Elham Moonesirust

Dr Elham Moonesirust is Lecturer in Management Studies and Head of the Business Management Department at the University of Aberdeen’s Business School. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), she combines extensive industry experience as a project manager and senior market-researcher with an interdisciplinary academic profile spanning statistics, project management and critical management studies.

Education

• BSc in Statistics
• MSc in Project Management
• MSc in Management Studies
• PhD in Management, University of Bath

Research Interests

Moonesirust’s scholarship is rooted in the interplay between identity and power. Drawing on feminist theory, science & technology studies and critical management studies, she interrogates how organisational and societal structures shape subjectivity, focusing on embodied resistance, paternalism, CSR and the governance of desired identities in contexts ranging from Saudi Arabian leadership to German company towns.

Her methodological expertise includes grounded theory, mobile interviewing and qualitative case-study designs, which she applies to reveal the nuanced ways individuals and collectives negotiate control and resistance.

Publication Landscape

Since 2013 she has produced a steady stream of work exploring identity construction and resistance within corporate and urban settings. The trajectory moves from employee trust in high-commitment systems to the scandals of paternalistic governance, culminating in recent investigations of embodied oppression among Saudi female leaders and place-based identity research methods.

Honours & Fellowships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Teaching & Supervision

She coordinates and delivers undergraduate and postgraduate modules including Understanding and Managing Behaviour in Organisations (Aberdeen & Qatar campuses), Research Practice, and the Business Management Dissertation. She has supervised numerous MA, MSc and PhD theses in management studies.