Dr Konstantina Skritsovali
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: K.Skritsovali@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5771
Konstantina is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at LJMU and Faculty Co-Lead for PRME. Konstantina has been using innovative approaches to teaching and learning and focuses on how gamification and extracurricular activities can enhance student learning and overall experience. In June 2022, she won a Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution in Teaching & Learning.
Konstantina’s interests revolve around social responsibility, sustainable business models and, responsible management education. She is particularly interested in exploring the role of collaborative networks in supporting sustainable and inclusive growth and also, the role of responsible management education as a change agent. She is currently leading a project to map the representation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals across all Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes in LBS.
Konstantina is a CMBE, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and, a PRME Local Network Co-Lead for the NorthWest of England and Wales regions. She is an external examiner for the University of Surrey and, University of Bolton. In the past, she was the chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM) Sustainable and Responsible Business Special Interest Group. Prior to working at LJMU, she was a Lecturer in Business Management at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Konstantina supervises two doctoral candidates and welcomes opportunities to supervise postgraduate projects related to her research and teaching interests.
Languages
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Italian
Degrees
2022, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, MA in Higher Education
2015, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, PhD in Corporate Social Responsibility
2011, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, MSc Finance and Financial Information Systems
2008, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece, BA (Hons) in Marketing
Certifications
2017, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, Business & Management, Liverpool John Moores University, 2020 - present
Lecturer, Strategy, Enterprise & Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016 - 2020
Associate Lecturer, Management, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013 - 2016
Chapters
Skritsovali K, Hindley A, Neary K. 2024. Using Fashion and Experiential Learning as a Medium to Engage Business Students with Sustainability The Contribution of Universities Towards Education for Sustainable Development Springer. London 9783031498527 Publisher Url
Randles S, Wadham H, Skritsovali K, Hart C, Hoque S, Kettleborough H, Klapper R, Marron R, Taylor D, Walley L. 2023. Leveraging hope & experience: Towards an integrated model of transformative learning, community and leadership for sustainability action and change Purcell W, Haddock-Fraser J. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Bloomsbury. London Publisher Url Public Url
Wadham H, Hart C, Kettleborough HM, Marron R, Randles S, Skritsovali K, Tucker M, Hashmi A. 2023. Sustainability Education Beyond the Classroom: How the “Exploding University” Nurtures Collective Intelligence Across Local and Global Communities Meletiadou E. Handbook of Research on Implications of Sustainable Development in Higher Education IGI Global Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Skritsovali K. 2023. Learning through playing: appreciating the role of gamification in business management education during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Management Development, 42 :388-398 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Skritsovali K, Randles S, Hannibal C. 2023. Missing Attention to Power Dynamics in Collaborative Multi-Actor Business Models for Sustainability Sustainability, 15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Conference publication
Skritsovali K. 2023. Integrating gamification and participatory learning in Education for Sustainable Development: A 'behind the scenes' ethnography in a business school European Symposium on Sustainability in Business Education, Research and Practices
Skritsovali K, Brown J. 2022. Collaborative initiatives with purpose: Implementing the UN SDGs in the curriculum to foster student employability PRME annual conference
Skritsovali K. 2016. Is there space for CSR practise in neoliberal ideological frames? CR-SD Symposium 2017
Skritsovali K, Hines A. Reflections on the shared value creation role of CSR British Academy of Management 2015
Skritsovali K, Hindley A. Leading transformational change for sustainability in university business schools PRME UK and Ireland Conference 2023
Skritsovali K, Hindley A, Drummond M. Integrating Education for Sustainable Development and Systemic Thinking into Responsible Management through Gamification BAM 2023 Conference
Skritsovali K. The role of the University during times of crisis. A case study in the Northwest of England during the Covid-19 pandemic Summer Sustainability Festival
Skritsovali K. Looking for legitimacy through CSR rhetoric British Academy of Management
Skritsovali K. Understanding the relationship between CSR and employee engagement British Academy of Management
Report
Wall T, Sachikonye C, Carline L, Shore A, Stevens M, Brown J, Skritsovali K, Hindley A, Parasram I, Tyreman S, Westcott C, Harvey R, Carpenter B. 2023. Social Value at Universities: Policy and Practice Guidance Social Value at Universities: Policy and Practice Guidance Publisher Url Public Url
Skritsovali K, Hindley A, Collins H, Wall T, Dinning T, Jolliffe P. 2022. PRME Sharing Information on Progress Report PRME Sharing Information on Progress Report Publisher Url
Highlighted activities
External committees:
PRME North-West & North Wales Local Network, Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME Chapter UK & Ireland), Region Network Coordinator, https://www.unprme.org.uk/uki-local-networks. 2023
Sustainable and Responsible Business Special Interest Group, British Academy of Management, British Academy of Management., Co-Chair, https://www.bam.ac.uk/bam-community/special-interest-groups/sustainable-and-responsible-business.html. 2015
Professional activities
Research Grants Awarded:
Teaching & Learning Academy, LJMU, Students as Agents of Change: Mapping the Integration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in the Business School Curriculum, Grant value (£): 4100, Duration of research project: 7 months. 2023
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund 2022/2023, Enhancement of student engagement through SDG-focused gamification and simulation, Hindley, Ann, Grant value (£): 7500, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2022
Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund 2022/2023, Improving employability through Carbon Literacy training, Hindley, Ann, Grant value (£): 7500, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2022
LJMU Learning & Teaching Enhancement Funds, Enhancing student understanding on social innovation through a field trip to Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain, Ann Hindley, Grant value (£): 7500. 2022
LJMU Learning & Teaching Enhancement Funds, Introduction of the scenario exploration system in the teaching curriculum, Grant value (£): 7000, Duration of research project: 1. 2021
Award:
Outstanding Contribution in Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Business & Law Excellence Awards 2023. 2023
External committees:
External Examiner, University of Bolton. 2023
External Examiner, University of Sussex. 2023
PRME North-West & North Wales Local Network, Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME Chapter UK & Ireland), Region Network Coordinator, https://www.unprme.org.uk/uki-local-networks. 2023
External Examiner, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. 2021
Sustainable and Responsible Business Special Interest Group, British Academy of Management, British Academy of Management., Co-Chair, https://www.bam.ac.uk/bam-community/special-interest-groups/sustainable-and-responsible-business.html. 2015
Industrial connections:
Workshop: How Games and Play Can Teach Us About Climate Change, Storyhouse in Chester - Climate Day, https://www.storyhouse.com/event/ann-hindley-and-konstantina-skritsovali. 2022
Media Coverage:
Developing Students' Employability Skills Through Simulation-Based Learning 2022
Fellowships:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE. 2017