Staff in the Department of Strategy and International Business

Dr Samuel Adomako is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham, he held teaching and research positions in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia and the University of Bradford, UK. His research centres on the cognitive processes supporting entrepreneurship, innovation and ...

Dr Mahmoud Alajaty is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and International Business in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and specialises in teaching topics related to Strategic Management and International Business.

James is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Leadership and Programme Director for the Online MSc International Management at Birmingham Business School.

He has extensive experience of leading high-performance management teams, management consultancy and developing effective learning & teaching strategies.

James blends insights from Management Science with an understanding of the ...

Dr Roshan Boojihawon is a Associate Professor in Strategy at the Business School, University of Birmingham and a Visiting Research Fellow the Open University Business School. He specialises in teaching Strategic Management, International management and related subjects.

As an educator, Roshan ascribes to this quote from Paulo Freire: “Education either functions as an instrument which ...

Professor John Bryson is Chair in Enterprise and Economic Geography at Birmingham Business School. John's research is motivated by a desire to understand and explain the complex ways in which production is organized through space and in place and via a variety of forms of enterprise.

Selim is an Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business in Birmingham Business School. Previously, he worked at University of Bristol Business School and Nottingham University Business School. 

His research interests lie at the intersection of strategic management, international business, and sustainability. He particularly focuses on modern slavery and labour exploitation ...

As a Chair (Full Professor) in International Business, Agnieszka is widely recognised as a prominent capacity builder for impactful initiatives and an esteemed advocate for knowledge exchange and engagement in the realm of responsible management education. 

This recognition stems from her leadership in developing and leading strategic initiatives both nationally and internationally, as well ...

John Child is Emeritus Professor of Commerce in the Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham. He has served as Head of the Business School’s International Management and Organization Subject Group and was the Founding Director of its MSc in International Business programme. 

Professor Child contributed to the development of organizational studies as a member of the ...

Carole Couper is an Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

Following an undergraduate degree in Chinese Studies in her native France, Carole’s earlier career began in industry where she worked as an international sales and marketing senior executive within the instrumentation and Food & Drink sectors.

Caro ...

Stephanie is Professor of Strategy and one of two Deputy Deans for Birmingham Business School (2023-26). She is also Co-Vice Chair Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management (2022-25) and joint Editor-in-Chief of Business History (2019-24).

As a historian working at a business school, her work is concerned with the connection between the social sciences and history, ...

Dr Lin Dong is an assistant professor of strategic management in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School. She received her Ph.D. from Imperial College London. Her research examines negative social evaluations such as stigma and misconduct. She is also interested in the role of organisation and technology in solving societal problems and facilitating ...

Saneesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy & International Business. His research explores how strategic leadership groups and entrepreneurial teams shape strategic outcomes such as innovation and internationalization. He uses Multivariate Analysis including Meta-analysis, and Topic Modeling in his research.

His emerging interests lie in extending the scholarly ...

Emma is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

Pervez N. Ghauri is Professor of International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. From September 2015 to March 2018, he was Director of PhD Programmes. This role entailed, management, education and policy issues for all (150) PhD students and supervisors in the school. The programme was reorganized to introduce several new policy issues.

His current ...

Linda is a Professor of International Business and Head of the Department of Strategy and International Businessat Birmingham Business School in the University of Birmingham. Her main research interests include decision-making, internationalization of firms, management of international strategic alliances and reshoring. Her research has been funded by the British ...

Knut is an Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham. His research covers comparative country studies, internationalisation support, family businesses, entrepreneurship education, innovation, and the blue economy.

Dr. Bowen Liu is an applied economist whose research interests lie in the areas of Industrial Economics, Environmental Economics, Climate Change Economics. Bowen is currently assistant professor in Department of Management, he is interested in policy evaluation using interdisciplinary methods that combining Econometrics and Machine Learning, with a particular focus on policies and interventions ...

Xiaohui Liu is Chair in International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Her main research interests include knowledge spillovers, human mobility, innovation and the internationalization strategies of firms from emerging economies.

Dr. Lu is Chairman of the Board, Air Liquide China Holding Co. Ltd. and  Vice Chairman of China Funds of Siguler Guff & Company.

Previously, Dr. Lu was the Deputy President and Chief Investment Officer of China Jianyin Investment Co. Ltd. and managing director of Climate Change Capital. Besides, he has extensive experiences in industrial investment and operations Dr. Lu had been ...

Professor Michael J. Mol is a Chair in Strategic and International Management at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

He obtained his PhD in Strategic and International Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also got an MSc degree with double majors in strategy and logistics. Michael further holds a CEMS Master Degree. ...

Adah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. He has held roles at other UK universities including Associate Professor in International Business at Northumbria University, Senior Lecturer in International Business at the University of Wolverhampton, and Lecturer in Strategy at Coventry University.

Amir is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business in Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

His research interest is primarily on lean and agile production strategies within the global automotive industry. Having acquired a thorough understanding of strategy within a manufacturing context, Amir is also interested in multiplier effects within certain supply ...

Paulina is Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK

Paulina joined the University in August 2005. Before coming to Birmingham University she worked as Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at the National University of Ireland - Galway and Research Associate at UMIST and the University of ...

Laura is an assistant professor at the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. She has extensive teaching experience. She joined the Birmingham Business School in 2022. Previously she has worked as a lecturer at Lancaster University from 2008-2021. Laura is a member of Advance HE and holds Senior Fellowship (SFHEA). She sits ...

Professor Shenkar has conducted research in international business for twenty five years, starting with his doctoral dissertation on the Chinese bureaucracy which involved work with the department of Sociology and the East-Asian Institute in addition to the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. He has published numerous books (the most recent being "Copycats: how smart companies use ...

Dr. Veselina Stoyanova holds the position of Associate Professor in Strategy & International Business and serves as the DL MSc International Management Programme Director at the University of Birmingham, Business School. With a recognized academic career, she is dedicated to exploring the dynamic intersections of strategy, international entrepreneurship, and the cultivation of social impact ...

Prof. Shlomo Y. Tarba is a Chair (Full Professor) in Strategy & International Business, and joined Birmingham Business School as a Reader (Associate Professor) in August 2015. Between August 2015 and September 2018 he served as a Head of Department of Strategy & International Business and a member of Senior Management Team of Birmingham Business School. Previously he worked as a Lecturer ...

Matthew Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business and Director of MBA Programmes at Birmingham Business School in the University of Birmingham, UK.

Joachim Timlon is an Asst Professor of Strategy & International Business (SIB), Birmingham Business School (BBS) at the University of Birmingham (UoB) where he teaches strategy, sustainability, and innovation. A specialty and uniqueness of his teaching is strategic board governance in start-up Unicorn companies, how boards actively can take strategic initiatives in sustainability, innovation, ...

Professor Chengang Wang is Chair in International Business at Birmingham Business School. Previously, he was a Professor at the University of Bradford School of Management where he had worked for nearly 17 years and held various academic roles, including Head of Research Centre and Director of PhD programme. His current research interests are at the intersection of international business and ...