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Ziyun Fan
Associate Professor in Responsible Management

Biography

Ziyun joined the School for Business and Society as Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Responsible Management in September 2021. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor in Organization Studies in Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, where she led the research interest group ‘critical perspectives in management studies’. 

Ziyun has explored initiatives for sustainable transition and responsible management at different levels, such as the nexus of transparency and secrecy and responsible leadership. She co-convened a conference sub-track at the EGOS Colloquium in 2023 on secrecy and transparency to reflect on the under-explored complexity between secrecy and transparency and the rising challenges of various sustainability and public good initiatives. Her current research focuses on the emerging innovation initiatives to tackle climate change, particularly in our food system.  

Ziyun serves the editorial boards of Human RelationsOrganization, and Management Learning. She is part of the Executive Leadership Team of the Management History division at the Academy of Management. She is a member of the Academy of Management and of the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS).

Ziyun is the Deputy Director of the PhD programmes in the School for Business and Society, including the PhD in Management programme and the PhD in Social Policy and Social Work programme. She is the module lead for Research Methods (postgraduate level). 

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

E:ziyun.fan@york.ac.uk
Room: CL/A/116B

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