John Amis

John Amis joined the University of Edinburgh Business School in July 2013 as Chair in Strategic Management and Organisation. John received his PhD from the University of Alberta. Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh, he was in the Department of Management at the University of Memphis. John has received a number of research, teaching and doctoral supervision awards including the University of Memphis’ Distinguished Teaching Award.

John's research interests center on issues of organisational, institutional and social change. In addition to work on social and economic inequality, he is currently studying the migration of people from different countries, including Syria, Pakistan and Ukraine, investigating how a social enterprise is trying to alleviate problems of homelessness in Scotland, and major change in a Scottish charity. Previous published work include studies of the European migration crisis, innovation management at a Fortune 100 firm in the United States and a three-year project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Fund examining the development and implementation of policies designed to address childhood obesity in the US. These projects have led to insights into the ways in which new practices are adopted and how large-scale change processes are managed in public-, private- and voluntary-sector organisations.