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Biography

Lia joined the Business School in 2016 and served as the Head of Education and Professional Practice at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality.

Lia has long teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and from different cultural contexts as she has worked in Greece, Bahrain, Switzerland, France and the UK. She has worked in the hospitality industry as well in Greece and the UK.

She gained her PhD in HRM from Strathclyde University in 2012. Since then, she has served as Head of department at various academic institutions in Greece, Switzerland, Bahrain and the UK.

Her research interests focus on women in hospitality management, leadership as well as talent management and AI in HRM. On these research areas she has published a book, book chapters, journal articles and has presented at international conferences. She has also worked on European funded projects as project leader with focus on vocational training in hospitality and tourism. Moreover, she has trained a number of professionals in the industry in Lifelong Learning programmes on Emotional Intelligence, Customer Service and Managing People...

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Research

Retaining global talent in the service industry

AI in HRM

Talent management

Value co-creation, metaverse in HR

Small Business Management

HRM in hospitality, tourism, aviation, culinary

Gender issues in management

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:

Gender equality

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

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Sustainable cities and communities

"Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable"

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