BAM and Partner Research Grant Schemes 2025 Management Knowledge and Education Award clinics

Kate Black is a Professor of Management Learning and Education at Northumbria University.

Following an early career as a Marine Ecologist at a Field Centre in rural Pembrokeshire, Kate moved into HR management (Recruitment and Development) within retail management.  Her key role was to implement the recruitment and development strategy during a period when the branch was under considerable strain both locally in terms of staffing availability, and as a result of changing sales strategies.

Kate joined Northumbria Business School in Summer 2014 following 10 years at the University of Chester, latterly within Chester Business School.  She currently holds the role of Director of Education within the Business School

Kate is also the Co-Vice Chair for the BAM Management, Knowledge and Education sub-committee.

Professor Lisa Anderson is  Professor of Management Learning and Associate Dean (Postgraduate) in the Management School at the University of Liverpool. She has worked at Liverpool since 2005 and have held a number of roles in that time including Director of Online Programmes, Director of the DBA and Director of the Online MBA.

Lisa gained her PhD from Leeds University in 2008 and also holds CIPD professional qualifications. In 2008 she was appointed Lead Evaluator for the Northern Leadership Academy, a £5m regional development agency project, and was a member of the project Think Tank. She has a wide range of teaching experience covering all levels and modes and has designed and launched a number of new programmes.

Lisa's research, teaching, engagement with practice and leadership within and outside the university are all focused on the the aim of improving management practice and developing the management profession. Her research focuses on how managers learn in a range of contexts, from on-campus and online management classrooms through to formal and informal learning in the workplace. She has a particular interest in action learning and has written about it in the context of the experiences of owner-managers in SMEs and senior managers studying for a professional doctorate. She still regularly works with small businesses on leadership development projects and is currently working on a knowledge exchange project with Wood plc aimed at developing women scientists and engineers for senior mangement roles.

Lisa's research has been published in British Journal of Management, Management Learning, Human Resource Development International and her co-edited book 'A Guide to Professional Doctorates in Business and Management' was nominated for the CMI's Management Book of the Year.