Biography
Barbara Townley is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Management. She undertook her Masters and PhD at the London School of Economics. Her teaching experience includes Lancaster, Warwick and Edinburgh universities in the UK, in addition to the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, and ten years at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Barbara has published widely in leading management and organisation studies journals in North American and Europe and her work has been reprinted several times. In 2008, she founded the , which she directed until 2016. During that time she was:
- principal investigator on the £1.5m ESRC Capacity Building Cluster grant, Capitalising on Creativity
- co-investigator of the £4m AHRC Knowledge Exchange grant, Design in Action, led by Dundee University
- co-investigator on the £4m AHRC project, Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy, led by the University of Glasgow
- co-investigator of the £840k European Union Cultural Encounters grant, Enterprise of Culture, led by Leeds University.
From 2016 to 2018, she was a Leverhulme Emeritus Professor Fellow, which resulted in the publication of her book, with Philip Roscoe and Nicola Searle, (Oxford University Press).
Research areas
Barbara’s early research focused on a reappraisal of Human Resource Management through a Foucauldian critique, followed by work on performance appraisal and performance measures. Her later work focused on the Creative Industries, particularly the mediation between artistic and commercial interests.
Selected publications
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Townley, B., Roscoe, P. J. & Searle, N., 26 Jan 2019, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 256 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Berthold, H. A., Grewar, M. A., Chillas, S. A. & Townley, B., 30 Mar 2018, Research handbook on intellectual property and creative industries. Brown, A. & Waelde , C. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 302-325 25 p. (Research handbooks in intellectual property).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Chillas, S. A., Grewar, M. A. & Townley, B., 2018, European Fashion: The Creation of a Global Industry. Blasczyzk, R. & Pouillard, V. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 244-262
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Chillas, S. A., Grewar, M. A. & Townley, B., 2016, (Unpublished).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Berthold, H. A., Chillas, S. A. & Townley, B., 30 Sept 2016, International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption in Design. DeFillippi, R., Rieple, A. & Wikstrom, P. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 276-295 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Chillas, S. A., Grewar, M. A. & Townley, B., 2016, (Unpublished).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Open access
Jones, C., Svejenova, S., Pedersen, J. S. & Townley, B., 1 Jun 2016, In: Organization Studies. 37, 6, p. 751-768 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Open access
Roscoe, P. J. & Townley, B., 2016, In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 9, 2, p. 121-126
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Townley, B. (Editor), 2015, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø: Institute for Capitalising on Creativity. 104 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Open access
Gulledge, E. A., Roscoe, P. J. & Townley, B., 2015, In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 8, 6, p. 637-654
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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