Conceptualising and researching gender: A methods workshop

Professor Anne Laure Humbert

Professor of Gender and Diversity, Oxford Brookes University

Anne Laure Humbert, PhD, is Professor of Gender and Diversity and Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice at Oxford Brookes University. Anne has worked extensively on developing methodologies and indicators for measuring gender equality in multiple settings. She specialises in applying quantitative methods to comparative social and economic analysis. Recent and current projects include looking at the impact of gender and diversity in STEM research teams (GEDII); implementing gender equality plans in universities across Europe (GEARING-Roles); gender in spinouts company in the UK; gender, pay and working condition in nursing; gender violence regimes in Europe; assessing the feasibility of an award/certification system for gender equality in Europe (CASPER); measuring and addressing gender-based violence in higher education in Europe (UniSAFE); promoting gender-inclusive recoveries post-Covid (RESISTIRÉ). Some recent publications include: “A rights-based approach to board quotas and how hard sanctions work for gender equality”, European Journal of Women's Studies (2019), with Kelan and Clayton-Hathway; “The perils of gender beliefs for men leaders as change agents for gender equality” European Management Review (2018), with Kelan and van den Brink; “From Gender Regimes to Violence Regimes: Re-thinking the Position of Violence”, Social Politics (2020) with Hearn, Strid, Balkmar and Delaunay; “Undoing the Nordic Paradox: factors affecting rates of disclosed violence against women across the EU” PLOS ONE (2021), with Strid, Hearn and Balkmar; or “Not Simply ‘Counting Heads’: A Gender Diversity Index for the Team Level” in Social Indicators Research (2021), with Guenther and Müller.

Dr Elisabeth Anna Guenther

Postdoctoral University Assistant, University of Vienna, Secretary BAM Gender in Management SIG

Elisabeth Anna Guenther is a postdoctoral university assistant at the University of Vienna’s Computational Empowerment Lab.

Her work on intersectional interference in the social practice of teaching STEM received several awards. She combines her profound knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodologies with social theories to unveil implicit inequality practices.

Her current research focusses on intersectional reflexivity in and through digital empowerment. https://www.elisabeth-anna-guenther.eu/ 

Dr Mark Gatto

Lecturer in Critical Organisation Studies, Northumbria University

I am a Lecturer in Critical Organisation Studies whose main research interest is the gender inequity experienced by working parents (in paid employment). I explore the influence of patriarchal discourse on individuals in organisational contexts, particularly the motherhood penalty and patriarchal dividend. I draw critical perspectives, emphasising hybrid and caring masculinities, and the work of Raewyn Connell (masculine re-embodiment) and Joan Acker (Gendered Organisations) to problematise the ideal worker-breadwinner-motherhood penalty triad of gendered working.  My PhD used dystopian fiction and critical discourse analysis as a transdisciplinary, critical approach to gender research in organisations. I also use fiction as a subversive means of writing differently. Finally, I established and proudly lead the Northumbria University Parents and Carers Network in 2020. I founded this network on the principles of solidarity and the provision of a visible, supportive community for staff and students in the University.

Professor Jamie Callahan

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Jamie L. Callahan (EdD, PhD) is Professor of Organisation and Ethics at Durham University. Her EdD from George Washington University explored systems of emotion in organisational change. Her PhD from Tilburg University addressed issues of power in Critical HRD. A USAF veteran, she served as a personnel officer and member of the Pentagon Air Staff Total Quality consultancy team. Jamie’s academic career has spanned multiple institutions prior to her present position, including Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Drexel, and Northumbria universities. Her research addresses issues of power and privilege in organised contexts, leading her to explore marginalised groups’ experiences of leadership, learning, and organisational transformation. Her particular passion is championing gender equity. The former Editor of Human Resource Development Review and current Co-Editor of International Journal of Management Reviews, Jamie has published extensively, including in journals such as Human Relations, Organization Studies, Violence Against Women, International Journal of Management Reviews, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and Human Resource Development International. She has also earned numerous research awards, including the Academy of Human Resource Development 2020 Scholar of the Year Award and 2015 Outstanding Book of the Year Award. As an educator, she has been a visiting professor in Saudi Arabia, France, England, and Thailand. She is a feminist, editor, author, mentor, activist, and educator.

Professor Valerie Stead

Professor in Leadership and Management, Lancaster University Management School

Valerie Stead is Professor in Leadership and Management, and Director of the LUMS Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK.  Valerie has a research reputation of international standing in gender, leadership and learning, with a focus on applying and advancing critical approaches to explore women’s leadership, including the role of popular culture in women’s career advancement. Valerie is currently working with international partners on the  EU Horizon 2020 funded TARGETED MPI project to develop, implement and monitor gender equality plans in Business and Management Schools. Valerie’s research is widely published including in Leadership; Gender, Work & Organization; Management Learning; Gender in Management, and Organization Studies. Most recently, Valerie has published, with Carole Elliott and Sharon Mavin, the Edward Elgar Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management.

Valerie is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, a Fellow of CIPD, and Senior Fellow of the HEA.

Professor Carole Elliott

Carole Elliott is Professor of Organisation Studies at Sheffield University Management School. She was recently elected to BAM's College of Fellows, and in 2021 also received the Academy of HRD's (AHRD) Laura Bierema Excellence in Critical HRD award. She is an associate editor of Gender, Work and Organization, and former editor-in-chief of Human Resource Development International. Her research interests include: gender and leadership learning; gendered media representations; critical HRD; power and politics. Along with Professors Valerie Stead and Sharon Mavin, Carole co-edited the 2021Routledge Handbook of Research Methods on Gender in Management.

Professor Sharon Mavin

Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, Newcastle University Business School

Sharon Mavin is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at Newcastle University. Recently awarded the British Academy of Management Medal for Leadership, her research interests are in gender and women leaders, gendered media representations, vulnerability, identity, learning, dirty work and organisation studies.

Recent research about women elite leaders, identity, learning and vulnerability is published in Management Learning, Human Relations, Gender in Management an International Journal and Gender, Work and Organization. Along with Professors Valerie Stead and Carole Elliott, Sharon co-authored the 2021 Routledge Handbook of Research Methods on Gender in Management.