Elena Antonacopoulou

Professor, Liverpool University

Elena Antonacopoulou is a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at University of Liverpool Management School. She previously held faculty positions at Warwick Business School, Manchester Business School and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). She earned her PhD (1996) from the University of Warwick and she holds a Masters Degree in Management from the University of Kent. She also holds professional qualifications such the Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (1989) and the Diploma of the Association of Computer Professionals in Computer Systems Analysis and Design (1988).

Her principal research interests include change and learning processes in organizations. Within that she has concentrated on individuals’ receptivity to change and the role of learning and knowing practices, in conjunction with Human Resource Development interventions in organizations. She is the Founder and Director of GNOSIS which is a Centre of Excellence in management research bringing together an international pool of academics, practitioners across a range of sectors and specializations and policy makers who work collaboratively to enhance knowledge about how organizations and their management can improve performance and well being.