Publications

Congratulations to:

Dr Emily Yarrow, Deputy Head of Leadership, Work and Organisations Subject Group, on her edited collection book with Professor Julie Davies at Brunel, entitled ‘Worker Well-being, Human Factors and the Gig Economy Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ published by Routledge.

Dr Yarrow has also co-authored the paper ‘Integrating Inequality Regimes and Social Cognitive Career Theory: Female Physicians’ Resilience in India’ in Gender, Work and Organization. The findings offer empirical qualitative insights for inclusive policy and practice aimed at empowering female professionals in healthcare. 

Dr Sara Zaeemdar, Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Professor Iain Munro, Professor or Leadership and Organisational Change, and Dr Josephine Go Jefferies, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, who along with other co-authors have had their recent paper ‘Reading as communal luxury: On the formation of a resistant subject group’ published in Management Learning.

Dr Vu Trinh, Senior Lecturer in Finance, who co-authored the paper ‘Geopolitical uncertainty and firm tail risk: Evidence from energy-focused economies’ which was published in the Energy Economics. The study investigates the relationship between national geopolitical risk (GPR) and firm-level tail risks, including total tail risk, systematic tail risk, and idiosyncratic tail risk, using a comprehensive global dataset comprising 19,823 firms across 14 countries from 1990 to 2019. The sample includes energy-focused economies, where geopolitical tensions often intersect with national energy strategies and global resource dependencies. The findings indicate that geopolitical risk significantly increases total and idiosyncratic tail risks while reducing systematic tail risk, suggesting a redistribution of risk exposure under geopolitical uncertainty. Moreover, subsample analysis reveals that the observed effects are primarily driven by non-energy sector firms and oil-importers. Despite their inherent exposure to geopolitical risks, energy firms exhibit resilience, likely due to advanced risk management practices, government interventions, and the counterbalancing effects of energy price fluctuations. These findings have important implications for policymakers and market participants, aiding in the development of strategies to better manage firm-specific tail risks in response to rising cross-country political instability.

Professor Savvas Papagiannidis, Interim Deputy Dean, Dr Davit Marikyan, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Dr Dinara Davlembayeva, Lecturer in Digital Business, and Dr Simos Chari, Alliance Manchester Business School, recently published a paper in the British Journal of Management entitled ‘Back to the Time When the Grass Was Greener (and Buster Bunny Was Fluffier): A Study of Retro-game-evoked Nostalgia and Its Role in Gamers’ Behaviour’. The findings show that satisfaction with gaming influences retro-game purchases and fosters opportunities for engaging users widely. These findings provide insights into consumer characteristics shaping the retro-gaming market.

Workshops

Dr Haiyan Lu, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Professor Savvas Papagiannidis recently hosted an industrial workshop called ‘Driving Sustainable Business and Supply Chains with Digitalisation and AI’.

The workshop was designed to promote knowledge exchange around digital adoption and AI implementation, with a focus on their impact on business resilience and sustainability.

The team brought their expertise in digital transformation, sustainable supply chain management, and e-business — disciplines that are reshaping both industry practices and societal outcomes.

Conferences

Professor Eleftherios Alamanos, Professor of Marketing, attended the Chartered Associate on Business Schools Inaugural UK and India Business Schools Dialogue in September where he discussed the huge potential for research collaborations, particularly in his role as Associate Dean Global.

Dr Vu Trinh delivered a session on current corporate governance challenges in the UK at the International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Conference 2025, held at Alliance Manchester Business School in October.

Dr Sarah Najm, NUAcT Fellow: Economics of Creative Industries, presented the paper ‘Institutional Investors and Stringent Climate Policies’ (joint with Roberto Cardinale) at the British Institute of Energy Economics BIEE Research Conference 2005 in September.

Reports

Dr Iftekhar Ahmed, Lecturer in Sustainable Finance, was one of the lead authors of the recently published IPES Nexus Assessment Report. The report carries real value in addressing the complex interlinkages among global challenges.

Dr Ahmed contributed to Chapter 6: Finance Options, which explores how finance can be leveraged to address the intertwined global crises of biodiversity loss, water, food, health, and climate change. 

Awards

Congratulations to Dr Iftekhar Ahmed for being awarded the Three Cairns Group Fellowship to attend the Environmental Data Science Certificate Program at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE).

This cutting-edge programme covers essential skills in advanced data analytics and modelling techniques which he is keen to integrate into his finance and sustainability research.

Postgraduate research

PhD candidate Hussain Alqatifi has been recognised with the Best Developmental Paper at the BAM conference in October. This is an excellent achievement for his outstanding work. The paper was called ‘Investigating Well-Being-Orientated Human Resource Management: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Employee Well-Being and Turnover Intentions’.

In September, Postgraduate Research Student Sijia Liang presented the paper ‘The collective risk social dilemma: A meta-analysis’ at the 2025 European Meeting of the Economic Science Association in Brno and at the Workshop on the Psychology of Climate Risk Communication at the University of Leeds.