Leeds University Business School

LGBTQ+ History Month: In conversation with Jaymin Dalal

Leeds University Business School — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:15:00 -0500

As part of the university’s LGBTQ+ History Month, we are delighted to be able to speak to MBA alumnus Jaymin Dalal, Co-founder of Salvation Star (2007) and Bait Mumbai (2020), which provide safe space weekend LGBT+ soirees for the community in Mumbai. Jaymin has also served on the Organising Committee for Mumbai Pride (Queer Azaadi Mumbai), the largest in South Asia, since its inception in 2007 and successfully helped the committee raise funds for Pride 2019 and 2020.

In this podcast, Jaymin is speaking to Professor Edgar Meyer, Deputy Dean, Leeds University Business School, and discusses his experiences and how he overcame the challenges of being a gay man in India as well as discussing his activism and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Music created by Jahzzar under CC BY-SA 4.0, remixed, duration shortened.

Being on a work placement or starting your first job during the pandemic

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:04:47 -0500

In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis and Dr Helen Hughes, Associate Professors at Leeds University Business School, discuss how the pandemic may be affecting students on work placements or people starting their first jobs. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/207/podcast_episode_18_-_transcript About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Dr Helen Hughes is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School and the Programme Director for the British Psychological Society accredited MSc in Organisational Psychology. She leads the Faculty-wide ‘Year in Industry’ module, taken by students who take the industrial placement year during their undergraduate studies in the Business School. Her research areas include the ways that social interactions influence and shape jobs and careers, and new ways of working, job design, job crafting and work organisation.

How COVID-19 has increased the complexity of the fashion industry and its supply chains

Leeds University Business School — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:58:01 -0500

The fashion industry and its global supply chains are complex. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to this complexity, leaving managers making decisions quickly and with little knowledge of both the short and long-term fallout from the virus. In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis, Dr Mark Sumner and Fergus Dowling discuss how this pandemic compares to other crises that have hit the fashion industry, and what it means for their supply chains. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/208/podcast_episode_18_-_transcript. This research project – Impact of Covid-19 on management to eradicate modern slavery from global supply chains: A case study of Indian fashion supply chains – is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is a collaboration between the School of Design at the University of Leeds and Leeds University Business School. About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Dr Mark Sumner is a lecturer in the School of Design, focussing on sustainability within the textile, clothing and fashion industry, having spent over 15 years working in retail for a major international retailer. His research interests cover a diverse range of subjects such as textile technology, innovation, sustainability and consumer behaviour. Fergus Dowling is a Research Assistant on the project “Impact of Covid-19 on management to eradicate modern slavery from global supply chains: A case study of Indian fashion supply chains”.

What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on human rights within the garment industry in India?

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:20:43 -0500

Dr Matthew Davis, Leeds University Business School, and Rishi Sher Singh, Business and Human Rights specialist, talk about the effect COVID-19 has had on the garment industry in India and the vulnerability and impact on human rights within the sector. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/205/podcast_episode_16_-_transcript This research project – Impact of Covid-19 on management to eradicate modern slavery from global supply chains: A case study of Indian fashion supply chains – is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and led by Dr Mark Sumner, School of Design, University of Leeds. About the speakers: Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Rishi Sher Singh is a Business and Human Rights specialist with an extensive body of work in supply chain management, implementation of sustainability projects, and manufacturing. For over two decades, Rishi has been working on developing innovative business solutions, with a strong commitment towards respecting and promoting human rights in the value chains.

How the third national lockdown is affecting Early Years childcare

Leeds University Business School — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:24:20 -0500

Drs Kate Hardy and Xanthe Whittaker discuss how COVID-19 has caused disruption to Early Years education and childcare, and the impact that has had on workers and staff, particularly during the third national lockdown. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in January 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/206/podcast_episode_16_-_transcript. This project - The Impact of COVID-19 on the provision of early years childcare in England and Wales - is an ESRC/UKRI funded project. https://childcare-during-covid.org/ About the speakers: Kate Hardy is an Associate Professor in the Work, Employment and Relations Division at Leeds University Business School. Her research interests include issues surrounding sex work; the body and work; disability; gender and work; black, informal and underground economies; paid and unpaid work and labour; theorising work and labour; labour organising and social movements; trade union organizing; women's movements; disability; agency and resistance. Dr Xanthe Whittaker is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change. Her research considers digital transformations of work and their effect on the employment relationship, with a particular focus on social, political and ethical aspects of the development of technology in the labour process.

