Alessia Mevoli

Alessia is the Course Director for our MBA and the MBA with Entrepreneurship, overseeing the overall performance, success, and growth of the MBA programmes.

In addition, Alessia is undertaking PhD research on how sustainability is framed and perceived in today’s capitalist society. She is also involved in a few consultancy projects where she researches innovative and transformational work solutions and HR, organisational design, and learning products for international clients, aiming to help people flourish in their work.

Alessia is passionate about helping students and working professionals thrive in their professional journeys

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Background

Alessia's background is in human resource management and organisational design. During her time as a full-time lecturer, she has supported the development of the faculty's co-curricular portfolio of optional modules for students to take alongside their degree – ARUCPD, by designing a few brand new modules on:

• Mental Agility, Flexibility, and Adaptability" (MAFA)
• Nurturing Mental Toughness for Social Innovation
• Building a Social Enterprise

Spoken Languages

• Italian
• Spanish
• English

Research interests

• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• ESG and green jobs
• Green HR management practices
• Women in leadership and gender stereotypes
• Student engagement and innovative pedagogical approaches in higher education

Teaching

• BSc (Hons) Business Management
• BSc (Hons) Business with HR Management
• BSc (Hons) Business with Events Management
• BSc (Hons) Business with Entrepreneurship
• Master of Business Administration
• MBA with Entrepreneurship

Qualifications

• Italian diploma in higher education, Scientific High School
• BSc (Hons) Business with HR Management, ARU
• CIPD Level 5 - Assoc CIPD
• MBA Business Administration, ARU
• CMI Level 7 - Diploma in strategic management and leadership practice
• PGCert in learning and teaching
• Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Circular Economy and Sustainable Strategy course

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Associate Member of the CIPD
• Member of the CMI
• Member of the British Academy of Management

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• 2023 and 2024 Turing Grant Recipient : ‘Making Good’ Intercultural Exchange in partnership with University degli Studi of Palermo. Widening participation project
• 2023 ARU Temps Internship Recipient, ARU Temps
• 2023/24 Safe and Inclusive Communities Grant Recipient: Sustainable HR Practices in War times
• Enterprise Educate UK 2021/22 The care to change: the tools library for criminology' project in partnership with Anna Markovska, ARU

Recent presentations and conferences

Mevoli A., 2024. How can educational institutions foster lifelong learning approach to sustainability and environmental stewardship?. Everything Electric, London, UK.

Mevoli A., Hassani S., 2024. The Success Story of Innovative Interventions to Improve Student Engagement and Experience at Anglia Ruskin University. 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain.

Mevoli A., 2023. How Can We Reinvent the World We Live In. Fully Charge LIVE Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Mevoli, A., 2023. The Influence of Innovation on Competitive Advantage in the Management Consultancy Sector. 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Porto, Portugal.

Mevoli, A., Leggett K.L, Davies W.E., 2023. The Gamification of Circular Practices Using SDGS. International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Bari, Italy.

Mevoli, A., 2023. Turning ESG into Action. How to Make Good. Catania University, Catania, Italy.

Mevoli, A., 2023. Building Mental Toughness for Self-Awareness and Growth. University degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.