Dr Loliya Kagher

Biography

Loliya is a Lecturer in Management at the Business School, University of Aberdeen. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education and community development from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, an MSc in Management from the University of Glasgow and a doctorate in Development, Policy, and Management from the University of Manchester.

Loliya’s research broadly involves behavioural science and African studies. This specifically explores identities, cultural differences, Work-Life Balance, diversity, inclusion and Belonging (DIB), change management and human resource development (HRD), ideas, and processes that shape organisations' and societies' social and economic dimensions, especially considering how this impacts individuals and businesses.  

Her previous and most recent research work includes intentional mentoring for career progressions from an identity perspective, who we are and how this informs organisational life, the role of identity in coping with and confronting polycrisis, exploring the effects of migration on individuals, work-life balance for migrant women, assessing forms of female vulnerability associated with female entrepreneurs, exploring sustainability and energy transition in the global south with specific impact on growth and workforce identities.

Her interdisciplinary research interests include gender and the environment, ethnicity and migration, technology and diversity, the impact of energy transition on growth and identities, behavioural economics and identity in workspaces, energy poverty and female vulnerability. She is open to more interdisciplinary research opportunities.

She has supervised DBA and PhD to completion. She welcomes applications from candidates exploring forms of behavioural science concerning identities, cultural differences, managing behaviours in organisations, work-life balance, migration and work, and African studies. 

She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research Overview

My specific research areas include gender, identities in work, diversity and inclusion, managing behaviours in organisations, Human resource development (HRD), leadership and leadership development, and action learning.  

My interdisciplinary research interests cut across gender and the environment, ethnicity and migration, digital interactions and networking for diversity and inclusion, the concept of behavioural economics and identity in workspaces, wellbeing and livelihood of women of African origin across spaces. She is open to more interdisciplinary research opportunities.

Current Research

1. Understanding work-life patterns of immigrants in Scotland, specifically considering the rise in the cost of living and their wellbeing
2. Examining the socio-economic impact of Energy Poverty on Female Vulnerability
3. Examining Environmental pollution and its impact on Wellbeing; A case study of working women in a West African Country
4. Intentional Mentoring as a Means of Fulfilling the Psychosocial Needs of Women of African Origin in the UK: A Womanism Perspective 

Past Research

1. Intentional Mentoring as a Means of Fulfilling the Psychosocial Needs of Women of African Origin in the UK: A Womanism Perspective
2. Digital interactions and networking for diversity and inclusion
3. Contextualising work–life balance: a case of women of African origin in the UK

Knowledge Exchange

A volunteer support to CREED (A charity organisation) in the development, planning and implementation of activities to empower and sensitise Africans who have recently migrated to Scotland for study and work. 

Collaborations

1. Understanding work-life patterns of immigrants in Scotland, specifically considering the rise in the cost of living and their wellbeing (Working with contributors from the University of Aberdeen, Chester University and Imperial College)
2. Examining the socio-economic impact of Energy Poverty on Female Vulnerability (Working with contributors from the University of Aberdeen)
3. Examining Environmental pollution and its impact on Wellbeing; A case study of working women in a West African Country (Working with contributors from Liverpool John Moores University, Imperial college/ Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria)
4. Intentional Mentoring as a Means of Fulfilling the Psychosocial Needs of Women of African Origin in the UK: A Womanism Perspective (Working with contributors from Liverpool John Moores University and University of Liverpool )
5. Intentional Mentoring as a Means of Fulfilling the Psychosocial Needs of Women of African Origin in the UK: A Womanism Perspective (Working with contributor from Maynooth University, Ireland)

Funding and Grants

• Women’s networks for career advancement of Women of African Origin in the United Kingdom (University Forum of Human Resource Development Honorary grant £1000) 2019

• Understanding work-life patterns of immigrants in Scotland, specifically considering the rise in the cost of living and their wellbeing. (University of Aberdeen Business School interdisciplinary internal grant £4000) 2023

Teaching Responsibilities

Course coordinator for postgraduate course, Training and Consultancy 

Course coordinator for postgraduate course Issues in International Management 

Contributing to teaching for undergraduate course Understanding and Managing behaviour in Organisation 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Student Engagement Lead for Business and Management Department