How manufacturing SMEs are becoming more environmentally sustainable in the Yorkshire region

Leeds University Business School — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:02:56 -0500

Professor Kerrie Unsworth and Mark Goldstone discuss the benefits of manufacturing SMEs becoming more environmentally sustainable and what Yorkshire businesses are doing to achieve their sustainability goals. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in December 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/204/podcast_episode_15_-_transcript. This project - “Sustainable and productive?! Helping manufacturing SMEs to manage multiple goals” - is funded by the ESRC Productivity Insights Network. Grant number 154166. Kerrie Unsworth is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Leeds University Business School. Her research focuses on how people juggle goals, tasks and identities and the effect this has on motivation and particular behaviours such as leadership, collaboration and pro-environmental behaviour. Mark Goldstone is Head of Business Representation & Policy at the West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce helps businesses grow by sharing opportunities, knowledge and expertise, with a strong business voice influencing decision-makers at all levels.

Precarious workers in Poland and Germany

Leeds University Business School — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:51:30 -0500

In this episode, Dr Vera Trappmann and Alexandra Seehaus give a summary of their insights into young precarious workers in Poland and Germany. This podcast episode is related to PREWORK - a project funded by the German Science Foundation and National Science Centre. Funding scheme: Beethoven | Project: TR1378/1-1; UMO-2014/15/G/HS4/04476. The project was carried out in cooperation with Free University Berlin, Warsaw School of Economics (Professor Juliusz Gardawski) and the University of Wrocław (Dr habil. Adam Mrozowicki). The episode was recorded remotely in August 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/201/podcast_episode_14_-_transcript About the speakers: Dr Vera Trappmann is an Associate Professor in Work and Employment Relations and PI of PREWORK. Her research engages with the comparison of labour relations across Europe. Vera’s main research interests focus on the dynamics of organisational restructuring and its impact on working biographies, and organised labour. Alexandra Seehaus is a doctoral candidate in Work and Employment Relations, studying the working conditions and class consciousness of logistic and service workers in Germany and the UK. Prior to starting her PhD, Alexandra was a researcher in the PREWORK project at Free University of Berlin, which examines social consciousness, life strategies and civic activism of young precarious workers in Poland and Germany.

Can manufacturing SMEs be both productive and environmentally sustainable?

Leeds University Business School — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:36:22 -0500

There is a consensus that companies need to adopt a low-carbon economy. Manufacturing Small to Medium Enterprises (mSMEs) are pulled by pressure for productivity growth whilst also being high carbon emitters. In this episode of the Research and Innovation Podcast, Dr Matthew Davis and Naomi Booth Wade discuss the tensions and challenges of productivity and environmental sustainability. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in September 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding the project discussed in this podcast, visit bit.ly/productivesustainable or email n.s.boothwade@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/196/podcast_episode_13_-_transcript About the speakers: Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Naomi Booth Wade is a Research Assistant on the project “Sustainable and productive?! Helping manufacturing SMEs to manage multiple goals”. Naomi has an educational background in Psychology and Organisational Psychology. She is a budding business psychologist with a demonstrated history of working in the research and consultancy fields. The project discussed in this episode is funded by the ESRC Productivity Insights Network. Grant number 154166.

Introducing the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest

Leeds University Business School — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:35:37 -0500

Platform work is often controversial and contested, and as such there have been numerous studies of platform labour protest. However, these have tended to be single or small comparative case studies. Professor Mark Stuart and Denis Neumann talk about why there is a pressing need to explore platform worker protest on a global scale. This episode was recorded remotely on 22 July 2020. A transcript of the episode is available here: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/195/podcast_episode_12_-_transcript Professor Mark Stuart is Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation at Leeds University Business School, founder of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change, and Co-Director of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre. His current research focuses on the wide-ranging effects of digitalisation on the future of work; restructuring and displacement in the steel sector; and union modernisation, skills and learning. Denis Neumann, M.A. is employed as a research assistant at CERIC. He is concerned with questions of the imbalance of power between capital and labour in the gig economy and worker´s strategies to counteract the informalisation of labour with a special focus on the food delivery sector. The Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest has received funding from Leeds University Business School, Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, and The International Labour Organization.

Corporate innovation challenges

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:00:16 -0500

In this episode, Krsto Pandza and Tony Morgan discuss the strategic challenges of balancing innovation in core business whilst also developing new opportunities for the future. Professor Krsto Pandza’s research partnership with Ericsson was supported by the project COINS (Complex Open Innovation for Network Society). COINS received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 675866. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/194/podcast_episode_11_-_transcript About the speakers: Krsto Pandza is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Leeds University Business School and Director of the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Engagement. His research interests lie at the intersection of strategy, technology innovation and organizational theory. Tony Morgan is Associate Professor in Innovation Management Practice. He previously worked at IBM for 20 years, where his roles included Global Technology Services Chief Innovation Officer for the UK & Ireland, Value Creation Centre Innovation Leader and Client Chief Architect.

