Biography
Dr Manuela Picariello is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability in the Department of People and Organisations (PAO) at Bournemouth University and Sustainability Lead for the Business School and SAAG (Sustainability Academic Action Group). Her main areas of research focus on mentoring for women and global majorities, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, within organizations in US and internationally. She recently added human brands and sport for development to her research interests.
She was born in Avellino, Italy. She attended University of Napoli, Federico II, in Italy, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering while pursuing a basketball career in the Italian minor leagues. In 2013 she earned her Ph.D. in Management Engineering with a concentration on Sport Management. During her doctoral studies in San Marino, she has been a visiting scholar for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
She moved to Knoxville in 2014 to earn her second doctoral degree in Sport Studies from the University of Tennessee and pursue the academic career in the U.S... She finished her second Ph.D. in May 2017 and she accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Sport Management program at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. She held this position from May 2017 until August 2021, when she decided to join Bournemouth University.
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Dr Picariello's main areas of research focus on mentoring for women and minorities, governance, social and environmental sustainability, within organizations in US and internationally. She recently added branding for female athletes and social sustainability to her research interests.
The branding piece came as she was looking at gender pay gap and got interested on the differences between female and male athlete endorsement deals.
Regarding social sustainability, she was lucky to meet on her professional journey an incredible team that is doing amazing things using sport as a social inclusion tool in a community very close to her hometown in Italy. She does believe in research projects that have a real-world impact to improve our communities.
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:
Sustainable cities and communities
"Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable"
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
