IMS staff

Dr Stefan Bernritter

Stefan’s research mainly focusses on consumer-brand interactions in a digital and mobile world with a particular focus on social media marketing and mobile marketing.

Professor Frank Bond

Frank focuses on predicting and influencing human behaviour in organisations ranging from the BBC, to the European Space Agency and the UK Olympic team

Dr Chris Brauer

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

Dr Mario Campana

Mario approaches alternative economies with consumer culture theory, and is interested in cryptocurrencies and start-ups.

Dr Ivano Cardinale

Ivano studies the interface of economics, political economy and organizational theory, applying it to the Eurozone.

Luís Costa da Silva

Luís is a doctoral researcher with research interests in personality disorders, attachment and psychometrics.

Dr Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay

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

Dr Rachel Doern

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

Dr Jonathan Dowling

Jonathan's research aims to maximise people's performance and vitality through understanding their everyday emotions in order to act as the person they wish to be.

Christian Eichert

Christian studies stigmatized and vulnerable communities, sexuality and gender, and digitalisation and globalisation from a consumer culture theory perspective.

Patrick Fagan

Patrick is a consumer psychologist who specialises in applying psychological science to business insight.

José Fevereiro

José’s research expertise is in political economy, structural economic dynamics and macroeconomics.

Dr Evrydiki (Eurydice) Fotopoulou

Dr Keely Jo Frasca

Keely’s research centres on organisational recruitment, social recruiting and employer branding.

Dr Giorgos Galanis

Giorgos’ research crosses economics and political philosophy, such as intergenerational justice and sustainable development.

Anneli Gascoyne

Anneli’s work looks at psychological and organisational flexibility in organisational effectiveness.

Maya Golan

Maya is an expert in bringing design thinking, behavioural economics, ethnography and research together.

Dr Adèle Gruen

As a researcher of the access economy, Adèle is interested in collaborative consumption and the sharing economy.

Dr Nigel Guenole

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

Ariane Hillig

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

Dr Sarah Lauwo

Dr Jo Lloyd

Jo lecturers in occupational psychology. She specialises in occupational health psychology and organisational behaviour.

Austin Milne

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

Dr Sven Molner

Sven’s research lies at the intersection of marketing strategy, Innovation Management, and entrepreneurship.

Lisa Talia Moretti

Lisa is an award-winning digital sociologist and strategist teaching digital research methods and design thinking.

Nasos Papadopoulos

Dr Adeline Pelletier

Adeline focusses on corporate strategy, business economics and corporate finance.

Dr Lilit Popoyan

Dr Popoyan is visiting from the Institute of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.

Dr Constantinos Repapis

Constantinos’ research focuses on history of economic thought and issues of economic methodology.

Károly Schlosser

Dr Usva Anastasia Seregina

Usva studies consumer culture and its relation to contemporary culture, communities, and individuals.

Dr Rachael Skews

Rachel’s core research area is contextual behavioural science in coaching psychology.

Katharina Stolley

Astrid Van den Bossche

Astrid examines the application of cognitive literary theory to advertising history and economic socialisation.

Luciana Velloso

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

Dr Ragupathy Venkatachalam

Ragupathy’s research areas include Endogenous Business Cycle Theory, Computable Economics and Behavioural Economics.

Dr Isabella Maria Weber

Isabella’s research combines economic theory, history, China studies and global political economy.

Dr Ariel Wirkierman

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

Dr Ai Yu

Ai Yu’s research looks at the socio-psychological mechanisms underlying organisational practices and workforces.