Professor Valerie Stead
ProfessorResearch 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.
External Roles
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Fellow, British Academy of Management
UNESCO Visiting Scholar, George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development (2014-2017)
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