Vivek Soundararajan

Dr Vivek Soundararajan is a Professor of Work and Equality at School of Management, University of Bath. He conducts research on the governance of labour rights in supply chains, inequalities in and around organisations and the future of work.

Also, he is a United Kingdom Research and Innovation Future Leader Fellow. He leads a research initiative Embed-Dignity: https://embed-dignity.com/, and acts as a deputy director of the Centre for Business, Organisations, and Society (CBOS) at the University of Bath.

His research has been published in journals, including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of World Business, Organization Studies, and Human Relations.

His research has received awards and nominations from top academic associations, journals, and media: Human Relations Journal Paper of the Year Award (2025), Roland Calori Prize from Organization Studies (2025), Academy of International Business Best Theory Paper Award (2023), Financial Times Top 100 Papers with Social Impact (2020), Best Paper Award Nomination (2022), Business Ethics Quarterly Journal Top 3 Outstanding Articles (2020), Business & Society Journal Best Paper Award (2019), and the Academy of Management Best Dissertation Award (2014).