Professor Stephen Barber
Head Of Department - Innovation And Management
Head of Department
Department of Strategy and Leadership , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law
Stephen Barber is Professor of Global Affairs and Head, Department of Innovation & Management. He is responsible for providing leadership for the department’s staff, portfolio of academic programmes, quality assurance, scholarship and contributing to university and school strategic plans.
Qualifications
- BA
- MA
- PhD
Areas Of Interest
Prof. Barber’s academic interests sit at the intersection of political economy, public policy, government, business environment and public leadership. He has published widely on topics including the fourth industrial revolution, Brexit, governance and leadership.
Stephen is a frequent media commentator, appearing on networks such as BBC, Al Jazeera, and CNN. He has been interviewed extensively on topics including government, economy, and Brexit, and is available for interviews on current affairs.
OVERVIEW
Before coming to UEL in 2023, Stephen was Assistant Dean in the Business School and then a Director (with university wide responsibility for curriculum design) at Regent’s University London. Here he was first awarded Professorial title in recognition of outstanding performance in scholarship, leadership and teaching.
Prior to this he was Director of MBA at the University of Bedfordshire, where he led a large, diverse and dispersed portfolio of programmes. He was Associate Professor in Public Policy at London South Bank University for eight years, where he led the Master’s in Public Administration and PGR.
RESEARCH AND IMPACT
Prof Barber’s research has supported contributions to numerous official inquiries, and he has appeared as an expert witness before a Commons Select Committee.
Stephen has also published and broadcast content on the merits of inaction in decision-making and the dangers of a bias to action. For BBC Radio 4, he wrote and presented a 30-minute documentary entitled ‘The Case for Doing Nothing’, based on his research.
He coordinated an Erasmus + project Modernising European Legal Education and has acted as a consultant for several commercial and not-for-profit organisations.
EXTERNAL ROLES
Stephen has held external examining roles at City University and University College London.
He was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari in 2022.
Publications
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