Enhancing local, national and international connections to co-create and capture the impact of leadership, education and development interventions within organisation contexts.
LEAD research group is located in Liverpool Business School and was established in November 2017. We are an inclusive group of experienced Business School academics, early career researchers, doctoral students, visiting research fellows and alumni.
Our mission is to create, develop and inform leading–edge theories and practices by engaging in co-operative research initiatives and consultancy interventions. We seek to promote wide discussion and debate about leadership, education and development from a range of perspectives; individual; group; and organisational.
Our expertise
We have a broad range of activities taking place within the following key topics:
- Human Resource Development & Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Fair Work
- Professional Practice and Education
Find out more about each of our areas of expertise including current projects, group members and Doctoral students by searching under ‘our people’.
Our People
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Michael Aiello
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Dr Loliya Akobo
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Dr Moataz Al Hilou
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Jane Aspinall
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Jason Bogh
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Catherine Bonser
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Dr Anne Broderick
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Dr Jan Brown
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Dr Johan Coetsee
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Helen Collins
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Dr Sue Cronshaw
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Andrew Doyle
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Dr Scott Foster
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Dr Patricia Harrison
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Dr Deborah Humphreys
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Joshi Jariwala
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Dr Seng Kok
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Dr Aileen Lawless
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Dr Amanda Mason
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Dr Susan Mawer
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Dr Lesley Mearns
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Dr Trevor Morrow
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Gwenda Mynott
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Dr Seamus O'Brien
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Dr Adam Shore
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David Soehren
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Prof Jim Stewart
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Anthony Sturgess
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Hannah Wilson
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Our activities
LEAD Research Forums
We organize regular LEAD Research Forums creating a ‘safe’ space for discussion and dialogue. These Forums take place on Wednesdays from 12.00noon – 2.00pm. They are open to all LEAD members and others who would welcome contributing to our research community.
Dates and topics agreed for 2018-19 are:
Date |
Topic |
Keynote |
26 September 2018 |
Rethinking leadership research: towards a theory of leadership as material micro-practices of the self |
Professor Jackie Ford Durham University Business School, Durham University. |
31 October 2018 |
Creativity in methods: digital methods and smartnograph. |
Professor Shona Bettany |
28 October 2018 |
LBS: School of Clinical Practice |
Tim Nichol Mike Pedler Cheryl Brook |
30 January 2019 |
Impact case studies |
Professor Jim Stewart Adam Shore Lucy Day |
27 February 2019 |
Publishing Literature Reviews: Tips for Success |
Mina Beigi |
13 March 2019 |
Developing your research career: teaching and scholarship |
Professor Lisa Anderson |
8 May 2019 |
Collaborative Research: Tales from the field |
Vivienne Griggs Aileen Lawless Jan Rae |
Our connections:
We have established links to other areas of the University involved in leadership, education and development research:
We also have established links to our external communities; co-creating and capturing the impact of leadership, education and development interventions within a business context.
- University Forum for Human Resource Development
- British Academy of Management: Management Knowledge and Education (MKE) Initiative
Action Learning: Research and Practice journal
Contact us
The research group is led by Dr Aileen Lawless, Reader in HRD. We welcome enquiries related to:
- Doctoral applications in the area of Leadership, Education and Development;
- Organisation based research, evaluation and consultancy projects;
- Participation in our developing research community.
In the first instance, please get in touch via a.lawless@ljmu.ac.uk