Dr Nur Gundogdu

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

Contact details

Email: n.gundogdu@bham.ac.uk

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

Erbil, C., Özbilgin, M. F., & Gündoğdu, N. (2024). Neuronormativity as ignorant design in human resource management: The case of an unsupportive national context. Human Resource Management Journal.

Özbilgin, M. F., Erbil, C., & Gündoğdu, N. (2024). Political tie diversity and inclusion at work in Asia: a critical view and a roadmap. Asian Business & Management, 1-19.

Özbilgin, M. F., Erbil, C., Demirbağ, O., Gündoğdu, N., & Şimşek Demirbağ, K. (2024). Institutional suicide as anomie: decedents speak out for work-related suicides through a Durkheimian exploration of suicide notes in a context without institutional responsibilization for suicide prevention. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, 1309119.

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 2^nd 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 1^st 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).

Apospori, E., Tsanos, C., Yusupova, M., Alkhaled, S., Angelis, J., Rangelova, E., Afiouni, F., Makarem, Y., Ozbilgin, M. and Gundogdu, N. (2021). Policy Brief 1: Recommendations on evidence-based Gender Equality planning, implementation and monitoring in Higher Education Institution.
Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2020). TARGETED-MPI Evaluation Plan. 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. (2023). Cross-Institutional Ex-Ante Evaluation of Gender Equality Plans' Interventions. BMC Proceedings, (p. 34): A75

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

Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2024, Jan 26). Beyond Parity: A call for intersectional gender equality plans for business schools.
Ozbilgin, M., Gundogdu, N. (2023, May 12). Gender equality programme (GEP) Evaluations: What are they? Why are they needed? How are they performed? How are multi-partner evaluations different?
Gundogdu, N. (2023, March 8). Emracing gender equality in academia.
Gundogdu, N. (2022, March 8). What's academia doing about its problem with gender equality?

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