Professor Valerie Stead

Professor Emerita

Research Overview

Stimulated by the persistent global challenge of women's under-representation in positions of power my research interests lie at the intersection of leadership studies, leadership learning and gender studies. Adopting critical approaches I draw on ideas of gender and power to examine multi-level interrelational dynamics between the individual, the organisation and the social that shape leadership practice and learning of leadership. Current research projects include the TARGETED MPI Horizon2020 international consortium project to advance gender equality in Business and Management Schools, and the role of media in gendered constuctions of leadership and leader identity.

I established the Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership, a platform for knowledge exchange and research collaborations including the Gender Matters project.

TARGETED-MPI - Transparent And Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation
01/09/2020 → 31/10/2024
Research

TARGETED-MPI - Transparent And Resilient Gender Equality Through Integrated Monitoring Planning and Implementation
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Research

Gender Matters: are the gaps closing?
Other

Gender, media and leadership: a multimodal data analysis workshop
Invited talk

Conceptualising and researching gender; a methods workshop
Invited talk

Gender Matters: contemporary challenges for organisations
Invited talk

Women and Leadership: Taking stock and challenges
Invited talk

18th International Studying Leadership Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

International Leadership Association 21st Annual Global Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

British Academy of Management Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Bourdieu and Research in Organization and Management Studies Symposium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

35th EGOS Colloquium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

International Leadership Association Women's Leadership Affinity Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Promise and Disappointment: Media representations of women's leadership
Invited talk

International Leadership Association Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Women and (In)visibility; examining women middle managers’ experiences
Invited talk

EGOS Colloquium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Gender Matters
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Media and construction of women’s leadership representations
Invited talk

Work and Organization 10th Biennial Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Leadership and entrepreneurial capacity building for women in Africa’ Next generation Leadership regional Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Women and Leadership in the 21st century
Invited talk

JMS Conference ‘Diversity Perspective on Management: Towards more complex conceptualizations of diversity in management studies
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

African Academy of Management Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

British Academy of Management 2017
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

10th Critical Management Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

AMJ Paper and Ideas Development Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Academy of Management Journal Paper and Ideas Development Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Gender and Leadership; Challenges and Future Directions
Invited talk

Women and Leadership Webinar Series
Other

15th International Studying Leadership Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

32nd EGOS Colloquium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

ESRC Seminar Multi-disciplinary Approaches:Developing Research Priorities and Impact
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Institute for Family Business Annual Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Leadership Excellence and Gender Symposium
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Developing Women’s Leadership: Theory and Practice
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

14th International Studying Leadership Conference (ISLC)
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

International Leadership Association’s 17th Annual Global Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

2015 Academy of Management Meeting
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Diana International Conference 2015
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Developing Critical Leadership Research
Invited talk

Battle of the Sexes: Leadership in the 21st Century
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Epistemic Objects and Reflexive Cycles: Teaching Gender and Leadership
Invited talk

Advancing Theories of Women and Leadership (Event)
Membership of committee

George Washington University
Visiting an external academic institution

George Washington Unviersity, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Visiting an external academic institution

Women on company boards. How Norway use Quotas.
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Women and Leadership; a relational lens
Invited talk

  • Pentland Centre
  • People, Work and Organisation