Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, Leeds University Business School

Professor Mark Stuart joined the Business School in Leeds in 1992, completed my Doctorate in 1999 and was promoted to a personal Chair in 2005. He took up the Montague Burton Chair in September 2012. Professor Stuart's research interests focus on the dynamics of organisational restructuring and skill formation, trade union strategy and change and the modernisation of employment relations. Most recently, his research has focused on the impact of new digital technologies on the future of work and employment.

Since 2001, Professor Stuart has won and led some 45 external awards totalling more than 10 million pounds. Most recently, he has been awarded a grant of £6.5 million from the ESRC to establish a research centre on Digital Futures at Work (Digit). The Digit research centre is co-directed by Professor Stuart and Professor Jackie O’Reilly (University of Sussex) – see: https://digit-research.org/