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Professor Rodgers gained a BA (Hons) degree in Social Political Sciences from Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, and an MA and PhD from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham. He previously worked at Aston Business School, Sheffield University Management School, and University of Leicester’s School of Business, where he was the Director of the MBA Programme and Associate Dean for Marketing, Recruitment, and Global Engagement. Professor Rodgers's research interests focus on informality, state-business relations, non-market strategies, and entrepreneurship, published in leading journals such as Journal of World Business, Work, Employment & Society, Management Learning, Management International Review, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Public Management Review, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, and Industrial Relations Journal. He currently serves as Co-Editor of the ABS (3*) journal 'International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour Research' and sits on AMBA (Association of MBAs)'s Faculty of Assessors. He is a fluent Russian speaker and has managed large international collaborative research projects in the Soviet Union and Western Balkans, involving universities and a variety of stakeholders. He continues to provide expert briefing advice to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office on matters related to the business environment in Ukraine.
Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior • Southampton Business School
Leading the department and overseeing teaching and research activities.
Southampton MBA programme • University of Southampton
Responsible for managing the MBA program.
University of Leicester’s School of Business • University of Leicester
Oversaw marketing, recruitment strategies and global engagement efforts.