Dr J. Miguel Imas

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J. Miguel Imas
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About

Dr. Miguel Imas is senior lecturer of organisational-social psychology and director of the Kingston i-lab at the Faculty of Business and Social Science, 重口味SM. He has hold visiting professorship at the University of Bologna in Buenos Aires, The University of Chile and the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil. He studied both his BSc and PhD Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he remains an associate member of the psychology research lab. 

Miguel Imas has lead research in organisations and communities in Africa and Latin America. His research focuses on creativity, entrepreneurial and social innovative practices that these communities/organisations enact and perform in their daily lives. He has conducted research in Europe, exploring the impact of economic downturns and crisis among Spanish, Irish and English communities. From his research work he has developed the notions of barefoot entrepreneurs, liminal entrepreneuring, necroentrepreneurship, and urbansparkZ.

Miguel Imas has supported and help to develop student driven start-up initiatives such as Jebo, part of the University of Bologna student commitment to improve their innovative and creative skills in business.  He is also supportive of initiatives that examine and promote more sustainable economic practices in countries like Chile, Argentina and Zimbabwe. His work has been published in prestigious journals like Organization Studies, Gender, Work & Organization and Organization. 

Academic responsibilities

senior lecturer

Qualifications

  • PhD Social Psychology, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
  • BSc Social Psychology, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

Teaching and learning

J. Miguel Imas has lectured for more than 10 years, lecturing on organisational change, creativity and leadership in the MBA, MSc. Occupational/Business Psychology and MSc. International Business Management. He has also contributed to the PhD methodology programme where he lectures on research paradigms and critical methodological approaches to organisation. 

Adopting a pedagogy based on the work of distinguished scholars such as Noam Chomsky and Richard Feynman as well as the inspiring work of educationalist Sir Ken Robinson, he has contributed to develop students capacity for critical thinking, creativity and original thought in order to address difficult organisational and societal issues link to his subjects of expertise.

He has delivered lectures at prestigious Universities in South America and Europe. He has been visiting professor at the University of Bologna, Campus Buenos Aires, the University of Chile, and the Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil. Currently, he is visiting professor at Toulouse Business School.      

Qualifications and expertise

  • Creativity
  • Critical Entrepreneurship
  • Social Innovation
  • Leadership
  • Critical Approaches to Organisation Studies
  • Qualitative Methodologies
  • Organisational Change
  • Organisational Behaviour

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

J. Miguel Imas scholarship is driven by a strong interdisciplinary curiosity in areas such as entrepreneurship, creativity, social innovation and change.  Key to his research work is the ability to engage with entrepreneurial and creative behaviours located at the margins of our global world. In places like Zimbabwe, Brazil or when examining the impact of the financial crisis in Europe, he has produced research that examines the kind of problems that invite individuals and their organisations to challenge the status quo and thrive under adversity, creating a path towards more sustainable and inclusive organisational practices. Currently, he is co-leading two projects one in Chile and one in South Africa, examining how women entrepreneurs' struggle for emancipation drives them creatively to find new more sustainable practices for their businesses and well-being. In collaboration with colleagues at different academic institutions around the world, he is developing new theoretical knowledge that impacts the way business is conducted.  He has published in highly regarded journals such as Organization Studies, Gender, Work and Organization, and Organization, as well as journals in the Americas.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Critical Entrepreneurship
  • Creativity
  • Social Innovation
  • Innovative Decision-making
  • Qualitative Methodologies
  • Organisational-social psychology

Areas of specialism

  • Critical Entrepreneurship
  • Creativity
  • Organisational Change
  • Critical Organisation Studies

Scholarly affiliations

  • Minga, Chile Organisation Studies Group
  • Psychology Research Lab, LSE
  • Critical Management Studies Network

Research student supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 28.

Article

Al-Dajani, Haya, Bang, Nupur Pavan, Basco, Rodrigo, Calabr貌, Andrea, Cheng, Jeremy Chi Yeung, Clinton, Eric, Daspit, Joshua J., De Massis, Alfredo, Discua Cruz, Allan, Garcia-Lorenzo, Lucia, Gartner, William B., Germain, Olivier, Gherardi, Silvia, Helin, Jenny, , Jack, Sarah, McAdam, Maura, Radu-Lefebvre, Miruna, Rovelli, Paola, Tillmar, Malin, Torchia, Mariateresa, Verduijn, Karen and (2023) International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, ISSN (print) 1355-2554 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Aguilera, Guillermo Rivera, Eltit, Isidora De la Barra, Castillo, Cristian Nova, L贸pez-Concha, Romina and (2023) Innovate, 33(90), p. 111447. ISSN (print) 0121-5051

and Garcia鈥怢orenzo, Lucia (2022) Gender, Work & Organization, ISSN (print) 0968-6673 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Humphreys, Patrick and (2022) Journal of Decision Systems, ISSN (print) 1246-0125 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Rivera-Aguilera, Guillermo, and Jimenez-D铆az, Luis (2021) Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ni帽ez y Juventud, 19(2), ISSN (online) 2027-7679

