Professor Paul Lewis

Department of Management
Co-Director of the Centre for Responsible Business
Professor of Political Economy

Contact details

Telephone: 0121 414 8786
Email: lewispc@bham.ac.uk

Address: Birmingham Business School
University House
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Paul is a Professor of Political Economy, interested in examining and understanding key features of contemporary capitalism. He has an undergraduate background in the natural sciences and the philosophy of science, a post-graduate training in political science and international relations, and professional experience as a management consultant.

Qualifications

PhD Political Economy (Birmingham)
MA Social Science Research Methods (Birmingham)
MA International Political Economy (Birmingham)
BSc Physics and Philosophy (Durhum)

Teaching

Paul teaches on the following modules:

‘Contemporary Capitalism’ with Dr. Paolo Di Martino, Final year UG Business Management, 10 credits, term 2
‘Models of Capitalism and Financial Crises’ with Dr. Michel Goyer, MBA elective, term 2.
'Consulting Skills' with Deloitte Consulting, MBA competitive elective, term 3
‘Dissertation research methods’, MBA compulsory module, term 2

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Lewis would be interested to receive expressions of interest from prospective PhD students in the broad areas of:

Comparative studies examining national distributions of earnings and earnings inequality
The social and economic consequences of national institutional systems, including, but not limited to, the 'varieties of capitalism' framework
The causes and effects of the ongoing financial crisis

He is interested in research that employs quantitative or qualitative research methods, or ideally, both of these.

Other activities

Paul was made co-director of the Centre for Responsible Business in 2023

Invited Expert Contributor to the United Nations International Development Organisation (UNIDO) International Development Report 2018

External Examiner for the MSc. International Management at King’s College, London, 2014-18.

Referee for the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Comparative European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Industrial Relations Journal and Review of International Political Economy

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Hearne, D & Lewis, P 2024, '', Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Bailey, D, Lewis, P & Shibata, S 2022, '', Capital and Class, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 449-478.

Bailey, D, Huke, N, Lewis, P & Shibata, S 2021, '', Social Policy and Society, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 158-171.

Lewis, P & Heyes, J 2020, '', Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 457-480.

Lewis, P, Peng, F & Ryner, M 2017, '', New Political Economy, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 748鈥�767 .

Heyes, J & Lewis, P 2015, '', Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 81-99.

Lewis, P & Heyes, J 2014, '', Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 587-607.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Lewis, P 2021, . in C Berry, J Froud & T Barker (eds), The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK: From Productivity Problems to Development Dilemmas. Building Progressive Alternatives, Agenda Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne. <>

Lewis, P & Perry, J 2012, . in H Overbeek & B van Apeldoorn (eds), After Neoliberalism. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 93-116.

Chapter

Heyes, J & Lewis, P 2015, . in The British Growth Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 221-241.

Heyes, J, Lewis, P & Clarke, I 2014, . in The Comparative Political Economy of Work and Employment Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Other contribution

de Amstalden, M, Jabbour, L, Lewis, P, Miri, T, Onyeaka, H, 脰gtem-Young, 脰, Pang, G, Shiu, E, Stephens, N & Winnall, L 2023, . UK Parliament. <>

Other report

Fox, T, Sayin, L, Peters, T, Lewis, P & Jabbour, L 2024, . University 麻豆精选. <>

Review article

Lewis, P & Bell, K 2019, '', Employee Relations, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 296-312.

Working paper

Lewis, P & Peng, F 2018 '' Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Working Paper Series, no. WP12 2018, pp. 1-59. <>