Dr Louise Nash
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911
Profile
Biography
I am currently Director of Postgraduate Research. I joined academia after a career in management. My academic research interest is in people’s lived experiences at work, with a particular focus on the importance of place and the spatial and temporal rhythms of everyday working life. I also research the experience of neuro-diverse individuals in the workplace, gender in the workplace, and have a strong interest in visual and embodied research methods. I welcome inquiries from potential PhD students on a variety of topics, including but not exclusively: * The spatial aspects of working life, especially place and its relationship to work, and the importance of rhythm to working life * Inclusion and belonging in the workplace, particularly with reference to gender and to neuro-diversity * The culture, aesthetics and symbolism of organisational life * Exploring and developing sensory and embodied methods for exploring working life * Qualitative explorations of working within the financial sector
Qualifications
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BA (Hons) Modern Languages (University of Southampton)
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PG Dip Public Relations and Communications (London College of Communication)
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PhD Management (University of Essex)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Organisational space, place, aesthetics and materiality
The lived experience of work in business clusters
The use of embodied methodologies in organisational research
Challenges faced by neurodivergent employees in the workplace
Current research
Lived experiences of working in the City of London, with particular reference to rhythms and performativity
Comparative research of the City of London and Wall Street, NY
The challenges faced by neurodivergent employees in the workplace
Conferences and presentations
Stories, stigma and organizational research
Symposium on Walter Benjamin, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 9/5/2024
Eurythmia and Arrythmia: Understanding gender through rhythm inthe City of London
RSG-IGB Conference 2022, 30/8/2022
The Craft of Belonging at Work: Inclusion and Exclusion in the City of london
Critical Management Studies Conference 2019, Critical Management Studies, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 28/6/2019
Nash, L: 'Reading, Wandering and Sensing: Using literary traditions of walking as a method of organizational research'. EGOS Colloquium. Copenhagen, July 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017
Nash, L: Eurthymia and arrhythmia: understanding gender through rhythm in the City of London. Annual Heather Höpfl CWOS seminar on Gender Culture and Organisation. Essex, October 2017
United Kingdom, 2017
Nash, L: Place, Performativity and Position: Gender and Socio-Materiality in the Powerhouse, Gender, Work and Organization conference. Keele, June/July 2016
Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom, 2016
Nash, L: Place, Performativity and Position in the Powerhouse: Management, Marketing and Organisation Group PhD Conference. Essex, May 2016
United Kingdom, 2016
Nash, L: (Male) Members Only: Gender and Materiality in the City of London, Professor Heather Höpfl Memorial conference. Essex, September 2015
United Kingdom, 2015
Nash, L: From Sexy/Greedy to Naughty/Needy: Masculinities in the City of London, Quadrangular Conference. Lancaster, September 2015
Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2015
Nash, L: In and Out of Place in the City of London: Gender, Position and Socio-Materiality in the Square Mile, Gendered Inclusion in Contemporary Organisations: ESRC Funded Seminar Series 2015-2018, Researching Gendered Inclusion: Interdisciplinary Methodologies. Essex, June 2016
United Kingdom, 2015
Nash, L: From sexy/greedy to naughty/needy: the City of London in/as crisis, Reflexive and Creative Methodologies. Lund, May 2015
Lund, Germany, 2015
Nash, L: Streetwalking: Researching the City of London as a Place in/of Crisis, Management, Marketing and Organisation Group PhD Conference. Essex, May 2015
United Kingdom, 2015
Nash, L., Tyler, M: Beware the Cracks in the Pavement: Manifestations of the Uncanny in the Square Mile, EGOS Colloquium. Rotterdam, June 2014
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2014
Nash, L: The City of London: researching a very particular place, Centre for Work, Organisation and Society seminar series. Essex, September 2014
United Kingdom, 2014
Nash, L: A Socio-Material Analysis of the City of London, Management, Marketing and Organisation Group PhD Conference. Essex, May 2014
United Kingdom, 2014
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Strategic Management and Senior Leadership in Health and Social Care (BE783)
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Leading with Impact (BE875)
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Research Evaluation (BE950)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Management Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/2/2025
Degree subject: Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/3/2024
Degree subject: Management
Degree type: Master of Philosophy
Awarded date: 21/8/2023
Publications
Journal articles (5)
Nash, S., (2024). Media Review: Gendering Place and Affect. Organization Studies
Nash, L. and Lyon, D., (2023). Work, boredom and rhythm in the time of COVID-19. The Sociological Review. 71 (3), 642-659
Nash, L., (2022). There and Back Again: Neuro-diverse employees, liminality and negative capability. Work, Employment and Society. 38 (1), 262-278
Nash, L., (2020). Performing Place: A Rhythmanalysis of the City of London. Organization Studies. 41 (3), 301-321
Nash, L., (2018). Gendered places: Place, performativity and flânerie in the City of London. Gender, Work and Organization. 25 (6), 601-620
Books (1)
Nash, L., (2022). The Lived Experience of Work and City Rhythms A Rhythmanalysis of London’s Square Mile. Emerald Publishing Limited. 1839827599. 9781839827594
Book chapters (2)
Nash, L., (2021). Eurythmia and Arrythmia: Understanding Gendered Performances Through Rhythm in The City of London. In: Rhythmanalysis: Place, Mobility, Disruption and Performance. Editors: Lyon, D., . Emerald. 47- 62. 9781839099731
Nash, L., (2018). City rhythms: Walking and sensing place through Rhythmanalysis. In: Organizational space and beyond: The significance of Henri Lefebvre for organizational studies. Editors: Dale, K., Kingma, SF. and Wasserman, V., . Routledge. 161- 188. 978-1138236400
Conferences (1)
Nash, L., Exploring place and performativity through flânerie
Thesis dissertation (1)
Nash, L., (2017). Members Only: Place and Performativity in the City of London
Grants and funding
2024
Neurodivergent workers and well-being: Socialization and meaningful relationships in the workplace
British Academy
2023
Keynote address and discussion on neurodiversity in the workplace
B3sixty
Contact
Academic support hours:
You can find details of Academic Support hours on the EBS UG and PG information page on Moodle or by calling EBS Student Services on 01206873911