Figueiredo, Marina Dantas de, Marquesan, F谩bio Freitas Schilling and (2020) Revista de Administra莽茫o Contempor芒bea = Journal of Contemporary Administration, 24(5), pp. 400-413. ISSN (online) 1982-7849

Barthold, Charles, Checchi, Marco, and Smolovic Jones, Owain (2020) Organization, ISSN (print) 1350-5084 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Weston, Alia, , Manning, Jen, Donnelly, Paul and Ngwerume, Kudzayi (2019) Psicoperspectivas. Individuo y Sociedad, 18(3), ISSN (print) 0717-7798

Garcia-Lorenzo, Lucia, Donnelly, Paul, Sell-Trujillo, Lucia and (2018) Organization Studies, 39(2-3), pp. 373-395. ISSN (print) 0170-8406

(2012) Revista Electr么nica de Gest茫o Organizacional, 10(3), pp. 436-444. ISSN (online) 1679-1827

, Wilson, Nick and (2012) Organization, 19(5), pp. 563-585. ISSN (print) 1350-5084

and (2012) Organization, 19(2), pp. 205-227. ISSN (print) 1350-5084

Kosmala, Katarzyna and (2012) Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 10(2), pp. 466-469. ISSN (online) 1679-3951

Kosmala, Katarzyna and (2012) International Journal of Management and Business, 3(1), pp. 103-114. ISSN (print) 1949-2839

Kosmala, Katarzyna and (2010) Teaching Artist Journal, 9(1), pp. 35-46. ISSN (print) 1541-1796

(2006) Critical Perspectives on International Business, 2(1), pp. 58-64. ISSN (online) 1742-2043

(2005) Administrative Theory & Praxis, 27(1), pp. 111-133. ISSN (online) 1084-1806

Book

Kosmala, Katarzyna and Imas, Miguel, eds. (2016) Bristol, U.K. : Intellect. 220p. ISBN 9781783205936

Book Section

(2023) In: Pal, Mahuya , Cruz, Jo毛lle and Munshi, Debashish, (eds.) Organizing at the margins : theorizing organizations of struggle in the global south. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135-153. (New Perspectives in Organizational Communication) ISSN (print) 2730-5333 ISBN 9783031229923

Weston, Alia and (2018) In: Martin, Lee and Wilson, Nick, (eds.) The Palgrave handbook of creativity at work. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 287-307. ISBN 9783319773490

Weston, Alia and (2018) In: Cassell, Catherine , Cunliffe, Ann L. and Grandy, Gina, (eds.) The SAGE handbook of qualitative business and management research methods. London, U.K. : Sage Publications Ltd. pp. 119-135. ISBN 9781526429261

and Weston, Alia (2016) In: Kosmala, Katarzyna and Imas, Miguel, (eds.) Precarious spaces : the arts, social and organisational change. Bristol, U.K. : Intellect. pp. 131-152. ISBN 9781783205936

Kosmala, Katarzyna and (2016) In: Kosmala, Katarzyna and Imas, Miguel, (eds.) Precarious spaces: the arts, social and organisational change. Bristol, U.K. : Intellect. pp. 3-13. ISBN 9781783205936

Blackman, Deborah and (2011) In: Hindle, Kevin and Klyver, Kim, (eds.) Handbook of research on new venture creation. Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 99-118. ISBN 9781847200952

(2010) In: Guedes, Ana and Faria, Alex, (eds.) International management and international relations: a critical perspective from Latin America. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 185-200. ISBN 9780415801690

Conference or Workshop Item

, Donnelly, Paul, Sell, Lucia, and Garcia, Lucia (2013) In: The 8th International Conference in Critical Management Studies (CMS): Extending the Limits of Neo-Liberal Capitalism; 10-12 Jul 2013, Manchester, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Kosmala, Katarzyna and (2009) In: 2009 Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters; 7-11 Aug 2009, Chicago, U.S..

, and (2005) In: 15th Annual Conference of sc鈥橫OI: Manufacturing Identity(ies); 7 - 9 April 2005, Philadelphia. (Annual Review of Management & Organization Inquiry: Tamara Journal) ISSN (print) 1532-5555 (Unpublished)

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