Prof. Sally Sambrook

Prof. Sally Sambrook is Emerita Professor of Human Resource Development, and former Deputy Head, at Bangor Business School. Sally is a founding member of the University Forum for HRD and served on the Board of the American Academy of HRD.  Before entering academia, she worked in various large and small firms, qualified as a nurse and became involved in nurse education, training and personnel management.  Sally has always been fascinated by people at work, how they are managed and what motivates them to learn and develop. Sally employs a critical and autoethnographic approach to HRD research, particularly management learning.   She has published widely on HRD, health management, research methods and doctoral supervision, and held various editorial roles on HRD journals.  Since taking early retirement and becoming a freelance academic, Sally has been involved in supporting several PhD programmes in UK universities and engages in online doctoral supervision of DBA students.

Prof. Jim Stewart

Jim is Professor of Human Resource Development in Liverpool Business School where his role is to provide mentoring support and research leadership for colleagues researching Human Resource Development and Management. Previous roles include Professor of HRD at Coventry University and similar roles at Leeds and at Nottingham Business Schools. Jim is former Chair and currently President of the University Forum for HRD. He was appointed the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Chief Examiner for Learning and Development in 2008 and is currently Chair of their Examination Board. He is author and co-editor of over 20 books on HRD as well as of numerous articles in academic journals, including books, chapter contributions, and journal special issues based on Critical HRD streams at the Critical Management Studies as well as the UFHRD/AHRD European conferences.

Dr Ellen Bennett

Ellen is a Senior Lecturer in the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University.  Her research specialism is non-profit organisations, both in terms of organisational practices and non-profit policy.  Ellen’s work focuses on critical and participatory research approaches, working with many different organisations to support them to play an active role in shaping research agendas.   Ellen teaches research, supervises doctoral students and supports practitioners to research within their professional contexts.  She is an active researcher and is currently involved in research projects exploring the role of non-profit organisations and their involvement in complex systems.  She has published widely on non-profit organisations, public service reform and the relationship between the state and the non-profit sector in the UK.  Before entering academia, Ellen worked in a number of non-profit organisations, focusing on organisational development and community participation.