Our Research People

Dr. Nick Henry

Contact for entrepreneurship, enterprise and sectoral development | Email: ab5841@coventry.ac.uk

Dr. Ian Brittain

Contact for sociological, historical and sports management aspects of disability and paralympic sport | Email: ian.brittain@coventry.ac.uk | Phone: +44 (0) 24 7765 9054

Kevin Broughton

Contact for voluntary/community sector, neighbourhood regeneration, organisational development of voluntary sector organisations | Email: k.broughton@coventry.ac.uk | Phone: +44 (0) 24 7765 5779

Jordon Lazell

Contact for food waste, food consumption and sustainable consumption | Email: jordon.lazell@coventry.ac.uk | Phone: +44 (0) 24 7765 9794

Dr. Alessandro Merendino

Contact for: corporate governance, The board of directors, Firm performance, Mega Yacht sectors, Corporate social responsibility, Corporate finance, Accounting, Management | Phone: 02477 659 912 | Email: alessandro.merendino@coventry.ac.uk

Matej Christiaens

Student

PhD Student |  Christ43@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Matej's research looks at UK policies that deal with sport participation for disabled people; including different levels of policy making, policy implementation and the people who the policy is made for interact with each other.

Victoria Barker

Student

PhD Student|  barkerv@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Victoria joined Coventry University’s Centre for Business in Society in January 2015 after achieving an MA with distinction in Creative and Media Enterprises (University of Warwick, 2013) and working as a freelance researcher and summer Mountain Leader. This followed eight years in the public sector as a programme manager and research coordinator.

Sanne Velthuis

Contact for progression among low paid workers in the UK in the context of local labour markets | Email: velthuis@uni.coventry.ac.uk

Natalie Dukes

Email: dukesn@coventry.ac.uk

Dr. Harjit Sekhon

Professional Services

+44 (0) 24766 84223| harjit.sekhon@coventry.ac.uk
Contact for services management and/or marketing.

Cristiana Pace

PhD student| pacec2@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Exploring disruptive technologies in the motorsport sector.

Huma Asif

Student

PhD Student| asifh@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Contact for brand-building, strategy development, consumer behaviour and consumer brand relationships

Rebecca Beech

Contact for consumer behaviour, impact of new media technologies, green brand consumption, brand strategy/management and contemporary issues in marketing | Email: beechr@uni.coventry.ac.uk 

Professor Ming Lim

Contact for Supply Chain Sustainability, Strategy and Operations Management | Email: ming.lim@coventry.ac.uk

Sir Yee Lee

Email: lees116@coventry.ac.uk

Obiora Gideon Okechukuwu

Student

PhD Student |  okechuko@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Obiora is currently a full-time PhD student at the Centre for Business in Society, and his research focuses on evaluating the impact of inward foreign direct investment on export performance.

Dr. Dong-Wook Kwak

Contact for risk management ans supply chains | Email: ab7824@coventry.ac.uk

Sara Degli Esposti

Contact for security, technology and surveillance in business | Email: ac5919@coventry.ac.uk

Dr. David Jarvis

Contact for new business models, low carbon vehicles, social action, economic development | Email: d.jarvis@coventry.ac.uk

Professor Tom Donnelly

Academic

Emeritus Professor of Automotive Business, Centre for Business in Society |  cbis.info@coventry.ac.uk
After graduating from the Universities of Strathclyde (BA Hons) and Aberdeen (Ph.D) Tom became a lecturer at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University). Over many years he taught economic history, economics and strategic management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.