Staff in IMS

Dr Ariane Agunsoye

Lecturer in Economics
A.Agunsoye (@gold.ac.uk)

Ariane's research focuses on how financialisaton takes place in daily life, exploring the construction of household financial identity within society.

Dr Ada Maria Barone

Lecturer in Marketing
A.Barone (@gold.ac.uk)

Ada Maria’s research focuses on the psychological mechanisms underlying consumers’ sustainable choices and behaviour

Dr Chris Brauer

Senior Lecturer in Innovation, Programme Director, MSc Management of Innovation
brauer (@gold.ac.uk)

Chris applies academic research to emerging technologies, with interests in AI, consumer behaviour and smart energy.

Dr Ivano Cardinale

Reader in Economics, Programme Director, BA/BSc Economics
i.cardinale (@gold.ac.uk)

Ivano is developing a structural approach to political economy, drawing on economic and social theory.

Dr Brian Cepparulo

Associate Lecturer
b.cepparulo (@gold.ac.uk)

Brian's research focuses on the economic consequences of Covid-19 government policies.

Dr Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay

Senior Lecturer in Economics
m.desmarais-tremblay (@gold.ac.uk)

The theory of public finance, its recent history and philosophical foundations, is central to Maxime’s research.

Dr Rachel Doern

Reader in Entrepreneurship
r.doern (@gold.ac.uk)

Much of Rachel’s research examines the cognitions, emotions and behaviours of entrepreneurs in adverse conditions.

Dr Christian Eichert

Lecturer in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
c.eichert (@gold.ac.uk)

Christian studies stigma, sexuality, gender, and consumption from a socio-cultural perspective.

Dr Tiziana Foresti

Lecturer in Economics
T.Foresti (@gold.ac.uk)

Tiziana's research focuses on history of economic thought and economic history.

Dr Cassie Gilbert

Lecturer in Applied Business, Head of Careers and Employability
C.Gilbert (@gold.ac.uk)

Cassie's focus is making employability an integral part of all IMS programmes.

Dr Nigel Guenole

Senior Lecturer in Management and Psychology
n.guenole (@gold.ac.uk)

Nigel specializes in talent management, applied statistics and the way businesses utilise psychology and analytics.

Dr Christine A. Hemingway

Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour
C.hemingway (@gold.ac.uk)

Corporate social entrepreneurship, Micro-CSR, business ethics.

Dr Shaheen Hosany

Lecturer in Marketing
S.Hosany (@gold.ac.uk)

Shaheen Hosany researches children, families, resource scarcity and sustainability.

Dr Lin Jiang

Lecturer in Finance
L.Jiang (@gold.ac.uk)

Lin’s research focuses on corporate finance and corporate governance issues.

Dr Vikram Kapoor

Lecturer in Marketing
v.kapoor (@gold.ac.uk)

Vikram’s research focuses on consumer identity projects, stigmatized subpopulations, and religion and consumption.

Dr Ratna Khanijou

Lecturer in Marketing
R.Khanijou (@gold.ac.uk)

Ratna studies collective consumption behaviour, family and food practices, display work and couple identity emergence from a consumer culture perspective.

Dr Andrés Lazzarini

Lecturer in Economics
A.Lazzarini (@gold.ac.uk)

Andrés’ research areas include the History of Economic Thought, Epistemology of Economics (Classical, Marginalist, Post-Keynesian and Evolutionary Theories) and Economic Development.

Dr Franziska Kiki Leutner

Lecturer in Occupational Psychology, Programme Director MSc Occupational Psychology
F.Leutner (@gold.ac.uk)

Kiki specialises in Individual Differences and Computational Psychometrics, and their application in industry.

Dr Annemijn Loermans

Lecturer in Marketing, Programme Director, MSc Consumer Behaviour
a.loermans (@gold.ac.uk)

Annemijn studies differences in the cognitive representation of abstract concepts (e.g. time, future selves, brands) and explores how these differences drive our (consumer) behaviour, motivation, well-being and emotions.

Austin Milne

Lecturer in Creative Entrepreneurship
a.milne (@gold.ac.uk)

A practice-based researcher, Austin investigates the practical and ethical implications of new business models in the arts.

Dr Constantinos Repapis

Lecturer in Economics
c.repapis (@gold.ac.uk)

Constantinos' research focuses on the nature of economic theories, their history and context.

Dr Tomás Rotta

Lecturer in Economics
T.Rotta (@gold.ac.uk)

Tomás lectures in econometrics and quantitative methods for economists. In his research he specialises in theoretical and applied Political Economy.

Luciana Velloso

Lecturer in Marketing, Programme Director, BSc Marketing
l.velloso (@gold.ac.uk)

Luciana studies how actors and institutions shape and are shaped by our current media landscape.

Dr Ragupathy Venkatachalam

Head of Department, Senior Lecturer in Economics
r.venkatachalam (@gold.ac.uk)

Ragupathy's research focuses on the interface between computation and economics, economic dynamics, discrimination, causal inference, history and methodology of economics.

Louise Villeneuve

Associate Lecturer
l.villeneuve (@gold.ac.uk)

Louise's research focuses on the history and philosophy of economics.

Dr Ariel Wirkierman

Lecturer in Economics
a.wirkierman (@gold.ac.uk)

Ariel is focussed on the historical roots, theory advancement and the applied analysis of structural interdependence.

Dr Ivan Zupic

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Programme Director, BSc Management with pathways
i.zupic (@gold.ac.uk)

Ivan is interested in how digital technologies are changing strategy & innovation and bringing new research methods into management research.