Birkbeck Dissertation Showcase: People, Work, and Organizational Psychology
When:
—
Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
Birkbeck Business School invites you to our Dissertation Showcase, highlighting outstanding postgraduate research from the People, Work and Organizational Psychology (PWOP) Subject Group. Presentations will cover a wide range of topics in organizational psychology, HRM, coaching, and management with insights relevant to both research and practice.
The evening will also feature the announcement of dissertation awards, as well as discussions on the links between research, practice and personal/career development.
This showcase celebrates the achievements of our graduating cohorts and brings together current students, alumni, and the wider community. It is also open to anyone interested in learning more about Birkbeck Business School, exploring new research, or staying connected with us.
The event will be held on Birkbeck’s campus, with selected sessions available online. It is open to current and prospective students, alumni, staff, and anyone interested in the field.
Programme
8:00 Welcome to the Event
On campus – Room MAL B34. Main Building, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX.
Online – Will be emailed out.
18:10 Presentation from Best Dissertation Award Winner
Ella Peake – “We Are Not Valued in the Education System at All”: Neurodivergent Teachers’ Experiences of Role, Identity and Agency Within a Neoliberal Education Setting”
18:30 Research Project Presentations from the 2024/25 Cohort
A selection of presentations from the most recent cohort. This will run as three parallel sessions so you will have the option joining the session of interest.
----------
Parallel Presentation Session 1 – “Leadership, Climate & Organisational Change”
On campus – Room MAL B34
Online – Link TBC.
18:35 Claudine Charles - “Dancing between Paradigms” – A qualitative exploration of how change practitioners navigate leading organisational change”
18:55 Jack Lowe - “We are like a family here: understanding the influence of attachment styles on the experience of organisational change, a phenomenological analysis”
19:15 Eleonore Kromhout - “The Unseen Middle? A Qualitative Inquiry into Perceived Invisibility of Middle Management Labour in a Hybrid, Global Education Organisation”
19:35 Micah Stevens – “From Uncertainty to Support: How Does Psychosocial Safety Climate Shape Burnout Through Role Ambiguity and Social Support”
----------
Parallel Presentation Session 2 – “AI and Digital Work”
On campus – Room MAL B20
Online – Link TBC.
18:35 Daniel Lloyd – “Working With AI, Studying Without AI: Part-time Students’ Sensemaking, And A Business School Taboo”
18:55 Jonas Haefele – “Four Ways of Being-With AI: Exploring AI at Work through the Lens of Neurodiverse Experiences”
19:15 Ben Pugh– “Lack as the Engine: Administrative Leadership Identity and the Clinical Other”
19:35 Chrys Gerokonstantis - “Running on Empty? Loneliness, Inactivity, and Burnout in Work-from-Home HR Professionals: The Role of Perceived Organisational Support”
----------
Parallel Presentation Session 3 – “Experience of Identity and Social Relationships”
On campus – Room MAL B35
Online – Link TBC.
18:35 Kate Huish - “Emotional support at work: a cross sectional study of differential sources of support employing the Job Demands-Resources and Conservation of Resources Theories”
18:55 Francesca Harvey - ““Such a Difficult Conversation to Have”: A Feminist Exploration of the Perceived Impact of Perinatal Baby Loss on Women’s Careers”
19:15 Louise Taylor - “Looking through New Lenses: A Narrative Study of Leadership Identity Reconstruction in Midlife ADHD Women”
19:35 Sejal Padhiar – “The Role of Felt Understanding in Mediating High-Quality Intergroup Contact in Age-Diverse Workplaces Relationships and the Primary Transfer Effect of Attitudes Toward Older and Younger Outgroups”
----------
19:55 Break
20:15 Student - Alumni Panel Discussion – Research dissemination – sharing knowledge and creating impact from the dissertation.
On campus – Room MAL B34
20:50 Closing remarks
On campus – Room MAL B34
21:00 End
Contact name: Kevin Teoh
Tags: