Professor Sue Cox
BSc in Chemistry & Psychology, MPhil in Applied Psychology
Faculty Dean
Department
Management School Office
Professional Role
Dean, Lancaster University Management School
Research Interests
Safety and risk management, behavioural safety, organisational learning and change management within high reliability organisations.
Profile
Sue Cox has been Dean of Lancaster University Management School since 2001. Prior to that she was Professor of Safety and Risk Management and Director of Loughborough Business School. She has a background in industry in agricultural product development and is a graduate from the University of Nottingham for both her undergraduate and higher degrees.
Under her leadership, the School has been one of a select few to achieve the accreditation ‘hatrick’ of EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, and in the last five years she has overseen the expansion of the School both nationally and internationally, and at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Professor Cox is regularly in demand to serve as a member of professional bodies. Amongst her other commitments, she is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, a member of the EQUIS Awarding Body and the AACSB Initial Accreditation Committee, a member of the EFMD Board and a Companion of the Association of Business Schools and Chartered Management Institute. As well as serving as member of the Strategic Research Board of the Economic & Social Science Research Council (2003-7), she also acts as Chair for grant awarding panels. She is also an External Member of Sellafield Nuclear Site License Committee and an Alumni Leader for Business in the Community (Northwest).
Professor Cox is a keen football fan, and a lifelong supporter of Stoke City FC.
Journal article (18)
Book (3)
Conference contribution (14)
Selected publications (32)
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Publications
- Cox S J and Taylor Jim, 2006, 'The impact of a business school on regional economic development: a case study', Local Economy, vol 21, no. 2, pp. 117-135.
View details - Cox S J, Jones B M and Collinson D L, 2006, 'Trust relations in high-reliability organisations', Risk Analysis, vol 26, no. 5, pp. 1123-1138.
View details - Jones B M and Cox S J, 2006, 'Organizational learning within high reliability organizations - can we afford not to?', Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 8th International Conference, 14-19 May (New Orleans, USA) - 2006
View details - Jones B M, Cox S J, Wahlström B, Kettunen J, Reiman T and Rollenhagen C, 2006, 'A comparison of organisational learning practices at nuclear reactor sites in Finland, Sweden and the UK', European Safety and Reliability Conference, 18-22 September (Estoril, Portugal) - 2006
View details - Cox S J and Jones B M, 2006, 'Behavioural safety and accident prevention: short-term 'fad' or sustainable 'fix'?', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol 84, no. B3, pp. 156-161.
View details - Cox S J, 2005, 'Global Management Education: a perspective from the Dean of Lancaster University Management School', Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, vol 42, no. 1/2, pp. 3-6.
View details - Cox S J and Jones B M, 2005, 'Facilitators and hindrances to organisational learning with the nuclear sector', International Conference of Organisational Knowledge and Learning capabilities, (Boston ) - 2005
View details - Jones B M, Cox S J and Rycraft H, 2004, 'Assessing employee attitudes towards behavioural approaches to safety management', Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management International Conference (Berlin ) - 2004
View details - Cox S J, Jones B M and Rycraft H, 2004, 'Behavioural approaches to safety management within reactor plants', Safety Science, vol 42, pp. 825-839.
View details - Cox S J and Fox S, 2004, 'Management education and leadership', in Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Business Challenges of the Future, Oxford University Press, Oxford, ISBN: 0199263361
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