Department of Business Management
Our Staff
Staff A-Z
Dr Josephine Adekola is a Lecturer in Risk and Programme Leader BA (Hons) Risk Management within the Department of Finance, Accountancy and Risk.
Alan Aitken is a Chartered Engineer and has a PhD in business management from the University of Glasgow.
Anderson's areas of specialisation include business continuity and crisis management, societal risk assessment, insurance theory and practice and risk identification.
Dr Baglioni's research interests include (un)employment politics & policy in a comparative perspective; civil society organisation in labour & social policies; social exclusion & poverty; political participation & social capital of the European youth.
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.
Dr Barlow is involved in research, postgraduate and undergraduate teaching in areas such as e-business, strategic management, supply chain management and web 2.0 innovation.
Media and Film Studies, Media Sociology, Cultural Philosophy, Depth Psychology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
Professor Rona Beattie’s main research and teaching interests are Human Resource Development and voluntary sector management.
Principal research interest includes consumer decision making in the context of food choice.
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.
Dr Sanjukta Brahma completed her PhD in Finance and MSc in Research Methods from The Open University, UK.
Cherlene is an Academic Development Tutor and Programme Leader for BA General Business (School Based Generic Award)
Alison is Professor of Healthcare and Medical Law at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is currently Head of Department and is chair of the Senate Disciplinary Committee for the University.
Department of Law, Economics, Accountancy and Risk
Margaret Brown is an Academic Development Tutor (ADT) within the Learning Development Centre. She specialises in ICT skills training and support.
Department of Law, Economics, Accountancy and Risk
Ronnie Caddow's main research interests are third party intervention in workplace disputes and the role of line managers in employment relations.
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.
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 Reader in Economics, Jim’s current research is in the areas of Scottish economics performance and the gender impact of recession and recovery
Stephen’s research interests include Universal Credit, conditionality in the social security system, and individual financial education, capability and resilience.
Catherine Canning is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fashion, Marketing and Retailing at GCU and her specialism is in the area of consumer behaviour.
Sara is Professor of Gender and Economics at the GCU Glasgow School for Business and Society and Director of the Centre for Economic Justice. Her research interests include equality, poverty, gender and intrahousehold distribution.
Dr Carey has a PhD in the area of consumer psychology with research interests spanning a wide array of consumer contexts such as ethical consumers, value-clothing purchasers and farmers’ market aficionados.
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,
My research revolves around three themes: social contract theory and social conventions; the bi-directional interaction between individual agency and social structures; the efficiency and morality of social and political institutions.
Colin Combe is a senior lecturer in strategic management. He teaches in areas of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation. His research interests are in social innovation, innovation strategies and the intellectual property of digital technologies.
Principal research interests include: customer engagement, online retail, marketin
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.
A lecturer at GCU for over 10 years, Cook currently teaches subjects in creative process in fashion design, fashion design portfolio and fashion collection. Her current research is in approaches to the fashion design process and the creative process.
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..
Dr Crosbie's teaching and research interests are in the areas of international business policy and strategic marketing.
Global Sporting Events, Media and International Event Management
Leadership, Leadership Development, Personal and Professional Skills Development
Joe Docherty is a Lecturer in Marketing in the Department of Fashion, Marketing, Tourism and Events.
As a member of the School Management Group, Donaldson works with the Executive Dean/PVC, Vice Dean, Associate Deans & Heads of Departments to ensure the effective management of the School’s resources, administrative structures, systems & procedures.
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.
Dr Edgar’s main areas of research and teaching are in the field of strategic management, specifically dynamic capabilities, business uncertainty and complexity, and innovation.
Kazem Falahati, PhD, FCMA, CGMA is the Senior Lecturer in Financial Management in Glasgow School for Business and Society.
Following on from my PhD looking at Continuous Improvement in the Public Sector, I have continued to be interested in continuous improvement/performance management and developed a passion for sustainability.
Lecturer in marketing at the Glasgow Caledonian University (UK), module leader of Strategic Brand Management and Digital Fashion Branding. Module tutor of Principles of Marketing and Digital Business and Marketing.
