Win best research paper prize at the British Academy of Management Conference for pioneering the theory of ‘aesthetic diversity’ and the need for a more inclusive approach to ‘invisible’ employee traits in the workplace, such as neurodiversity.
Lead an in-depth evaluation of the innovative Nigerian Oil-Spill Monitor (OSM), which allows affected local communities to challenge corporate and official accounts of oil spills in the Nigerian Delta.
Embark on a two-year international research project with Procter & Gamble, surveying consumer habits in the US and UK and identifying the patterns and barriers to more sustainable consumption.
Publish a landmark research paper on electric vehicles in the UK and the need for a circular economy for their batteries, which involved extensive and revealing interviews with car manufacturers, vendors, policy makers and other key stakeholders.
Create a new and adaptive model of responsible business governance based on a long-running study of Heart of Midlothian FC and their supporter-owned structure, which helped inform later discussions around the government’s review of football.
Develop a scenarios-based decision-making framework to help localise the Global Goals through grassroots consultation, which is tested in a series of workshops with Birmingham schoolchildren and youth leaders. Published as open source, making the tool widely available and helping carry forward similar research in other communities around the world.
Have our Equal Parenting Project mentioned in Parliament by Maria Miller MP as part of an International Women’s Day debate in the House of Commons. The project is also cited in the New Statesman and The Guardian.
Contribute to the University of Birmingham’s curtain-raising series of climate change essays, 'Addressing the climate challenge', ahead of COP26.
Publish ‘Net Zero Accounting for a Net Zero UK' that exposes the inadequacy of carbon accounting methodologies used by businesses and governments, making a mockery of the UK government’s net zero plans. The report is picked up by magazines and newspapers in the UK and US.
Reveal the mental as well as physical health benefits of personal protective equipment for frontline medical staff during the Covid pandemic in new research in Spain.
Agree to provide rolling data analysis for Business In The Community’s Race At Work initiative, which surveyed almost 75k employees across the UK, with trends and best practice identified for future surveys and recommendations.