IAS Visiting Fellows
The IAS fellowship programme aims to attract outstanding researchers who are operating at the cutting edge of their disciplines, to work collaboratively with colleagues at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Suze Wilson
Dr Suze Wilson, joins us from Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
More about Suze Wilson
More about Suze Wilson
Hosted by Dr Scott Taylor, Department of Management.
28 March – 27 April 2025
Dr Suze Wilson is a globally renowned leadership scholar whose work has been influential in reframing how we understand the history of leadership theory, and therefore also its present trajectory.
A senior lecturer in the School of Management at Massey University. Her research examines issues of power, identity, gender, ethics, discourse, practice, context and crisis in relation to leadership and its development.
Her fellowship visit will aid in developing the theoretical and empirical bases for understanding how women exercising leadership encounter and counter online misogyny that will become influential both theoretically and methodologically.
If you would like full details of the plans for Dr Wilson fellowship or would like to meet with her during her visit as an Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Fellow, please contact Vashti Bejai.
Dr Vanessa Bal
Dr Vanessa Bal, joins us from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
More about Vanessa Bal
More about Vanessa Bal
Hosted by Professor Richard Hastings, Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
27 June – 26 July 2025
Dr Vanessa Bal’s research aims to advance understanding of adults on the autism spectrum. Her specific interests include characterisation of strengths and challenges, development of tools to assess autism in adults and adapting mental health treatments for autistic adults. The long-term goal of her work is to improve diagnostic practices and approaches to promote well-being for individuals on the autism spectrum across the lifespan.
If you would like full details of the plans for Dr Vanessa Bal fellowship or would like to meet with him during his visit as an Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Fellow, please contact Vashti Bejai.