Ken Garner teaches news, feature and entertainment writing skills on the BA Media & Communication and BA Multimedia Journalism, Scotland’s only undergraduate journalism programme accredited by both the main industry training bodies.
Political Economy research into the links between poverty and employment, specifically in-work poverty, and how it relates to an individual’s intensity of work.
Janet’s research focuses on two areas: maternal and child health and welfare and relationships between environments and health.
Halcro lectures on strategic management and innovation to postgraduate and undergraduate students at GCU. He researches and consults in the areas of strategy and SMEs.
Joe started as a full-time PhD researcher in October 2018. His PhD project aims to explore the individual and social factors that encourage stroke survivors to positively reconfigure their identity following stroke.
Author of Rugby Union & Globalization & co-editor of Sport & Social Identities, Dr Harris has interests in sport & national identities, cultural politics of sporting celebrity, and the interrelationship of sport, tourism & events management.
William Henderson has teaching interests mainly in public international law, human rights, international economic law, and employment law.
Social Economy, Social Enterprise, Cooperatives, Third Sector
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.
Declan Jones is an experienced university academic focusing on social enterprise teaching, training research and consultancy to government, social enterprise, student enterprise and voluntary sector businesses and support agencies.
Teaching Multimedia, Media and Journalism students how to operate radio, camera and editing facilities.
Lena's research interests include migration and asylum policies in the EU and Greece, political discourses of migration and asylum, policy responses to the refugee ‘crisis’, and the intersections between migration, exclusion, racism and the state.
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.
My research focus is on terrorism, extremism, and radicalisation through the lenses of political myth, and ontological security.
Umut Korkut is Professor of International Politics at Glasgow School for Business and Society at Glasgow Caledonian University
Maggie Laidlaw is a Post-Doctoral Researcher within the Department of Economics in the Glasgow School of Business & Society at Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Pat Lang is a specialist within the field of human resource management (HRM) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD).
Morna Lawson is a Academic Development Tutor in the Glasgow School for Business and Society. Her focus is on academic support for L3, L4 and postgraduate academic writing and English language development for international students.
Research interests include Accounting Education and Corporate Governance.
John is the Dean of Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University www.gcu.ac.uk/gsbs/
Ruth’s research focuses on deliberative democracy and democratic innovations, particularly looking at how a deliberative approach can be used to implement policy changes which tackle social inequalities and environmental issues.
Alison provides administrative and research advice to researchers in the Glasgow School for Business and Society, with a particular focus on the Wise Centre for Economic Justice.
The main areas of my research are childhood, gender and inequality, feminist methodology, violence against women including domestic abuse.
Heading a team of very experienced Technicians, Pauline MacFarlane runs the day to day aspects of the Fashion Factory at GCU.
Claire's research interests extend across public policy and management including societal risk and vulnerability within communities; austerity and inequality; local government finance and associated risks in public service provision.
Jill's research focuses on the use of Critical Realism and Critical Pedagogy to ameliorate poverty through co-production in Scotland.
Margaret Masson is a generalist HRM&D lecturer whose teaching responsibilities cover people resourcing and talent management, learning and development, personal and professional development and research methods.
Wendy’s research areas includes the barriers to promotion in the accountancy profession and diversity in corporate boards.
Chris is an Academic Development Tutor in the Glasgow School for Business and Society. He focuses on academic support for L3, L4 and postgraduate academic writing, as well as working with students with dyslexia.
Louise joined the university in 2007 as Programme leader of the highly-acclaimed Fashion Brand Retailing course for sixth year secondary school pupils.
Margaret McCann is Associate Dean: Learning, Teaching & Quality.
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.
Dr. David McGuire, Deputy Head of Department and Reader in Human Resource Development at Glasgow Caledonian University
Eddie McKean has been Academic Development Tutor since 2008 is currently with the Learning Development Centre.
John's primary research interests are on poverty (with a particular interest in children) and children’s play.
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.
Research interests include cultural journalism, film criticism, critics, digital and social media discourses and the emergent forms of audiovisual pedagogy.
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
Shahid Nawaz Shahid has been an academic since 1993.
Marcus is Project Manager at the GCU-led EU AMIF (Asylum and Migrant Integration Fund) funded VOLPOWER: Enhancing Community Building and Social Integration through Dialogue and Collaboration amongst Young Europeans and Third Country Nationals.
