David Finkelstein

Professor David Finkelstein has been involved in senior management roles in six universities over the past 20 years. He has led large academic departments through strategic change, working with colleagues to encourage and support collaborative and shared working environments. He currently works at the University of Westminster. Previous to that he was Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Business at the University of Plymouth, Interim Head of Psychology and Business at Heriot-Watt University, Head of the Centre for Open Learning at the University of Edinburgh, and Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of Dundee. He has also acted as Head of the School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where Sociology and Psychology departments were part of his management remit.

He is a well-practiced media communicator, with over 90 published books, essays and journal articles in areas related to cultural history and communication, several of which have won awards. He has contributed to news outlets such as The Guardian, The Scotsman and History Scotland, and been a featured commentator on Australian Radio National, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and BBC Scotland. Recent publications, examining nineteenth century press history, print worker migration, labour actions, organizational culture and creative cultures, include the monograph Movable Types: Roving Creative Printers of the Victorian World, which was published by Oxford University Press in July 2018, and the edited Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, 1800-1900, 2020