Dr Simon Parris BA MSc PhD

ESRC Management and Business Development Fellow Room: Mappin Street 217b Phone:  0114 22 23451 Fax: 0114 22 23348 Email: s.parris@shef.ac.uk

Background

Simon joined the Management School in June 2010 as an ESRC Management and Business Development Fellow following the completion of his PhD in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield. He holds both BA (honours) and MSc (distinction) degrees in Human Geography from the University of Leicester. His ESRC fellowship is enabling him to pursue an interest in governance and strategy through an interrogation of the non-executive board member succession and recruitment practices of large charities (social housing providers and universities).

Research Interests

Simon’s past research projects have focussed on the study of inter-firm social networks and their impact upon business development within project-based industries including: film and television post-production; film distribution and exhibition; property development and urban regeneration. Spatiality always forms an important element of Simon’s research and he is interested in exploring the ways in which the particular institutional configurations present in any given locality affect the conduct of business. His research interests include:

• Non-profit and corporate governance
• Organisational practices within project-based industries
• Social networks and business development
• Globalisation and the cultural/creative industries
• Urban development and regeneration
• Commercial property development and planning

Teaching

Simon has taught a variety of subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Sheffield and University of Leicester. During the course of his fellowship Simon has applied his expertise in various areas of the Management School’s curriculum. He has delivered lectures and/or tutorials on the following modules:

MGT227 Issues in Corporate Governance
MGT682 Research Methods
MGT695 International Management
MGT6047 Strategic Management
MGT6067 Corporate Governance

Research Grants

• 2010-2012
  ESRC Management and Business Development Fellowship: ‘Non-profit Board Succession and Recruitment Practices: Case studies of large charities’
• 2004-2009
  ESRC (CASE) Research Studentship: ‘Institutional Ecologies of Commercial Property Development’
• 2003-2004
  AHRC Research Studentship: ‘London’s film and television industry ‘cluster’: A locally interdependent phenomenon, or a space of intersection of wider networks?’

Selected Publications

Parris S. (2008) Univer-Cities: Capturing Economic & Regenerative Impacts. British Urban Regeneration Association, London