Aravind Reghunathan

Dr Aravind Reghunathan

  • Lecturer in Experiential Marketing and Management
  • D221 Dorset House, Talbot Campus, BH 12 5BB
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Biography

Dr Aravind Reghunathan is a Lecturer in Marketing at Bournemouth University. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.

Aravind is an emerging thought leader in the areas of consumer behaviour, brand management, and sports marketing. Specifically, his current research addresses (i) technology consumption and participation, including that in online retail and social media, (ii) the influence of social perceptions and identity dynamics on consumer-brand relationships, and (iii) interactions between sports fans and entities like governing bodies and brands. Aravind's research has featured in a variety of marketing and sports journals, including Advances in Consumer Research, International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing, and Society and Management Review. Several of these contributions have been presented at premier conferences, including the American Marketing Association and Society for Judgement & Decision Making, and to organisations such as the England & Wales Cricket Board...

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Responsible consumption and production

"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns"

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Journal Articles

Chapters

Conferences

  • Sugathan, P., Singhal, A., Jeesha, K. and Reghunathan, A., 2023. The Effect of Product Review Time on Reviewer and Consumer. In: American Marketing Association (AMA) Conference 6-12 February 2023 Nashville, U.S..
  • Sugathan, P., Reghunathan, A. and Singhal, A., 2023. The Effects of Virtual Reality Games on their Users. In: American Marketing Association (AMA) Conference 6-12 February 2023 Nashville, U.S..
  • Reghunathan, A. and Lock, D., 2022. Can a Modified Sport Drive the Consumption of its Parent Sport? In: European Association for Sport Management 5-8 September 2022 Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Reghunathan, A. and Joseph, J., 2018. Winning the Brand Loyalty Cup: The Psychological Play of Symbol-related Brand Elements of Football Clubs. In: Mathsport Asia 10-12 December 2018 Jamshedpur, India.
  • Reghunathan, A. and Joseph, J., 2017. Men will be Men, Women will be Women: The Case of Cross-gender Brand Extensions. In: Association for Consumer Research Conference 26-29 October 2017 San Diego, U.S.. Advances in Consumer Research, 45, 465-468 Association for Consumer Research.
  • Reghunathan, A., 2017. Cross-Gender Brand Extensions: Staying on Strong Foundations? In: American Marketing Association 4-6 August 2017 San Francisco, U.S..
  • Reghunathan, A., Balaji, G. and Krishnan, O., 2016. Relationship Marketing in Indian Banking: A Stakeholder Analysis. In: Conference on Marketing, Technology, and Society 9-11 September 2016 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.

Reports

Internet Publications

Posters

  • Reghunathan, A. and Joseph, J., 2016. Why Men Cannot Accept Feminine Brands, But Women Do not Mind Masculine Ones! In: Society for Judgement and Decision Making (SJDM) Conference, Boston, USA.

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Brand Management
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Sport Business Analytics

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Sport Marketing
  • Brand & Event Engagement

Grants

  • Social Identification with Modified Sports (Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre at BU, 15 Mar 2023). In Progress
  • Opportunities and challenges in Infotainment: A case study of Quiz Kerala (Case Centre, 03 Jul 2017). Completed

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Sport Management Review, 01 Jan 2021
  • Journal of Consumer Affairs, Anonymous peer review, 01 Oct 2020
  • Psychology and Marketing, Anonymous peer review, 31 Aug 2020

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Magazine column (15 Jun 2016-15 Jul 2019)

Consultancy Activities

  • Regional language version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire TV Show S4, Senior consultant. Reliance Big Synergy, India
  • Sell Me the Answer TV Show S2, Senior consultant. Reliance Big Synergy, India
  • Consultant, Marketing Research Consultant on multiple projects covering branding and advertising. Mark One Global Networks, India.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Marketing Management (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2020)
  • MBA in Marketing (Mahatma Gandhi University, India, 2012)

Honours

  • Fellow (Advance HE, UK Higher Education Academy, 2022)
  • Paul.R. Lawrence Fellowship (North American Case Research Association, 2019)
  • Junior Research Fellowship (University Grants Commission, India, 2012)
  • National Eligibility Test Qualification for Lectureship in Management (University Grants Commission, India, 2012)

Memberships

  • Emerging Markets Society, Member,
  • Transformative Consumer Research, Member,