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Dr Laura Mitchell
Senior Lecturer

Biography

Laura has been teaching in UK Universities since 2007 and completed her PhD in Management at the University of Lancaster in 2011; she also holds an MA in Human Resource & Knowledge Management from the same institution. She joined the School for Business and Society in 2021, having previously worked in her own company as a self-employed management trainer and educator applying play-based pedagogy.

Laura first began a full-time lecturing position in Management in 2011 at the University of Keele, teaching in both management and human resource management (HRM). Her teaching specialisms have generally included critical perspectives on management and organisational behaviour, ethics and dignity in the workplace, sociological theory, and organisational culture. She has also taught postgraduate classes for University of Manchester on dignity in employment.

Laura is a Fellow of the HEA, and of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. She is also a board member of the Standing Conference in Organisational Symbolism (SCOS).

Departmental roles

Laura is the module leader for;

  • Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability.
  • Global Perspectives in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations.

Laura also teaches on;

  • Sustainability in Business.
  • Leadership in Practice.
  • Management and Sustainability.
  • Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Subject Group

Work, Management & Organisation

School for Business and Society
University of York
Church Lane Building
York Science Park
Heslington
York YO10 5ZF

T: +44 (0) 1904 325050
E: laura.mitchell@york.ac.uk
Room: CL/A/004

Office hours

Friday 9am til 11am (10am til 11am by appointment)