Research
Our international reputation, as the leading UK centre of expertise on gender and leadership issues, is underpinned by our unique research base.
Our research highlights the business case for women on boards, as well as seeking a better understanding of the reasons for lack of progress. We work closely with politicians and organisations such as the DTI, Women and Equality Unit, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Institute of Directors, the Commission for Racial Equality and Opportunity Now. We participate actively in a "think-tank" of women-in-leadership professors and practitioners around the world.
Our research is distinctive in three key respects:
- A focus on gender and leadership at the highest organisational levels, seeking an understanding of why the barriers to women directors are so persistent
- Direct relevance to management practice and policy-makers. By developing research partnerships, we ensure that research results are relevant to practitioners as well as leading the academic debate in the field
- We invariably study both female and male managers, so that meaningful comparisons can be made