Dr Edward Granter

Dr Edward Granter

Department of Management
Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 415 8058
Email
e.j.granter.1@bham.ac.uk
Address
Birmingham Business School
University House
Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham
B15 2TY

Edward Granter is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Management at Birmingham Business School. He teaches and writes about work, organization and society. 

From July 2020 to July 2023 Dr Granter was Programme Director, Undergraduate Business Management degrees.

Qualifications

  • PhD Sociology, University of Salford (2008)
  • MA Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge (2004)
  • MA in Russian and East European Studies, University 麻豆精选 (2003)
  • BA Hons Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge (2000)

Biography

After a first degree in social and political sciences (SPS), Dr Granter鈥檚 academic career has focused on the sociology of work. Since 2009 he has worked in UK business schools where his teaching and research interests have come under the disciplinary headings of 鈥榦rganization studies鈥� and 鈥榦rganizational behaviour鈥�.

Teaching

  • The Future of Work (MSc HRM)

  • Managing Work and Organization (MSc HRM)

  • Organizational Management (MSc Advanced Engineering Management Programme)

Research

Dr Granter鈥檚 research interests are fairly wide in that they range from empirical study of life at work, to theoretical analysis of organization and politics as a 鈥榬acket鈥�. He has provided a number of perspectives on the work of the Frankfurt School Critical Theorists; Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse and this is a long-term research theme. Dr Granter wrote a book on the end of work in 2009, and continues to follow and write about changes in the world of work and employment.

Current projects

  • Academic freedom at Universities
  • Andre Gorz
  • Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies
  • Local Community Currencies

Other activities

Edward is an External Examiner for undergraduate modules in management, Cardiff University 

From 2018 to 2022 he was an External Examiner for management modules at Keele University 

Associate Editor for the following journals: 

Competition and Change (since 2018)

Work, Employment and Society (since 2018)

Publications

Recent publications

Book

McCann, L, Granter, E, Bozkurt, O, Finn, R, Hunter, C, Kivinen, N, Kumar, A & Wierman, B (eds) 2024, . Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Article

Liang, Y, Li, J, Aroles, J & Granter, E 2025, '', Work, Employment & Society.

Aroles, J, Morrell, K, Granter, E & Liang, Y 2024, '', Journal of Management Studies.

Aroles, J, Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, A, Hassard, J, Foster, WM & Granter, E 2024, '', Work, Employment & Society.

Granter, E & Aroles, J 2023, '', Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 211-228.

Aroles, J, Granter, E & de Vaujany, F-X 2020, '', New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 114-129.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Granter, E & Boscaino, M 2024, . in J Bratton & L Steele (eds), Artificial intelligence and work : Transforming work, organizations, and society in an age of insecurity. 1st edn, SAGE Publications, pp. 95-110. <>

Chapter

Granter, E, Peiro, M & Aroles, J 2025, . in C Rees, 脰 Bozkurt , S Limoncelli & J Preminger (eds), Edward Elgar Handbook of the Sociology of Work. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

McCann, L, Wierman, B & Granter, E 2021, . in 脰 Bozkurt & M Geppert (eds), A research agenda for international business and management. Elgar Research Agendas, Edward Elgar, pp. 131鈥�151.

Wierman, B, Granter, E & McCann, L 2020, . in M Parker, K Stoborod & T Swann (eds), Anarchism, Organization and Management: Critical Perspectives for Students. Routledge.

Granter, E 2020, . in J Aroles, F-X de Vaujany & K Dale (eds), Experiencing the New World of Work. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Editorial

Granter, E, Gilloch, G & Abbinnett, R 2023, '', Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 155-161.

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Seymour, K & Granter, E 2024, . in L McCann, E Granter, O Bozkurt, R Finn, C Hunter, N Kivinen, A Kumar & B Wierman (eds), Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Granter, E & Bozkurt, O 2024, . in L McCann, E Granter, O Bozkurt, R Finn, C Hunter, N Kivinen, A Kumar & B Wierman (eds), Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Granter, E 2024, . in L McCann, E Granter, O Bozkurt, R Finn, C Hunter, N Kivinen, A Kumar & B Wierman (eds), Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Expertise

Future of work; end of work; post-work; work; academic freedom; alternative organizations; utopia; ambulance work; extreme work; gig economy; algorithms; AI at work

Media experience

Edward was featured in The New Statesman: