Staff Expertise

The research capacity of ABS stems from our international faculty. We have over 100 academic staff, almost all of whom are research active. Our faculty members carry out research which is relevant to business and management, which informs policy related to business, and which advances theory. Here you can find out more details of the expertise of our academic faculty.

Economics & Strategy
Finance, Accounting & Law
Marketing
Operations & Information Management
Work & Organisational Psychology

Economics & Strategy Group

Dr Jane Binner (Reader)
Dr Rakesh Bissoondeeal (Lecturer)
Miss Besime Bozkurt (Research Fellow)
Dr Kyle Bruce (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Jo Crotty (Senior Lecturer)
Ms Minjia Chen (Research Fellow)
Prof Nigel Driffield (Head of Group)
Dr Jun Du (Lecturer)
Dr Yundan Gong (Lecturer)
Professor Mark Hart (Professor)
Dr Michael Henry (Lecturer)
Dr Hiro Izushi (Senior Lecturer)
Prof Paula Jarzabkowski (Professor)
Dr Chris Jones (Research Fellow)
Mr Barry Jones (Visiting Scholar)
Dr Josephine Kelly (Lecturer)
Dr Graham Leask (Lecturer)
Professor Jim Love
Miss Natalja Martjanova (Lecturer)
Dr Jane Matthiesen (Lecturer)
Mr Stefeno Menghinello (Research Associate)
Mr Matthew Olczak (Lecturer)
Mr John Overend (BA Course Director)
Dr Peter Rodgers (Contract Research Fellow)
Dr David Saal (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Vania Sena (Reader)
Dr Paul Simmonds (Lecturer)
Dr Michael Smets (Lecturer)
Mr Paul Spee (Research Fellow)
Dr Pawan Tamvada (Lecturer)
Dr Efstathios Tapinos (Lecturer)
Mr Yama Temouri (Research Fellow)
Mr Kirit Vaidya (Senior Lecturer)

Finance, Accounting & Law Group

Femi Alese (Lecturer)
Omneya Abd-Elsalam (Senior Lecturer)
Prof David Bainbridge (Emeritus Professor)
Dr Ilias Basioudis (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Ataur Belal (Lecturer)
Prof Stan Brignall (Professor)
Dr James Brown (Lecturer)
Sir Adrian Cadbury (Honorary Professor)
Prof Patricia Chelley-Steeley (Professor)
Dr Anastasia Chivikova (Lecturer)
Dr Stuart Cooper (Senior Lecturer)
Mr Matt Davies (Lecturer)
Dr Amedeo De Cesari (Lecturer in Finance)
Mr Robert Goddard (Senior Lecturer)
Ms Ifigenia Georgiou (Lecturer)
Ms Claire Howell (Senior Lecturer)
Ms Odette Hutchinson (Lecturer in Law)
Dr Alfonsina Iona (Lecturer)
Professor Nathan Joseph (Professor of Finance)
Dr Neophytos Lambertides (Lecturer)
Prof Alan Lowe (Research Convenor)
Dr Melina Manochin (Lecturer)
Mr Frank Meisel (Senior Lecturer)
Professor Graham Pearce (Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Management)
Professor Jill Poole (Professor of Commercial Law)
Mr James Roebuck (Lecturer in Law)
Dr Graham Sadler (Lecturer)
Prof Jim Steeley (Professor of Finance / Head of Group)
Mr Mike Tricker (Senior Lecturer)

Marketing Group

Dr Anna Ackfeldt (Lecturer)
Dr Evmorfia Argyriou (Sessional Lecturer)
Ms Laura Chamberlain (Lecturer)
George Christodoulides (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Ian Combe (Lecturer in Marketing)
Professor Leslie de Chernatony (Honorary Professor of Brand Marketing)
Dr Ronan De Kervenoael (Lecturer)
Karen Dent (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Andrew Farrell (Lecturer)
Stephanie Feireisen (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr David Gilliland (Senior Lecturer)
Keith Glanfield (Sessional Lecturer)
Jane Gravells (Sessional Lecturer)
Prof Gordon Greenley (Head of Group)
Iftakar Haji (Sessional Lecturer)
Prof Graham Hooley (Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor)
Mike Hussey (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Jill Jesson (Lecturer)
Dr Nick Lee (Research Convenor/Senior Lect.)
Dr Neeru Malhotra (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Erik Mooi (Lecturer)
Dr Brigitte Nicoulaud (Director MBA (Internal))
Tony Oakley (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Mark Palmer (Senior Lecturer)
Geoff Parkes (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Riliang Qu (Lecturer)
Chris Richardson (Lecturer)
Dr John Rudd (Lecturer in Marketing and Strategic Management)
Prof John Saunders (Professor of Marketing)
Hans Schlappa (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Vasilis Theoharakis (Senior Lecturer)
Prof Veronica Wong (Professor)
Joobee Yeow (Sessional Lecturer)

Operations & Information Management Group

Mrs Zeenat Ahmad (CPMP Executive)
Dr Pavel Albores (Lecturer)
Mr Kostas Bakoulas (Research Assistant)
Prof David Bennett (Professor of Technology Management)
Mr Paul Bocij (Teaching Fellow)
Dr Christopher Brewster (Lecturer)
Dr Peter Burcher (Head of Group)
Dr Ben Clegg (Senior Lecturer/Research Group Convenor)
Dr Ozren Despic (Lecturer)
Dr Prasanta Dey (Reader in Operations Management)
Prof John Edwards (Deputy Dean & Head of Faculty)
Dr Ali Emrouznejad (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Roya Gholami (Lecturer)
Dr Andrew Greasley(Lecturer)
Dr Matthew Hall (Lecturer / Director of International Relations)
Professor Helen Higson (Professor of Higher Education Learning & Management / PVC External Relations)
Dr William Ho (BAM Course Director/Lecturer)
Mr John Kidd (Honorary Visiting Lecturer)
Dr Doug Love (Senior Lecturer)
Professor Duncan Shaw (Professor of Operational Research and Critical Systems/Director of The Aston CRISIS Centre)
Dr Gary Simpson (Associate Dean : Learning & Teaching)
Prof Emmanuel Thanassoulis (Professor)

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Mrs Lul Adamasachew (Research Fellow)
Prof Sam Aryee (Director Research Degrees Programme)
Prof Pawan Budhwar (Associate Dean Research)
Dr Michael Butler (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Matthew Carter (Research Fellow)
Prof Cary Cooper (Visiting Professor)
Dr Jonathan Crawshaw (Lecturer)
Ms Kathryn Daniels (Sessional Lecturer)
Dr Ann Davis (Head of Group)
Mr Jeremy Dawson (RRUK Research Fellow)
Dr Olga Epitropaki (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Laura Griffith (Senior Research Fellow)
Dr Yves Guillaume (Lecturer)
Prof Margaret Harris (Emeritus Professor)
Mr Graham Hieke (Research Associate)
Prof Robin Martin (Professor)
Mrs Carole Parkes (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Cinzia Priola (Lecturer)
Miss Joanne Richardson (Research Fellow)
Dr Claudia Sacramento (Lecturer)
Dr Judy Scully (Lecturer)
Dr Helen Shipton (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Patrick Tissington (Associate Dean Business Partnership)
Mr John Watt (Sessional Lecturer)
Prof Michael West (Executive Dean of Aston Business School)
Dr Stephen Woods (Lecturer)