation within representative institutions.

With more then 20 years' as a professional in broadcast reporting and production, Dean brings a wealth of industry experience to her teaching.

Dr Peter Duncan has taught on a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. His teaching currently focuses on: strategic management; the strategic use of information systems; and innovation, creativity and enterprise.

Kazem Falahati, PhD, FCMA, CGMA is the Senior Lecturer in Financial Management in Glasgow School for Business and Society.

Fionda-Douglas interests lie in branding particularly within a fashion and luxury context. She has vast and varied industry experience within the area of fashion and luxury fashion retailing.

Flinn is a Lecturer within the Department of Business Management where she specialises in the area of events management. Her research interests lie in the area of festivals and events, particularly in relation to branding and identity.

Dr. Karen Fryer has had over twenty years’ experience in both the public and private (service and manufacturing) sectors before joining GCU as a lecturer in Strategy and Operations Management.

Dr Irene Garcia is a Lecturer in Marketing. Her specialisms and interests cover Marketing, International Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Interactive Communication, e-Branding, Consumption of New Technologies and Social Media.

William Henderson has teaching interests mainly in public international law, human rights, international economic law, and employment law.

Dr Margaret-Anne Houston areas of research are in consumer policy issues, both national and international, consumer education, consumer detriment, and consumers’ perception of risk, especially linked to consumer scams and frauds.

David Hutchison's interests are in the fields of British and European media policy, the media in Scotland and the media in Canada. He currently chairs Regional Screen Scotland.

Kellock Hay specialises in personal and professional development, organisational behaviour and culture/change management and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Psychology Society.

Alison teaches Financial Accounting and Corporate Reporting on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Ruth’s research looks at public hearings and how they can play a part in institutionalising deliberative democracy and informing environmental policy making.

GCU London Programme Administrator

Department of Social Sciences, Media and Journalism

Senior Lecturer in eMarketing/eBranding

Marina manages the definitive Scottish publication of visitor trends – The Visitor Attraction Monitor – on behalf of VisitScotland

Department of Law, Economics, Accountancy and Risk

Joined academia after qualifying as a Scottish Chartered Accountant in 1984. Primary focus of teaching and research is within management accounting.

Ben’s career spans journalism and higher education, including Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was principal lecturer in journalism and programme director responsible for Learning & Teaching and Quality in the Department of Media.

My principal research interests are in Scottish, British and European comparative politics and history.

Morag McLean is Subject Group Leader and Senior Lecturer in human resource management (HRM) with an Arts and Social Studies first degree and an MSc in Human Resource Management.

Professor McMillan's research interests surround gender inequality and crime and justice. In particular she is interested in gendered and sexual violence and the statutory and non-statutory response to it.

Leaza is an economist and economics lecture with research expertise in regional economic development (particularly EU Cohesion policy) and labour market issues (social inclusion and wage inequality).

Dr Miller's interests are in the areas of Film and Television Studies, Jungian Film and TV Studies, Horror, Science Fiction and Cult Genres and Writing for Television.

Mullin been involved in teaching to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and specialising in the areas of Marketing Communications, Marketing in Non Profit Organisations, and
The Marketing Environment.

Pauline Munro is a lecturer in Human Resource Management and Development

Department of Business Management

Graduated in Economics and Politics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Manchester.

Prior to joining GCU London as lecturer in fashion marketing/ retailing I worked as an external consultant within operations/ management across the travel and fashion retail (mail order and e-commerce) sectors.

Brian's main teaching and research interests are in Media Law, Delict and Company Law.

Katy's research comes from a feminist perspective and her interests include gender based violence and in particular the victim impact of stalking.

Heike Puchan is a Lecturer in Media, Communication and Journalism.

Fiona Reid is a lecturer in Events, Sport and Tourism Management. Her current research focuses on volunteers, volunteering and the voluntary sector in sports, events and tourism.

Dr Robertson has research interests in crime and policing in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Police reform, International criminal justice policy transfer, Policing young people, Student victimisation.

Eleanor is a Solicitor, Member of the Law Society of Scotland and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Main research interests are focused on equality and diversity and young people's engagement with popular and consumer culture.

Sue Scanlan's expertise encompasses all aspects key to brand positioning; consumer awareness, strategic product alignment, range assortment, world-wide sourcing and supply chain management.

Professor Shukla’s main research interests are in the areas of comparative consumption experiences, cross-cultural consumer behaviour and marketing issues in emerging markets with a special focus on luxury branding and marketing.

Dr Siddiqui has considerable experience in teaching and research in the fashion, marketing and retail sectors. She has conducted research within the areas of store image, gender perceptions of fashion websites and internet retailing.

Her research interests concern modern history, in particular aspects of sport, gender, politics, social policy, health and changes in popular culture.

Based in the Department of Social Sciences, Media & Journalism, Dr James Smith's key research interests have centred upon the European Union, Europeanisation, multi-level governance, territorial politics, Scottish government and politics.

Dr Sockalingam's expertise & research centre on contemporary organisational change - particularly transformational & dynamic capability building change, people dynamics & processes for learning, absorptive capacity, knowledge creation & innovation.

Interested in social enterprises and operational aspects of innovative forms of businesses that bring social outcomes and can contribute to societal development.

Angela Sutherland is a Senior Lecturer who has programme and postgraduate programme suite leadership and has taught in several universities across the West of Scotland.

Andrew’s primary research interests include Scottish, UK and European public, constitutional and human rights law; gender and justice; criminal justice and evidence; and law and the media, old and new.

Dr Tulle has over 15 years’ experience of doing research in old age, with a particular focus on understanding and theorising how older people make sense of and manage the process of bodily ageing from a cultural perspective.

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Head of College Recruitment & Partnerships

Siobhan White specialises in the subject areas of public sector accounting, public sector financial management, accounting in the voluntary sector and public sector auditing, having previous work experience as a government auditor.

Department of Social Sciences, Media and Journalism

Research interests include fields of credit ratings, country’s financial orientation, financial regulation, capital structure, market discipline and deposit insurance