Professor Martin Parker
Expertise
Current positions
Professor of Organisation Studies
School of Management - Business School
Contact
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Research interests
My research and writing widens the scope of business and management studies, whether in terms of particular sorts of organisations (the worker co-op, circus, zoo etc), or ways of representing organising (in art, cartoons, films etc). I'm also interested in the philosophy of the concept 'organization', and how it can be understood in relation to social justice, digitization and distribution across time and space. There's a full publication list here - https://sites.google.com/view/profmartinp/home?authuser=0
My recent writing has been about ‘alternative’ organisation in two senses. One is work on local money, worker self-management, alternative finance and so on. The other is on different ways of thinking about what ‘organisation’ means, so I have written about angels, shipping containers, art galleries, as well as books on outlaws and Daniel Defoe. My most recent books were 'Life After Covid 19' and 'Anarchism, Organization and Management', and the previous one was 'Shut Down the Business School'. I was the lead for the Bristol Inclusive Economy Initiative and a Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute.
I am also very interested in how academics write, and how they might cultivate new audiences for their ideas, and I write journalism as regularly as I can.
My plans for the next few years include pieces on academic activism, sociodigital organization, Andy Warhol, comic book villains and the history of journals.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2027
Once upon a Hill: community-led approaches to local economic development
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This research builds on a Brigstow funded project that explored the role of Robinswood Hill Park in supporting the wellbeing of people living in peripheral housing estates in Gloucester where…Managing organisational unit
School of Management - Business SchoolDates
01/01/2021 to 31/05/2021
Once upon a Hill: An action research inquiry into community engagements with Robinswood Hill Country Park
Principal Investigator
Description
A community art project in combination with a country park and a motorway service station.Managing organisational unit
School of Management - Business SchoolDates
01/12/2020 to 31/07/2021
Developing a Value Proposition for Businesses: The Bristol Pound
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Management - Business SchoolDates
01/01/2019 to 31/07/2019
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024'Collaboration in Hard Times: Partnerships, Vulnerability and Managerialism
The Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions.
Business Ethics, Law and Zemiology
Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility
Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals as a boundary object in the City of Bristol
Global Social Challenges Journal
Social infrastructure platforms
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
The university without walls
Learning and Teaching