Dr Martina McGuinness BA, MBA, PhD, PGCE
Lecturer in Risk Management and Strategy
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After working in the private sector in insurance and law, Martina worked as a lecturer in risk, crisis and disaster management at Leicester University. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Leeds in 1999. Martina joined SUMS in September 2000 as lecturer in risk management and strategy. She has recently successfully completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at Leicester University.
Martina was co-editor of Risk Management: An International Journal from 1999-2001. She is a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (MIOSH) and recently sat on the institution's working party on risk management. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies (FICDDS).
Research Interests
Her research interests include the governance of risk at a macro and micro level; insurance and disaster; political violence and the commercial sector and the role of public inquiries.
Martina has supervised postgraduate research in risk management, business continuity planning, organizational learning from disaster and the governance of risk.
Publications
Elliott, D, McGuinness, M. (2002) Public Inquiry: Panacea or Placebo, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 10(1)
Walker, C, McGuinness, M. (2002) Commercial risk, political violence and policing the City of London in Crawford, A. (ed) Crime and Insecurity, Willan
Elliott, D, Smith, D, McGuinness, M. (2000) `Exploring the Failure to Learn: Overcoming the Barriers to Learning from Crisis´, Review of Business, pp 17-24
Elliott, D., Letza, S., McGuinness, M, Smallman, C. (2000) `Governance, Control and Operational Risk: The Turnbull Effect´ Risk Management: An International Journal 2 (3)
McGuinness, M. & Walker, C. 'Political Violence and Commercial Victims', paper presented at Insecurity and Safety in the New Millenium, Leeds March 2000
Elliott, D. & McGuinness, M. (2000) 'Public Inquiries: Placebo or Panacea', paper presented at British Society of Criminology, July 2000