Stephen A. Linstead

My background includes undergraduate and Masters degrees in English Literature from the universities of Keele and Leeds, and a further Masters in Organization Development and PhD from what is now Sheffield Hallam University. More recently I was awarded a higher doctorate (D.Litt) from Durham University. I have held Chairs in Wollongong (NSW), Sunderland, Essex and Durham before moving to York. I also spent 2 years as a Visiting Scholar at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a semester at the University of New Mexico.

My research encompasses organization theory and philosophy; aesthetics and language based approaches to organization; gender and sexuality; qualitative methods, ethnography and culture; and managing historical continuity, organizational development, learning and change. I'm interested in aspects of globalization and postcolonialism; the ontology and practice of play especially in innovation and intervention; and the use of music, song and film as modes of research inquiry, impact, and theorising beyond representation. I have made two short documentary films, which have so far gathered 100 Official Selections and Awards internationally including UKRI/AHRC Best Research Film 2018 and have been featured by Daily Mirror, The Times, Together TV, ITV and BBC. I am the founding co-lead of the transdisciplinary Management and Humanities Research Theme and have received grants from the AHRC, ESRC, ARC and HLF. I am a Chartered Psychologist, and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, Chartered Management Institute, Royal Anthropological Institute, Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce and Manufactures. I am also a Certified Management and Business Educator, and UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor.