Alison Stowell - 51福利

Dr Alison Stowell

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

Alison's research interests focus on societal, organisational and management responses to complex wastes (e.g. e-waste, plastics etc). She is interested in how a range of actors (companies, government, civic society, local communities and individuals) response to waste and how these actors can develop inclusive solutions to waste generation or ciruclar solutions. Specific areas of interest include: 1) how actors response to waste policy; 2) how latent values are negoitatied and attributed to waste; and (3) how actors respond to waste as a particular type of occupation. For all three areas, she is focused on the impact on society.

Current Teaching

Postgraduate

EMBA Business Ethics and Sustainability (Convenor for Ghana and UK), MBA Responsible Management and Ethics (Contributing Lecturer), LUMSNET Pilot - Managing e-Waste (Convenor), Dissertation Supervisor.

Undergraduate

OWT.314 Business Ethics and Sustainability, Dissertation Supervisor.

Professional Role

Director of Engagement - OWT

Co-Principal Investigator - Plastic Packaging in People’s Lives

Co-Theme Lead for Sustainable Cities - Future Cities Research Institute

Co-organizer for Re-opening the bin – Waste, economy, culture and society

Qualifications

BSc Business and Information Technology (Portsmouth)

MSc Information Technology, Management and Organisational Change (Lancaster)

PhD Organisation, Work and Technology (Lancaster)

Profile

Alison joined the Department in 2014, prior to moving into academia; she worked in both public and private sector organisations. Alison has worked at the Crown Prosecution Service, IBM and as a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. She is an accredited IBM IT Specialist and has held multiple roles during the time spent working there. These roles included Technical Support, Service Management and Service Operations.

Current Research

Alison's current research are interdisciplinary and collaborative venture:

1. FCRI Thematic Seed Corn Grant - Plastic Recycling and Reduction in Cities (PRRC) with Professor Kirk Semple, Professor Yuka Fujimoto, Professor Kheireddinea Arouna, Dr Alex Skandalis, Professor Maria Piacentini, Dr Jane Gew Lai Ti, Dr Pei Boon Ooi, Dr Stephen Homer.

2. UKRI NERC Plastic Packaging in People's Lives: Bridging the consumer attitude behaviour gap with Professor Maria Piacentini, Dr James Cronin, Dr Alex Skandalis, Professor Linda Hendry, Dr John Hardy, Dr Charlotte Hadley, Dr Matteo Saltalippi and Dr Savita Verma.

3. Re-Opening the bin conference, Goteborg, Sweden, June 2021 https://www.gu.se/en/school-business-economics-law/business-administration/re-opening-the-bin-waste-economy-culture-and-society

4. IAA: A violet biotechnology understanding (law, ethical and philosophical issues) of organic electronics with Dr John Hardy, Dr Noel Cass and Dr Hilary Stewart.

Research Grants

FCRI Thematic Seed Corn Grant (?24, 590) - Plastic Recycling and Reduction in Cities (PRRC). Dr Alison Stowell (Lead PI Lancaster) Professor Kirk Semple (Co PI), Professor Yuka Fujimoto (Lead PI Sunway), Professor Kheireddinea Arouna (Co PI), Dr Alex Skandalis (CI) , Professor Maria Piacentini (CI) , Dr Jane Gew Lai Ti (CI), Dr Pei Boon Ooi (CI), Dr Stephen Homer (CI) (April 2022-Sept 2022).

UKRI NERC (?950,321) - Awarded to Professor Maria Piacentini (Co PI), Dr Alison Stowell (Co PI), Dr James Cronin (CI), Dr Alex Skandalis (CI), Professor Linda Hendry, Dr John Hardy (CI) for the Plastic Packaging in Peoples Lives: Bridging the consumer attitude-behaviour gap (Nov 2020-Oct 2023)

UK WEEE Funds (?200,000 - Pentland Centre (?51,000) - Awarded to Anthesis (PI), Valpak (CI), REPIC (CI), Dr Alison Stowell (LU Pentland Centre PI), Dr Dmitry Yumashev (CI), Oliver Schaer, Camilia De Jesus Silva (April 2019-December 2019).

ESRC IAA (?6500) - Awarded to Dr Alison Stowell (PI) and Dr John Hardy (PI) for IAA: A violet biotechnology understanding of organic electronics (Sept 2019-Feb 2020)

REPIC Grant (?81,175.20) - Awarded to Dr Alison Stowell (PI), Dr Dmitry Yumashev (CI), Dr Lingxuan Liu (CI) for the UK EEE and WEEE Quantification and Compliance Target Study (Sept 2017 - July 2018).

Santander Universities Global Division and 51福利 International Projects Award (?25,000) - Grant awarded to send 51福利 Management School Students to attend the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Annual Meeting (October 2017, April, 2018).

Santander Universities Global Division and 51福利 International Projects Award (?10,000) - Grant awarded to send 51福利 Management School Students to attend the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Annual Meeting (April 2016).

Economic and Social Research Council - (UK) +3 studentship; Doctoral Scholarship in pursuance of a PhD in Organisation Studies focusing on the organisation of Electronic Waste, 51福利 Management School, University of Lancaster.

External Roles

WBCSD Leadership Program Faculty Member and Academic Advisor

Additional Information

Awards:

2022 LUMS Dean's Professor Alistair Anderson Award

2018 LUMS Dean's Award for Excellence in Business Engagement

2017 World Business Council for Sustainable Development's inaugrual Education and Innovation Award

2015 LUMS Academic Staff Member of the Year

PhD Supervision Interests

I am interested in supervising students in subjects that are waste related or ideas surrounding the Circular Economy. More specifically, topics that focus on social, organisation and managerial responses, the negotiations surrounding values attributed to waste and waste as a particular type of work.

03/10/2022 → 30/09/2023
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01/04/2022 → 31/03/2023
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01/04/2022 → 30/09/2022
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26/03/2021 → 10/10/2021
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01/11/2020 → 31/05/2024
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01/11/2020 → 31/10/2023
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16/04/2019 → 01/01/2020
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01/04/2019 → 31/12/2019
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01/12/2018 → 31/07/2020
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01/10/2017 → 15/07/2018
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21/08/2017 → 15/07/2018
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