Dr Nur Gundogdu

Dr Nur Gundogdu

The Department of Strategy and International Business
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability

Contact details

Email
n.gundogdu@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Birmingham Business School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Nur Gundogdu is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Previously, she worked at Brunel University London and Aston University. Her main research interests include artificial intelligence and digital transformation for sustainability; sustainable, responsible, and inclusive business; well-being and mental health, gender equality and diversity in the workplace. Throughout her career, Dr Gundogdu has successfully carried out academic and professional careers together and collaborated with academia, government, industry, and non-governmental organisations in a national and international context. Her research and consultancy work has received funding from prestigious funding agencies including EU Horizon 2020, UKRI ESRC, UKRI Research England, UKRI EPSRC, and the British Council.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • PhD in Management and Organisation
  • MA in Organisational Behaviour
  • BSc in Computer Education and Educational Technology

Teaching

  • Practising and Managing International Business (MSc International Business, Birmingham)
  • Governance and Global Responsibility (MSc International Business, Birmingham)

Research

Research interests

  • Artificial intelligence in strategy and sustainability
  •  Digital transformation for sustainability
  • Strategy for sustainable, responsible and inclusive business
  • Mental health, well-being and gender equality in workplace 

 Projects 

'Climate Accountability: Developing Digital Toolkit'

  • Funded by: UKRI Research England’s Quality-related Research Strategic Priorities Funding (QR-SPF)
  • Project Duration: 18 months, from 1 December 2022 to 31 July 2024
  • Project Budget: £ 46,897.00
  • Role: Principal Investigator, University of Birmingham, from 1 December 2022 to 31 July 2024 

'Transparent and Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation, TARGETED-MPI'

  • Funded by: EU Horizon 2020
  • Project Duration: 50 months, from 1 September 2020 to 31 October 2024
  • Project Budget: EUR 2,476,476.25
  • Role: Research Fellow, Brunel University London, from 17 February 2023 to 2 June 2024
  • Project Partners:  Brunel University London, Athens University of Economics and Business, University of Lancaster, Handelshogskolan I Stockholm, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and American University of Beirut  

'Impact of COVID-19 on Staff Mental Health and Well-Being in SMEs: Strategies and Interventions to Support Workforce and Boost Productivity in the UK'

  • Funded by: UKRI
  • Project Duration: 20 months, from June 2020 to February 2022
  • Project Budget: £ 209,671.00
  • Role: Research Associate, Aston University, from 1 March 2021 to 31 October 2021
  • Project Partners: Aston University , University of Birmingham, University of York and Keele University

Other activities

Memberships 

  • Academy of Management
  • British Academy of Management-BAM
  • The British Academy Early-Career Researcher Network
  • Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability -ARCS

Publications

 Articles 

Book Chapters

  • Özbilgin, M. F., Erbil, C., & Gündoğdu, N. (2024). Developing artificial intelligence(AI) with equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI): towards interdisciplinary co-design with scholars and practitioners of EDI and AI In Kyriakidou, O. & Vassilopoulou, J. (Eds) AI anddiversity in a datafied world of work: Will the future of work be inclusive?, Emerald.
  • Özbilgin, M., Gündoğdu, N., & Akalin, C. (2023). Artificial Intelligence, Gig Economy And Precarity. In E. Meliou, J. Vassilopoulou, M. Ozbilgin (Eds). Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pp 284-301).

Project reports

  • Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2024). TARGETED-MPI Evaluation of the 2nd phase (final) GEPs of all partner institutions. EU Horizon 2020 Project, Transparent and Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation (Grant Agreement No: 872260). 
  • Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2023). TARGETED-MPI Evaluation of the 1st phase (interim) GEPs of all partner institutions. EU Horizon 2020 Project, Transparent and Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation (Grant Agreement No: 872260). 
  • Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2021). TARGETED-MPI Ex Ante Evaluation. EU Horizon 2020 Project, Transparent and Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation (Grant Agreement No: 872260). 

Proceedings and conferences

  • Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2022). The Process of Conducting Ex-Ante Evaluation in Professional Development Workshop Titled: Developing Gender Equality Plans For Management And Business Schools: The TARGETED-MPI Project, 2022 Academy of Management Meeting, 5-9 August 2022, Seattle, Washington 
  • Apospori, E., Trompeta, M., Stead, V., Alkhaled, S.,Leitch, C.,Afiouni, F.,Angelis, J., Schampheleire, J.D.,Dimakou, P.,Anne Guerry, M., Gundogdu, N.,Jack, S.,Katopodis, S., Makarem, Y.,Nikandrou, I.,Ozbilgin, M.,Pouloudi, N.,Rangelova, E.,Remke, R.,Schreurs, B., Skanelid, M., Tsanos, C.,Vanroelen, C.,Vieker, K.,Yusupova, M.,Zografos, K.,Abiakar, M.,Dalli, M. (2022). TARGETED MPI from concepts to application: preliminary findings in Symposium Titled: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Academia Across the Globe: Current Status and Ways Forward. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2022, No.1
  • Afiouni, F., Apospori, E., Dimakou, P., Trompeta, M., Stead, V., Alkhaed, S., Leitch, C., Angelis, J., Schampheleire, J.D., Anne Guerry, M., Gundogdu, N.,Jack, S.,Katopodis, S., Makarem, Y.,Nikandrou, I., Pouloudi, N.,Rangelova, E.,Remke, R.,Schreurs, B., Skanelid, M., Tsanos, C., Vanroelen, C.,Vieker, K.,Yusupova, M.,Zografos, K.,Abiakar, M.,Dalli, M.  (2022). Women in Academia: Lessons Learnt from GE Planning in Academia Across 5 Universities in Symposium Titled: Examining Gender Equality in Various Organisational and National Context. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2022, No.1

Blogs and media

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