Professor O'Donnell's field is the cross-cultural analysis of popular cultural products. His main area of interest is Western Europe, though on occasions he also include North America, Latin America and Russia.
Gender budgeting, equalities, human rights and public policy.
Nicola is Programme Leader for BA/BA(Hons) International Fashion Business/Fashion Design with Business, as well as leading the day release Fashion Brand Retailing programme.
Dr Susan Ogden's main teaching and research interests relate to strategic and operations management, including business excellence and quality improvement.
Professor Peng's research expertise is within the fields of service marketing, consumer behaviour (luxury products / brands), and digital marketing
Karla’s research interests include structural discrimination, intersectionality, identity politics, multidimensional theories of justice, social movements, freedom of expression, hate speech, hate crime, critical, feminist, and socio-legal approaches.
Katy’s principal research interests include gender-based violence (GBV) and in particular, stalking.
Heike Puchan is a Lecturer in Media, Communication and Journalism.
Vice Dean, Glasgow School for Business and Society
Patrick Ring teaches and researches mainly in the areas of financial regulation, retail financial services – particularly pensions and pension policy, and risk (in financial services).
Elaine is the programme leader for the International Marketing UG programme and a senior lecturer in marketing.
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.
Race and ethnicity, migration, health.
Main research interests are focused on equality and diversity and young people's engagement with popular and consumer culture.
Osman's research interests include populism, authoritarianism, democratic breakdown and ethnic conflict. He works as a research fellow for DEMOS - Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe.
Employability, Professional and Personal Development, Talent Management, Leadership, Human Resource Management
Linda is Head of Department of Fashion, Marketing, Tourism and Events in the Glasgow School for Business and Society, with responsibility for around 26 staff and 1000 students across 3 postgraduate and 5 undergraduate programmes.
Dr Shepherd's main research activities divide across two areas - German and Austrian military history 1914-1945 and post-1945 German social and political history.
Extensive experience in teaching and learning in the areas of product development, retail marketing and consumer behaviour at undergraduate and post graduate level
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.
Research specialist in poverty and social exclusion, particularly social innovation financial exclusion, child poverty and social policy in devolved Scotland.
Her research interests concern modern history, in particular aspects of sport, gender, health and changes in popular culture.
Anne strives to promote responsible business values through inclusivity and collaborative efforts in entrepreneurship teaching and research.
Retro marketing and social media marketing with particular reference to the retail environment.
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.
Aileen Stewart has been lecturer in Fashion Marketing at Glasgow Caledonian University since 2007.
Vasilios Stouraitis is a lecturer in International Business and Management at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK and visiting lecturer in several institutions abroad.
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.
Maureen has an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice and a PhD in Criminology where she explored groups and networks involved in child sexual exploitation.
Gender and equality related issues are central to Nina’s research interests, with a particular focus on work, employment and organisations. A large part of her research focuses on professional and managerial employment.
Simon Teasdale's research explores the relationship between different organisational revenue sources over time and focuses on the intersection between policy discourses of social enterprise and the day to day realities faced by practitioners.
Eddie is a Lecturer teaching on a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes.
The treatment of vulnerable witnesses in Scotland's justice system.
Emily has undertaken extensive research into gender-based occupational segregation and the Scottish Modern Apprenticeship programme.
Julie Thomson holds a PhD in Innovation Management from University of 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.
Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Ethics.
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.
Maren Viol is a Lecturer in Tourism and Events with a wide range of research interests, including commemoration and commemorative events, tourism and event impacts, semiotics and qualitative research methods, and tourism and events education.
Professor Oonagh Walsh's principal research interests lie in gender and medical histories, and in the nineteenth century history of Irish psychiatry in particular.
Dr Wersun's research is interdisciplinary, spanning the disciplines of strategy, policy, international business, enterprise and higher education.
Siobhan White is Head of the School's Learning Development Centre as well as Assistant Head of Learning, Teaching & Quality.
Geoff Whittam’s current research involves investigating the role of employee owned co-ops in Scotland, sponsored by Oxfam, the impact of Community Asset Based Ownership.
Department of Social Sciences, Media and Journalism