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Dr Cristina Neesham is a Visiting Professor at 麻豆传媒 Business School (UK). She has a PhD from the University of Melbourne (Australia), and has had multiple leadership roles in the Academy of Management. Cristina is also an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University (Australia) and Affiliate Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Romania). 

Roles and responsibilities

• Research collaborations and projects on human-AI interactions and digital transformations, AI ethics and governance, responsible innovation, corporate digital responsibility, AGI and the future of work, sustainability management, strategic management for sustainable value creation, business ethics, philosophy of management and organisation

Qualifications and certificates

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice/Higher Education, Monash University, Australia
• Graduate Certificate in Workplace Relations, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia
• Graduate Certificate in Public Administration, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia
• Teaching in Universities Certificate, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Bucharest, Romania

Previous positions

• Professor of Business Ethics and Sustainability, and Associate Dean Ethics-Responsibility-Sustainability (ERS), 麻豆传媒 Business School, United Kingdom
• Reader and Director of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, 麻豆传媒 Business School, United Kingdom
• Senior Lecturer in Management and Organisation, Department of Management & Marketing, Swinburne Business School, Australia
• Lecturer in Management, Department of Management, Monash Business School, Australia
• Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Visiting Scholar, University of Paris Nanterre, France

Awards

• Leadership Award, Social Issues in Management division, Academy of Management (2024)
• Business & Society Best Paper Award runner-up (2023)
• Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Business & Law, Swinburne University (2018). Citation: For significantly enhancing MBA students’ cognitive skills by fostering authentic learning in business strategy, through interactive problem-based case studies, reflective practice and authentic assessment

Memberships

• Academy of Management (US)
• Society for Business Ethics (SBE)
• Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN)

Languages

• Romanian (native)
• French (fluent)

Current work

My current research focuses on:

• Ethics and governance of digitalised socio-technological systems in business, NGOs, and institutions of democratic governance
• Responsible innovation and management of complex online harms
• Creating and maintaining ethical and sustainable organisations in the digital era

Main expertise

My main research interests involve ethics and sustainability issues in the context of AI and digitalisation in organisations and communities. I have a particular interest in using philosophical methods to inform the strategic management of global-systemic problems such as socio-technological transformations and climate change.

Other expertise

• Sustainability reporting and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Sustainability of institutional entrepreneurship in public-private partnerships
• Sustainability management through alternative organising in social enterprises and NGOs
• Research ethics methodology
• Philosophical methods for sustainability research

Funding received

• Assuring Citizen Agency in a World of Complex Online Harms: Leader, Responsible Research and Innovation; Co-Leader, Corporate Digital Responsibility
• Cultural Value Based Strategies for Managing Cultural Heritage Organisations: Developing and Implementing Impact Objectives (NUBS Research & Impact Fund): Co-Lead Investigator
• Capturing, sustaining and growing value in cultural heritage organisations: The case of Museums Northumberland (NUBS Research & Impact Fund): Principal Investigator

Future research

I have interests in human-centered AI adoption strategies that can support the design and development of ecologically sustainable organisations. 

Esteem indicators

• Past Division Chair, Social Issues in Management, Academy of Management (2024-25)
• Division Chair, Social Issues in Management, Academy of Management (2023-24)
• Program Chair, Social Issues in Management, Academy of Management (2021-22)

• Co-Editor-in-Chief, Philosophy of Management (2023 - )
• Associate Editor, Business & Society (2025 - )
• Editorial Board member, Business Ethics Quarterly (2023 - )

• Leading lecturer, AI Governance and the Future of Business, Ecole de Management Normandie, Paris (2026)
• Guest lecturer, Philosophy of Social Science, Leuphana University, Luneburg (2026)
• Leading lecturer, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Age of AI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest (2025)
• Guest panel contributor, Organization Studies Workshop, University of Melbourne (2025)
• Guest speaker, Philosophy of Social Science, Leuphana University, Luneburg (2025)
• Guest speaker, Research Seminar Series, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow (2024)
• 麻豆传媒 representative, invited guest (Sustainable Markets Initiative), The International Sustainability Reception hosted by His Majesty King Charles III, Buckingham Palace (6 Nov 2024)
• Guest speaker, Philosophy of Social Science, Leuphana University, Luneburg (2024)
• Keynote speaker, 30th International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference, Dublin (2023)
• Keynote speaker, 10th Organisation Studies Workshop, Leuphana University, Luneburg (2023)
• Keynote speaker, 15th Annual Philosophy of Management Conference, Oxford (2022)

Media appearances

I am open to commenting about ethical issues in digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and the role of AI in social and ecological sustainability management in organisations – via TV, Radio, Articles and/or Podcasts. 

Past appearances:

• Invited Guest Interview with Professor Ed Freeman (Darden Business School, University of Virginia), The Stakeholder Podcast, published 9 Dec 2024:
• (co-authored with Ann Borda, Andreea Molnar, and Patty Kostkova), The Conversation, 27 May 2022 - most read piece by 麻豆传媒 academics in 2022 (214,000 reads worldwide, republished by The Mandarin, Medical Xpress, Gizmodo, Newsify and EconoTimes.
• Climate change and global corporations: Five sources of responsibility failure, 麻豆传媒 INSIGHTS Public Lecture, 23 November 2021,
• The Value of Ethics in Business. NUBS-of-It Podcast, 15 October 2021,
• Interviewed for “Future Managers: How You Can Prepare for a New Era of Socially Responsible Business”, QS Top Universities, March 2021.

