Anthony Hesketh

Dr Anthony Hesketh is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, Department of Organisation Work and Technology. He specializes in critical studies of finance, accounting, and organizational behavior, focusing on how organizations conceptualize and contest value creation. His research employs semiotic materialism and critical realism methodologies to analyze political economies and human capital dynamics.

Teaching Roles: Postgraduate PhD supervision (including Christina Gasser Scotte), MA in HR & Consulting (Introduction to HR/Consulting), Masters in Management (Organizational Behaviour), Executive MBA (Dissertation Supervision), and Business Administration (Organizational Behaviour).

Research Contributions:

• Secured £1.5M+ in grants from ESRC, CIMA, CIPD, ESF, RSA, and others.
• Editorial Board member of theHR DIRECTOR Magazine.
• Runs the Department's Research Seminar series featuring international speakers.

Key Projects:

• Perceptions of Place: Creative Reflections on Value (2025).
• Performativity Research Group (2007–2012).

Awards & Recognition: No specific awards listed, but his work has been featured in Harvard Business Review and Scholarship Matters.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business.