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Our members

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Discover the members of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Society

The Centre for Work, Organisation and Society is home to academic experts and dedicated professionals at the forefront of cross-disciplinary research on work, society and organisational life. 


Visit the staff profiles listed below to learn more about our members' individual research interests, research supervision status and contact details.

Our Directors

Professor Philip Hancock

Professor Philip Hancock

Co-Director

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Professor Melissa Tyler

Professor Melissa Tyler

Co-Director

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Sophie Hales

Dr Sophie Hales

Co-Director and Seminar Organiser

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Please contact Sophie to stay up to date with the very latest news from CWOS. If you would like to give a seminar paper in our series then please contact Sophie directly.

Our members

Dr Shoba Arun
Dr Shoba Arun

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Huiyan Fu
Dr Huiyan Fu

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Casper Hoedemaekers
Dr Casper Hoedemaekers

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Maria Hudson
Dr Maria Hudson

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Paul Kelly
Dr Paul Kelly

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Marina Michalski
Dr Marina Michalski

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Sandra Moog
Sandra Moog

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Beatrice Piccoli
Dr Beatrice Piccoli

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Raysa Rocha
Dr Raysa Rocha

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Ian Roper
Dr Ian Roper

Member

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Dr Charlie Smith
Dr Charlie Smith

Member

Centre for Organisation and Society, University of Essex

Our associate members

Leo Bancau

Member

Department/Centre, Paris Daupinne University

Leo is a doctoral researcher at Paris-Dauphine University. His research is on the changing nature of work and organisations in the digital age. Leo’s thesis focuses on co-presence and how it is experienced and organised in technology-enabled, hybrid ways of working. Using an ethnographic approach, Leo has conducted fieldwork with project teams in various sectors (e.g., consultants, engineering projects). He draws primarily on phenomenological perspectives and process philosophy to consider the bodily, fluid, and technologically mediated nature of contemporary work experiences.
Professor Leanne Cutcher

Member

The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney

Professor Ina Aust

Member

Louvain School of Management, UC Louvain

Professor Stefanie Reisner

Member

Organisation Studies , Durham University

Stefanie Reissner is Professor of Organization Studies at Durham University Business School. She has a PhD from Durham University and extensive research, education and leadership experience in higher education over a 20-year career. Stefanie is elected Council member at the British Academy of Management (BAM), working on the Research & Publications Sub-Committee for a second term and leading BAM’s research grant portfolio in her role as BAM Chair of Research Grants. She has been appointed as a member of the ESRC’s Peer Review College and a Fellow of BAM’s Peer Review College, sits on the editorial board of the International Journal of Management Reviews and regularly reviews for major scholarly management and organizational journals.
Dr Daniela Pianezzi

Member

Accounting Group, University of Verona

Dr Andrie Michaelidou

Member

University of Cyprus

Professor Kathleen Riach

Member

University of Glasgow

Professor Kate Kenny

Member

University of Ireland

Professor Nancy Harding

Member

University of Bath

Dr Dide van Ecke

Member

University of Utrecht

Dr Noortje van Amsterdam

Member

University of Utrecht

Dr Nela Smolovic Jones

Member

The Open University

Professor Owain Smolovic Jones

Member

Durham University

Dr Magdalena Oldziejewska

Member

Victoria College of Arts and Design

Magdalena Oldziejewska is a Senior Lecturer and Module Leader at Victoria College of Arts and Design. She completed her PhD in Organization Studies and HRM at Essex Business School in 2024. Focusing on the case study of the Feminist Library in London, the research project explored feminist organisational practices and materialities. Her other research interests centre around alternative organisational models and practices, feminist methodologies, community organising, sustainability and migration. Her research is practice based, rooted in activism and community organising.

Dr Anna M. Górska

Member

Kozminski University

Anna is a director of Women and Diversity in Organizations Research Center, Kozminski University. She is a member of the Young Academy of Polish Academy of Sciences. She studies higher education institutions from the perspective of management, communication, and diversity. Her works have been published in international academic journals such as Gender, Work and Organization, Accounting, Auditing and Accountbility Journal,, and Information & Management. Her recent book Gender and Academic Career Development in Central and Eastern Europe, was published by Routledge. Currently she serves as a co-editor-in-chief of Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry. Anna has participated as a principal investigator and researcher in multiple research grants funded by the Polish National Center of Science, EU funds, British Academy, and Norwegian Funds. She has also been awarded scholarships and awards, including the Fulbright Award and Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for Young Prominent Scholars. She has gained international experience as a visiting scholar at Columbia Business School and ESCP Business School.

If you would like to join us as an Associate Member, please email Professor Melissa Tyler (mjtyler@essex.ac.uk)

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Director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Society (CWOS) Professor Melissa Tyler
University of Essex
Co-Director Professor Philip Hancock 
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