How do students and organisations get value out of work placements?

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:00:12 -0500

There are many benefits to work placements, both to the student and the employer, but there is little research in terms of how students get value from them. In this episode of the Research and Innovation Podcast, Dr Helen Hughes and Dr Sally Moore discuss what work placements are and why it’s important to find out more about how students develop during a placement. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at:  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/190/podcast_episode_10_-_transcript About the speakers: Dr Helen Hughes is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School and the Programme Director for the British Psychological Society accredited MSc in Organisational Psychology. She leads the Faculty-wide ‘Year in Industry’ module, taken by students who take the industrial placement year during their undergraduate studies in the Business School. Her research areas include the ways that social interactions influence and shape jobs and careers, and new ways of working, job design, job crafting and work organisation. Dr Sally Moore is an Industrial Engagement Teaching Fellow in the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds. She leads the School's placement modules which enable students to work in various food and nutrition related roles, including in the food industry. Sally is a Registered Dietitian and her current research interests involve consumer engagement with nutrition labelling, food legislation and public health nutrition initiatives and policy. Her interests in innovation in higher education, and her PhD research, stem from her experiences leading the nutrition team for a major UK food retailer, supervising placement students, and recruiting graduates. Helen and Sally are working together on a multi-disciplinary project that seeks to better understand how students develop their skills during a work placement, the rate of development, and how their skills and development are perceived within their placement organizations. To hear more about the project, or to get involved, please visit https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1736/understanding-the-value-of-a-work-placement

How museums can use interactive virtual tours to engage with the public and increase donations

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:22:06 -0500

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, museums have had to close their doors to the public during lockdown. Dr Aulona Ulqinaku (University of Leeds) and Anastasia Nanni (Bocconi University) have conducted research that shows that museums could use interactive virtual tours to engage with technology-minded people and increase their willingness to donate to the museum. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. Alternatively, you get in touch with Aulona (@aulona_ulqinaku) and Anastasia (@ania1818) on Twitter. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/189/podcast_episode_9_-_transcript About the speakers: Dr Aulona Ulqinaku is a lecturer of Marketing at Leeds University Business School. Her research interests cover the effect of psychological threats (such as low self-esteem, social exclusion, fear of death, nihilism, etc) on individuals and their consumption preferences and choices. Anastasia Nanni is a Ph.D. candidate in Business Administration and Management in Marketing at the Bocconi University, Milan. Her research focuses on the effects of technological innovation on customers, employees and firm in different service encounters.

The future workplace

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:01:24 -0500

What do we mean by “working from home” and how is it different to working in an office? Dr Matthew Davis and Afshan Iqbal give an overview of existing research on working from home, and discuss key considerations around the changing workplace. This podcast episode was recorded remotely in June 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the speakers: Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Afshan Iqbal is an ESRC funded postgraduate researcher at Leeds University Business School. Upon previously graduating from the Business School with an MSc in Management, Afshan went on to build a career in Financial Services, working as a Business Development Manager in the North East of England for a UK Life & Pensions company. Afshan’s first-hand experiences of remote and virtual working has inspired her research in this area. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/185/podcast_episode_8_-_transcript

How family members can support each other’s entrepreneurial activities

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:39:59 -0500

Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles and Professor Nick Williams discuss how entrepreneurial families can capitalise on each other’s business-related resources. This podcast episode was recorded in May 2020 via remote recording. Part of the research discussed in this episode builds upon Estrada-Robles' PhD which was sponsored by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.   A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/182/podcast_episode_7_-_transcript About the speakers: Dr Mariana Estrada-Robles is an early career researcher in the field of entrepreneurship and family business. Her research interests include studying the influence of family dynamics and institutional context in entrepreneurial families. Nick Williams is Professor of Entrepreneurship. His research mainly focuses on entrepreneurship and economic development, and he has particular interests in transition and post-conflict economies, as well as enterprise policy.

Understanding SME engagement with the modern slavery acts

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:08 -0500

In this episode, Professor Hinrich Voss (Leeds University Business School) and Dr Dave Webb (University of Western Australia) discuss modern slavery and how it affects SMEs, including both Australian and UK legislation. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.   About the speakers: Hinrich Voss is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School and member of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL). He is interested in the relationship and interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and institutions. This interest is manifested in a research strand on Chinese and emerging market MNEs (EMNEs), and one on the interplay between international business, sustainability and ethics. David Webb is Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow here at Leeds University Business School. He has held numerous international academic and industry positions in Germany, the Far East, the United States and the United Kingdom together with an executive position at a customer satisfaction management consultancy firm in South Africa. David’s primary interests are in the domain of macro-marketing focusing in particular on the interface between marketing and quality of life (QOL), self-determination theory and the psychology of consumption. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/178/podcast_episode_6_-_transcript

