Caroline Gatrell

Caroline Gatrell is a British management scholar and Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Liverpool Management School, University of Liverpool. Her research examines the relationships between personal lives, health and employment including embodiment, gender, work–family balance and gender.

Gatrell is presently Chair of the Management Committee for the Academic Journal Guide (Chartered Association of Business Schools). She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management Studies from 2020 to 2025. She previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews from 2013 to 2019. She is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, the Academy of Social Sciences, and the Royal Society of Arts.

Career Gatrell began her academic career at Lancaster University Management School, where she held several teaching and research positions. She served as a teaching fellow from 1998 to 2006, lecturer from 2007 to 2010, and senior lecturer from 2010 to 2014. In 2012 she became Director of Doctoral Programmes and in 2014 she was appointed Professor of Management Studies at Lancaster University. Caroline was Chair of Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI) 2013 – 2018.

In 2016 she joined the University of Liverpool Management School as Professor of Organization Studies. She has held several senior leadership positions, including Associate Dean for Research and Deputy Dean.

Editorial roles Gatrell served as General Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of the Journal of Management Studies from 2020 to 2025, and previously as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews from 2014 to 2019. Following her term, she served as Consulting Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews from 2019 to 2021. She has also served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Studies and of Gender, Work & Organization.

Awards and honors 2005 – Media and Communications Prize, Lancaster University 2013 – Professor of the Week, Financial Times 2017 – Fellow of the British Academy of Management 2018 – Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences 2018 – Research Award, University of Liverpool Management School 2020 – BAM Medal for Research, British Academy of Management 2023 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts