Imane El Hakimi

Imane’s industrial experience in various sectors in many countries increased her interest in International Management involving employees’ behaviour and how to challenge such behaviour through innovative practice.

It drove her to develop such curiosity exploring new paradigms in Management through her PhD on “Arab Management Practices from a Trust Perspective – The case of International Companies in Morocco”, awarded in September 2016 at Plymouth University.

At an academic level, in addition to her role as programme leader for MSc Business with programmes (September intake – Generalism courses), she is involved in delivering sessions to Level 4, 5, 6 and 7. Contributing to Northumbria University strategy in providing high quality learning, Imane organised the Social Hackathon in 2015 as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week which takes place each November.

Holding a PhD in Business and International management in 2016, MSc in project management in 2010 and a Fellow HEA in 2017, Imane’s industrial experience in various sectors in many countries increased her interest in International Management involving employees’ behaviour and how to challenge such behaviour through innovative practice. Imane's research interests focus mainly on organisations in the private sectors looking into IHRM, cross-cultural studies, Trust Building as well as Family businesses.

Domestic abuse and family court proceedings is a new area of research, prompted by personal experience. Several projects are under way with colleagues from Newcastle University and Northumbria University. In particular, Imane is working with Rima Hussein and another academic from Newcastle University Open Lab exploring digital solutions to support domestic abuse victims in their family court journey.