Communicating how to reduce carbon footprints through consumer food choices

Leeds University Business School — Mon, 25 May 2020 05:00:23 -0500

What food choices should we be making to try and reduce our carbon footprint? In this episode, Dr Astrid Kause and Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin discuss their recent study which found that even consumers who are engaged with environmental issues are often ill-informed and don’t make the most effective choices when it comes to reducing the climate impact of our food. This podcast episode was recorded in January 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the speakers: Dr Astrid Kause is a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Centre for Decision Research at Leeds University Business School. Her current focus is on human judgements and decisions in the environmental and climate domain. Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin is Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science at the University of Southern California and also a Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School. Her research aims to understand and inform how, across the life span, people make decisions about their health, their well-being, and their environmental impacts. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/177/podcast_episode_5_-_transcript You can read the journal article this episode is based on here: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151209/8/VOR%20Kause_2019_Environ._Res._Lett._14_114005.pdf

From laughter therapy to testing communication strategies for emergency evacuations

Leeds University Business School — Sun, 10 May 2020 19:34:51 -0500

From laughter, to emergency evacuations. In this episode, Hannah Preston speaks to Dr Natalie van der Wal to discuss Natalie’s two different areas of current research: laughter-induced therapy, and testing communication strategies to save lives in emergency evacuations. This podcast episode was recorded in July 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk.   A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/168/podcast_transcript_-_episode_4 About the presenters: Natalie van der Wal is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Centre for Decision Research, Leeds University Business School. Her mission is to improve safety by preventing risky crowd behaviours during emergency situations. Dr van der Wal is specialised in the computational modelling of cognitive and affective processes in groups as well as evidence-based emergency communication research. Her current project - EVACUATION - is funded by the European Commission, through a Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Fellowship. https://cdr.leeds.ac.uk/project-evacuation/ Hannah Preston is a Research Support Officer at Leeds University Business School. She is editor of the School’s Research and Innovation Blog, and producer of the Research and Innovation Podcast.

Modern slavery and business

Leeds University Business School — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:04:25 -0500

Often modern slavery is thought of as an issue that happens overseas, yet it occurs in a number of sectors within the UK too. In this episode, Dr Matthew Davis and Professor Hinrich Voss discuss what businesses need to know about modern slavery. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the presenters: Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery. Hinrich Voss is Professor of International Business at Leeds University Business School and member of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL). He is interested in the relationship and interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and institutions. This interest is manifested in a research strand on Chinese and emerging market MNEs (EMNEs), and one on the interplay between international business, sustainability and ethics. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/164/podcast_episode_3_-_transcript

Education, skills and wage inequality

Leeds University Business School — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:04:16 -0500

In this episode, Drs Arpita Bhattacharjee and Juliane Scheffel discuss wage inequality, focusing on whether higher levels of education lead to income inequality and looking at skill bias in technological changes. This podcast episode was recorded in June 2019. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. About the presenters: Dr Arpita Bhattacharjee is a Teaching Fellow in Economics. Her current research interests focus on labour economics, development economics and micro-econometric methods. Dr Juliane Scheffel is also a Teaching Fellow in Economics and her current research interests include: labour economics, development economics, health economics, migration, education, and elderly care. A transcript of this episode is available at: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/162/podcast_episode_2_-_transcript

Technologies in the workplace

Leeds University Business School — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:04:06 -0500

What do we mean by technologies in the workplace? And are they likely to have a positive or negative effect on our lives? In this episode, Professors Chris Forde and Mark Stuart give an overview of the impact of digital technologies and how they might replace jobs, create new types of jobs, and change the nature of the way we work. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. The work for The European Parliament referred to in this interview is the 2017 study on “The Social Protection of Workers in the Platform Economy”. You can read the report here: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/614184/IPOL_STU(2017)614184_EN.pdf About the presenters: Chris Forde is Professor of Employment Studies, Co-Director of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change, and co-ordinator of the Q-Step Programme. His research interests look at the changing nature of work, and the implications of these changes for workers. Professor Mark Stuart is Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation at Leeds University Business School, founder of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change, and Co-Director of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre. His current research focuses on the wide-ranging effects of digitalisation on the future of work; restructuring and displacement in the steel sector; and union modernisation, skills and learning. A transcript of this podcast is available at https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/163/podcast_episode_1_transcript

Introduction

Leeds University Business School — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:03:51 -0500

Welcome to Leeds University Business School’s Research and Innovation Podcast. In this introductory episode, Professor Mark Stuart, Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, explains how we’ll be using this podcast to bring you insights from our expert researchers. This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available at https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/161/podcast_introduction_-_transcript