• Articles

  • Agafonow A, Neesham C, Perez M. . Philosophy of Management 2025, 24, 151-181.
  • Scherer AG, Neesham C. . Organization Theory 2023, 4(3), 1-25.
  • Neesham C, Dembek C, Benkert J. . Business & Society 2023, 62(7), 1378-1419.
  • Olabode S, Owens R, Zhang N, Copilah-Ali J, Kolomeets M, Wu H, Malviya S, Markeviciute K, Spiliotopoulos T, Neesham C, Shi L, Chambers D. . Future Generation Computer Systems 2023, 149, 664-678.
  • Borda A, Molnar A, Neesham C, Kostkova P. . Applied Sciences 2022, 12(8), 3890.
  • Abhayawansa S, Adams CA, Neesham C. . Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 2021, 34(4), 923-945.
  • Mishra K, Neesham C, Coghill K, Stubbs W. . Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 2020, 27(2), 173-199.
  • Biygautane M, Neesham C, Al-Yahya KO. . International Journal of Project Management 2019, 37(1), 192-219.
  • Newman A, Neesham C, Manville G, Tse H. . The International Journal of Human Resource Management 2018, 29(20), 2905-2926.
  • Neesham C, McCormick L, Greenwood M. . Financial Accountability and Management 2017, 33(2), 192-219.
  • Beal BD, Neesham C. . Social Responsibility Journal 2016, 12(2), 209-227.
  • Neesham C, Dibben M. . Philosophy of Management 2016, 15(2), 121-133.
  • Neesham C, Gu J. . Journal of Business Ethics 2015, 131(3), 527-534.
  • Gu J, Neesham C. . Journal of Business Ethics 2014, 124(3), 527-536.
  • Tache I, Neesham C. The Performance of Welfare Systems in Post-Communist Europe: The Cases of Romania and Bulgaria. International Journal of Economic Research 2011, 2(5), 90-107.
  • Lewis C, Neesham C. Professionalising Parliamentarians to Promote Ethical Behaviour. Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 2011, 13(1), 48-65.
  • Neesham C, Härtel C, Coghill K, Sarros J. Profit-making versus human value: Philosophy’s contribution. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 2010, 29(6), 593-608.
  • Neesham C, Tache I. Is there an East-European Social Model?. International Journal of Social Economics 2010, 37(5), 344-360.
  • Neesham C, Lewis C, Holland P, Donohue R, Coghill C. Educating and Training Parliamentarians. The Australasian Parliamentary Review 2010, 25(1), 41-48.

• Book Chapters

  • Gare A, Neesham C. . In: Neesham C; Reihlen M; Schoeneborn D, ed. Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022, pp.219-234.
  • Neesham C. . In: Neesham C; Reihlen M; Schoeneborn D, ed. Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Cham,Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022, pp.663-675.
  • Neesham C, Reihlen M, Schoeneborn D. . In: Neesham C; Reihlen M; Schoeneborn D, ed. Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Cham,Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022, pp.1-13.
  • Coghill K, Norman B, Smith T, Neesham C, Kinyondo A. . In: Baldwin KGH; Howden M; Smith MH; Hussey K; Dawson PJ, ed. Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp.591-620.
  • St John J, Neesham C. . In: Moosmayer, DC; Laasch, O; Parkes, C; Brown, KG, ed. The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education. London: SAGE Publications, 2020, pp.502-521.
  • Neesham C, Macklin R. . In: Poff, DC; Michalos, AC, ed. Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018.
  • Neesham C. . In: Mir, R; Jain, S, ed. The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Research in Organization Studies. London, UK: Routledge, 2018, pp.21-39.
  • Gare A, Neesham C. . In: Neesham C; Segal S, ed. Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Cham: Springer, 2018, pp.1-16.
  • Dibben M, Neesham C. . In: Heinzekehr, J; Clayton, P, ed. Socialism in Process. Anoka: Process Century Press, 2017, pp.49-70.
  • Neesham C, Freeman S. . In: Schwartz, M; Harris, H; Comer, DR, ed. The Contribution of Love, and Hate, to Organizational Ethics. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016, pp.207-229.
  • Neesham C. . In: Lewis, C; Coghill, K, ed. Parliamentarians' Professional Development: The Need for Reform. Dordrecht: Springer, 2016, pp.59-76.
  • Neesham C. . In: Mir, R; Willmott, H; Greenwood, M, ed. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organizational Studies. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.483-490.
  • Van Gramberg B, Teicher J, Keddie J, Neesham C. Australia: Evaluating Performance in Public-Private Partnership Projects. In: Teicher, J; Van Gramberg, B; Profiroiu, M; Neesham, C, ed. Sharing Concerns: Country Case Studies in Public-Private Partnerships. 麻豆传媒 Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013, pp.9-36.
  • Neesham C, Dibben M. The Social Value of Business: Lessons from Political Economy and Process Philosophy. In: Schwartz, M; Harris, H, ed. Applied Ethics: Remembering Patrick Primeaux. Emerald, 2012, pp.63-83.
  • Tache I, Neesham C. Romania and the Global Financial Crisis: Impact and Challenges. In: Bartlett, W; Monastiriotis, V, ed. South Eastern Europe after the Crisis: a new dawn or back to business as usual?. London: London School of Economics, 2010, pp.105-112.

• Edited Book

  • Neesham C, Reihlen M, Schoeneborn D, ed. . Cham: Springer, 2022.

• Editorials

  • Scherer, AG, Neesham, C, Schoeneborn, D, Scholz, M. . Business Ethics Quarterly 2023, 33(3), 409-439.
  • Jamali D, Markovic S, Barkemeyer R, Samara G, Agafonow A, Moosmayer D, Neesham C. . Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 2022, 31(1), 1-3.
  • Mason C, Barraket J, Neesham C. . Social Enterprise Journal 2018, 14(2), 118-129.