Ms Rose Challenger
Lecturer in Work Psychology
|
 |
Biography
Rose joined the Management School’s Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) as a Lecturer in Work Psychology in April 2013. Prior to this, Rose worked at Leeds University Business School for 5½ years as a Researcher in Organizational Psychology.
Rose has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology (First Class) from York St John University and an MSc in Occupational Psychology (Distinction) from the University of Sheffield. She was awarded the BPS Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the prize for Outstanding Student from the IWP itself. Rose is currently completing a part-time PhD.
Rose is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Practitioner-in-Training Member of the Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP). She is working towards Chartered status with the BPS.
Research Interests
Rose has a wide range of research interests within the field of work psychology, including organizational safety and disasters, human factors and ergonomics, socio-technical systems thinking, technology in the workplace, encouraging pro-environmental behaviours in the workplace, and allocation of functions.
Her primary area of research concerns understanding and managing crowd behaviours and crowd events from a systems perspective. Rose first became interested in the area when she led an extensive research project for the Emergency Planning College, funded by the Cabinet Office, looking at crowds, their behaviours, and ways in which these behaviours can be simulated; “Understanding Crowd Behaviours”. Her findings, including a set of good practice guidelines for crowd management, have been published in a series of books for the Cabinet Office, both online (over 12,000 downloads) and hardback (over 200 sales).
Following on from this, Rose is now Principal Investigator on the ESRC ‘Follow on Funding’ research grant, “Improving Crowd Event Preparation and Management: Combining Academic and Practitioner Perspectives to Enhance Knowledge and Practice”. It aims to transfer knowledge about crowds to the wider crowd event preparation and management community, in order to improve policy and practice. Rose is working with many leading public and private sector organizations, including the Cabinet Office, the Emergency Planning College, the Emergency Planning Society, Arup, London Metropolitan Police Service, Transport for London, Lothian and Borders Police, Liverpool City Council, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and York Racecourse.
Rose is also leading the 'Crowd Behaviour Network' – an output from this research grant. The Network provides an international forum for researchers and professionals involved with preparing for and managing crowd events to share knowledge and expertise, helping enhance crowd safety and event success (www.CrowdBehaviourNetwork.org).
Research Funding
Over the past five years, Rose has secured a total of almost £250,000 of research funding from the ESRC, the EPSRC, the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the Cabinet Office, the HEFCE Higher Education Innovation Fund 5, Leeds University Business School and Faraday Packaging Partnership.
The most noteworthy of these is her ESRC ‘Follow on Funding’ grant (£107,219.99).
Teaching
Rose is passionate about research-led teaching and always strives to incorporate her research and real-world case studies into her teaching sessions. She aims to bring psychological theory to life by showing students how it can be applied to real-world problems. Rose encourages students to develop a critical mind, accepting things not at face value, but evaluating strengths and weaknesses and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Rose will be leading the Human Factors and Work Systems modules on the MSc Occupational Psychology and MSc Work Psychology.
Publications
Rose has successfully published her research in a number of international peer-reviewed journals, a series of books for the Cabinet Office, and several book chapters (see below). Rose has also presented her work at numerous leading national and international conferences, including the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, the Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International Conference, the Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, and the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference and Social Psychology Section Annual Conference. She has also written many organizational reports and given presentations to a range of organizations.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Shepherd, C. (Forthcoming, 2013). Function allocation in complex systems: Reframing an old problem. Ergonomics.
Davis, M.C. & Challenger, R. (Forthcoming, 2013). Environmentally sustainable work behaviour. In P. Flood & Y. Freeney (Eds), Wiley Encyclopedia of Management: Organizational Behavior, Volume 11 (3rd Edn.). London: Wiley.
Davis, M.C., Challenger, R., Jayewardene, D. & Clegg, C.W. (Forthcoming, 2013). Advancing socio-technical systems thinking: A call for bravery. Applied Ergonomics.
Challenger, R. & Clegg, C.W. (2013). Crowd disasters: A socio-technical systems perspective. In J. Dury & C. Stott (Eds.), Crowds in the 21st Century: Perspectives from Contemporary Social Science. London: Routledge.
Shepherd, C. & Challenger, R. (2013). Revisiting paradigm(s) in management research: A rhetorical analysis of the paradigm wars. International Journal of Management Reviews, 15, 225-244.
Challenger, R., Leach, D.J., Stride, C. B. & Clegg, C.W. (2012). A new model of job design: Initial evidence and implications for future research. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 22 (3), 197–212.
Challenger, R. & Clegg, C.W. (2011). Crowd disasters: A socio-technical systems perspective. Contemporary Social Science, Special Issue: Crowds in the 21st Century, 6, 343-360.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2010a). Understanding Crowd Behaviours, Volume 1: Practical Guidance and Lessons Identified. London: TSO.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2010b). Understanding Crowd Behaviours, Volume 2: Supporting Theory and Evidence. London: TSO.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2009a). Understanding Crowd Behaviours: A Guide for Readers. London: Cabinet Office.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2009b). Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Guidance and Lessons Identified. London: Cabinet Office.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2009c). Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Supporting Evidence. London: Cabinet Office.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2009d). Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Simulation Tools. London: Cabinet Office.
Challenger, R., Clegg, C.W. & Robinson, M.A. (2009e). Understanding Crowd Behaviours: Supporting Documentation. London: Cabinet Office.
Davis, M.C. & Challenger, R. (2009). Climate change – warming to the task. The Psychologist, 22, 112-114.
Hughes, H. & Challenger, R. (2009). Psychology and the media – Dawn of a new era? The Psychologist, 22, 650-651.