Caroline Gatrell

Gatrell began her academic career at Lancaster University Management School, where she held several teaching and research positions. She served as a teaching fellow from 1998 to 2006, lecturer from 2007 to 2010, and senior lecturer from 2010 to 2014. In 2012 she became Director of Doctoral Programmes and in 2014 she was appointed Professor of Management Studies at Lancaster University.^[1] Caroline was Chair of Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI) 2013 – 2018.

In 2016 she joined the University of Liverpool Management School as Professor of Organization Studies.^[2] She has held several senior leadership positions, including Associate Dean for Research and Deputy Dean.^[3]

Gatrell served as General Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of the Journal of Management Studies from 2020 to 2025, and previously as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews from 2014 to 2019.^[4] Following her term, she served as Consulting Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews from 2019 to 2021.^[5] She has also served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Studies^[6] and of Gender, Work & Organization.

• 2005 – Media and Communications Prize, Lancaster University^[7]
• 2013 – Professor of the Week, Financial Times^[8]
• 2017 – Fellow of the British Academy of Management^[9]
• 2018 – Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences^[10]
• 2018 – Research Award, University of Liverpool Management School
• 2020 – BAM Medal for Research, British Academy of Management^[11]
• 2023 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts