Professor Hugh Willmott

Biography

Education and qualifications

• 1972: BSsc in Management Sciences, Ist Class Hons (Manchester)
• 1977: PhD in Management / Sociology (Manchester)
• 2008 : Honorary PhD (Lund University, Sweden)

Professional service

• 1986- Editorial board member of Academy of Management Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Organization Studies and many others
• 2008 REF Panel Member for Business and Management
• 2012-2015 Associate Editor of Organization
• 2014 REF Panel Member for Business and Management
• 2015-2017 Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review

Honours and awards

Honours and Awards

• 1972 Royal Society of Arts Award (UMIST)
• 1989- Vistiting positions / professorships at Copenhagen Business School, Uppsala University, Cranfield University, Sydney University, University of Technology Sydney
• 2009 Elected to the Academy of Social Sciences
• 2015 Elected to the Royal Academy

Academic positions

• 1974-1976 Demonstrator, Department of Management Sciences, UMIST
• 1976-1983 Tutor and Course Counsellor, Open University
• 1977-1988 Lecturer, Aston Business School, University of Aston
• 1988-1991 Lecturer, Manchester School of Management, UMIST
• (1989) Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School
• (1990) Visiting Professor, Uppsala Business School
• 1991-1993 Senior Lecturer, Manchester School of Management,UMIST
• 1993-1995 Reader, Manchester School of Management, UMIST
• 1995 -2001 Professor of Organizational Analysis, Manchester School of Management, UMIST
• (1999-2004) Visiting Professor, University of Lund
• (2000-2003) Visiting Professor, Cranfield University
• 2001- 2006 Diageo Professor of Management Studies, Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University
• (2005) Visiting Professor, University of Sydney
• (2006- )Research Professor of Organization Studies, Cardiff Business School, University of Cardif
• (2006 -) Fellow of Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
• (2007 -2010) Visiting Professor, University of Lund
• (2011-2012) Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
• (2017- ) Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Speaking engagements

Publications

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Teaching

Teaching commitments

• Principles of Qualitative Research

Research interests

• Accounting in organizations and society
• Managerial work
• Management education and learning
• Social theory

PhD supervision research interests

• Critical study of aspects of management and organization

Supervision

Past projects