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Dr Elina Meliou
Professor of Work and Organisation Studies

Eastern Gateway 202L

Research area(s)

 My research contributes a cutting edge relational perspective and leads to the advancement of theory in the subject area of diversity, inclusion, and leadership at work. It has moved the scientific debate forward on how individuals - particularly women and minorities - negotiate social structures, and how their actions are shaped through subjective experiences in complex social and organisational contexts. 

Research Interests

Gender at work and entrepreneurship

Precarious work, diversity and intersectionality

Inclusive organizing and digitalization 

Desirable futures and feminist collectives

Leadership, care and ethics

I am interested in supervising PhD students undertaking qualitative research in the above areas.

Research grants and projects

Grants

The work and career experiences of women with mental health issues in STEM research and innovation
Funder: EDI Caucus
Duration: January 2024 - December 2024

Project with Prof.Dulini Fernando , Dr. Krystal Wilkinson, and partners Mind Hillingdon,WISE and WIASN

Pathways to enterprising futures
Funder: European Social Fund
Duration: April 2021 - December 2023
Academic profession, contingent employment and career pathways during a crisis
Funder: Society of Research in Higher Education
Duration: October 2020 - December 2022
Cyberdeviance in the digital tech sector: informal rules, relational reflexivity and transformational ends
Funder: British Academy/ Leverhulme Small Research Grants
Duration: September 2020 - March 2023
Publishing Gender Research in Top Management Journals
Funder: Society of the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS)
Duration: April 2020 - April 2020
Career trajectories of female entrepreneurs: enacting entrepreneurship as relational good
Funder: British Academy/ Leverhulme Small Research Grants
Duration: September 2016 - March 2018
Leadership in transition to sustainable business: a study of SMEs in the South East of England
Funder: British Academy of Management
Duration: March 2014 - March 2015