Southampton Management School

Alasdair Marshall

MA PhD

Primary position:
Lecturer in Risk Management

Alasdair Marshall joined the Southampton Management School as Lecturer in Risk Management in September 2008. Both his MA (Hons) degree and Ph.D are in Social Science, from the University of Glasgow. Between 2003 and 2008, Alasdair worked at Glasgow Caledonian University, where he contributed to Risk Management teaching within Caledonian Business School and was involved in a broad range of research and consultancy projects within the Cullen Centre for Risk and Governance.

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Article

Ojiako, Udechukwu, Marshall, Alasdair, Luke, Michelle and Chipulu, Max (2012) Managing competition risk: a critical realist philosophical exploration. Competition and Change (In Press)
Marshall, Alasdair James, Telofski, Richard, Ojiako, Udechukwu and Chipulu, Max (2011) An examination of 'irregular competition' between corporations and NGOs. Voluntas International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations(doi:10.1007/s11266-011-9205-5) (In Press)
Asenova, Darinka, Stein, William and Marshall, Alasdair James (2011) An innovative approach to risk and quality assessment in the regulation of care services in Scotland. Journal of Risk Research, 14, (7), 859-879.
Marshall, Alasdair and Ojiako , Udechukwu (2010) From the myth of Prometheus to strategic resilience: two cognitive paradigms linking risk and innovation. Prometheus, 28, (4)
Ojiako, Udechukwu, Johnson, J.E.V., Chipulu, M. and Marshall, A. (2010) Unconventional competition - drawing lessons from the military. Prometheus, 28, (4), 327-342.
Asenova, D., Stein, W., McCann, C. and Marshall, A. (2010) Modern concepts of quality and risk: challenges for the regulation of care for older people in Scotland. Public Policy and Administration, 25, (3) (In Press)
Marshall, Alasdair James (2009) Why we over-associate risk with innovation and change: IPT bias within social cognition.
Asenova, Darinka, Stein, William, McCann, Claire and Marshall, Alasdair (2007) Private sector participation in health and social care services in Scotland: assessing the risk. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 73, (2), 275-292. (doi:10.1177/0020852307077975)
Drennan, Lynn, Webb, Rob and Marshall, Alasdair (2006) Adding value? How senior executives and institutional investors regard risk management and corporate governance. Strategic Risk

Book

Marshall, Alasdair J. (2007) Vilfredo Pareto's sociology: a framework for political psychology, Aldershot, UK, Ashgate, 236pp. (Rethinking Classical Sociology)

Book Section

Marshall, A. and Guidi, M. (2012) The idea of a sociology of risk and uncertainty: insight from Pareto. In, Femia, Joseph V. and Marshall, Alasdair J. (eds.) Vilfredo Pareto: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries. Farnham, GB, Ashgate Publishing, 85-111.

Conference or Workshop Item

Marshall, Alasdair James (2008) Vilfredo Pareto’s sociological framework for political psychology: evidence from Westminster MPs. In, International Society of Political Psychology 31st Annual Scientific Meeting (ISPP 2008), Paris, France, 09 - 12 Jul 2008. Paris, France,
Marshall, A. (2007) Care for older people in Scotland: regulation and risk issues, early observations. In, 8th European Sociological Association Conference: Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow, UK, 03 - 06 Sep 2007.
Marshall, Alasdair (2005) The 'operating financial review' and UK corporate reporting. In, 27th UK Insurance Economists' Conference, Nottingham, UK, 13 - 14 Apr 2005.
Marshall, A. (2005) Developments in private sector corporate governance. In, European Centre for the Regions, Euromed Market Conferences, Algiers, DZ,
Marshall, A. (2004) Developments in private sector corporate governance. In, European Centre for the Regions: Euromed Market Conference, Ankara, TR,
 

Research Interests

  • Risk and Social Cognition
  • Risk and Regulation (esp. health and social care)
  • Risk Sociology
  • Risk and Political Psychology
  • Uncertainty Management 
Work in progress

Dr Marshall is currently developing a research article and book chapter which considers the theme of long-termism within risk management. He is also interested in how national and local politicians approach risk and uncertainty, and is currently researching elected member involvement in risk and uncertainty management within UK local authorities.

Primary research group:  Centre for Risk Research

Dr Alasdair Marshall
Southampton Management School
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ, UK.

Phone +44 (0)23 8059 8983
Fax +44 (0)23 8059 3844
E-mail A.Marshall@soton.ac.uk

Room Number: 2/4045