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Dr Andreas Giazitzoglu

Senior Lecturer.

  • Address: Room 3.10
    Newcastle University Business School,
    5 Barrack Road,
    Newcastle upon Tyne,
    NE1 4SE
Background

Dr Andreas Giazitzoglu.

Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship.


Award-winning educator. Over 10 years’ experience leading modules on entrepreneurship and business growth. 


I wrote the book Studying Business at University: The Survival Guide, published by Routledge. If you want to buy my book, see:

https://www.routledge.com/Studying-Business-at-University-The-Survival-Guide/Giazitzoglu/p/book/9781032740423?srsltid=AfmBOoqG0KOHc5Ro6fKO4VAU37YORkXLAOLHYR_dJIt_My47ZHhWNvey



I research the Sociology of Entrepreneurship. In particular I research how men and masculinities intersect with entrepreneurship.


I am:


  • Associate Editor at Gender, Work and Organizations (CABS:3*).


  • Editor of a special collection on Men at Work for Work, Employment and Society (CABS:4*).


  • Lead Guest Editor for an upcoming Special Issue on Entrepreneurial Masculinities in International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (CABS:2*)


I am chair for the track titled Masculinities in Work and Organizations: what will the future hold and why does it matter? , at the 2025 Gender, Work and Organizations Conference. Submit via stream 30 here, if you want to be part of the track:

Stream Proposals Accepted - GWO 2025 Conference


I have published in the following 3* and 4* CABS ranked journals: 


Journal of Business Venturing,


Work, Employment and Society,


Journal of Business Research,


Progress in Human Geography,


Entrepreneurship and Regional Development,


International Small Business Journal,


Organization,


Gender, Work and Organizations.


My research has been cited over 1000 times since 2019, with a H-index: 14 and an i10-index: 15 (Google Scholar). 

‪‪Andreas Giazitzoglu‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

 

I am a member of the editorial review boards at:


Gender, Work and Organizations 


NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies. 


 

Since 2021 I have been a research fellow at the UK national innovation centre for rural enterprise. 

 

Since 2002 I have been external examiner at Lancaster University Business School for BSc (Hons) Management and BSc (Hons) International Business Management

 

Since 2023 I have been an external reviewer for the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management degree at Nottingham University Business School, China


Past Roles held in NUBS include: 


2018 – 2020: Degree Program Director for MSc in International Marketing; 


2015 – 2018: Chair of the Board of Examiners (UG MOS); 


2013 – 2018: PhD Convenor (MOS).  

 

Qualifications 


BSc (Hons).


MSc, University of Oxford (Hertford College). 2003. 


PhD, University of Durham (Hatfield College). 2007 – 2010. Passed Viva with no corrections. 


Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 2016.  


Positions  


October 2018 – Ongoing. Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.  


May 2013 – October 2018. Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.  


December 2011 – May 2013. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship. Newcastle University Business School.  

 

Awards 


2016: ‘Best paper of the year award’. Journal of Business Venturing.  

2018: Best Paper award Nomination. Institution for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (Entrepreneurship in minority groups track). 

2021/2022: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Outstanding Contribution to Academic Support award. 

2021/2022: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Outstanding Contribution to Teaching award. 

2018/2019: Nominated for the UK’s National Enterprise Educator Award.  

2018/2019: Nominated for Newcastle University Education Award. 

2015/16, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2019/2020: 2022/2023: Nominated for Newcastle University’s Teaching Excellence Award.  

June, 2013. Winner of the National Federation of Independent Business Award for Excellence in Research on the General Topic of Entrepreneurship. Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson University (USA). 


Research

Research Expertise 


1.     The Sociology of Entrepreneurship. 

2.     The Sociology of Organisations.  

3.     Ethnography.


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PhD Supervision  


I have supervised five PhD projects to completion (two as primary supervisor). 

I am keen to supervise more PhD projects.

 


Teaching

Teaching

 

Module Leader for: 

 

Bus 1004 (Business Growth) 

Bus 3000 (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Lean Innovation) 

Bus 3343 (Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Lean Innovation for Erasmus students) 

NBS 8625: Business Growth and Society



Publications