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Dr Joy Garfield

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-2400

    • United Kingdom

    Personal profile

    Contact Details

    Email: [email protected]

    Biography

    Joy is a Senior Teaching Fellow and the Deputy Head of Department for the Business Analytics and Information Systems Department.  She has over 20 years of teaching experience at a number of UK universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  Joy is currently a member of the Society for Research into Higher Education Governing Body.

    Research Interests

    Joy’s research focuses on the early stages of systems development, particularly systems modelling, requirements engineering, business IS/IT alignment and also the learning and teaching of information systems in higher education.  

    Teaching Activity

    Undergraduate modules

    Agile Practices in IT and Management (BN2220) - Module leader
    Managing IT in a Global Context (BN3380) - Module leader

    Postgraduate modules

    Effective Management Consultancy (BBM104)

    Membership of Professional Bodies

    Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019)

    Member - Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)

    Governing Body member - Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) - January 2025 - December 2027

    Associate member - Association for Learning Technology 

    Member - Women’s Higher Education Network (WHEN)

    Member - ACM SIGMIS (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems)

    Member - British Academy of Management

    Employment

    September 2021 - Present: Senior Teaching Fellow in Business Information Systems, Aston Business School, Aston University.

           - Deputy Head of Department - Business Analytics and Information Systems (March 2025 - To date)

           -  OIM Learning and Teaching Convenor (March 2024 - March 2025) 

           -   Programme Director BCIT (2022 - 2024)

          

    September 2013 - August 2021: Senior Lecturer (and course leader - 2014-2021), Worcester Business School, University of Worcester.

    September 2012 - August 2013: Senior Lecturer and course leader, Wolverhampton University.

    September 2011 - August 2012: Lecturer, Wolverhampton University.

    February 2010 - August 2011: Academic Practice Research Officer, University of Birmingham.

    September 2005 - August 2007 (part time): Lecturer, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

    September 2001 - August 2005: Lecturer (and course leader - 2003-2004), Newman University, Birmingham.

    March 1998 - September 1999: Commercial underwriter and new business developer, Royal and Sun Alliance.

    Awards

    Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award - Singh, A. and Garfield, J. (2025) Understanding complex ambiguous problems using Soft Systems Methodology and empathic discourse in the classroom, Euroma Conference, Milan, 17 June 2025.

    Best Presentation Award - Garfield, J. O’Hare, B. and Bell, V. (2020) Winning consumers and influencing them using social media: A cross generational impact case study, ICESM 2020, 22nd International Conference on Effects of Social Media, Istanbul, Turkey (online), 24-25 September 2020. 

    Best Paper Award - Garfield, J., Warren, V. and Wiid, R. (2019) The role of Communities of Practice in creative projects, British Academy of Management (BAM), Aston University, Birmingham, 3-5 September 2019.

     

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, Informatics (Requirements Elaboration for System Co-development), University of Manchester

    Sept 2004 → Jul 2009

    PG Cert, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Coventry University

    Sept 2001 → Jul 2002

    MSc, Computer Science, University of Birmingham

    Sept 1999 → Sept 2000

    BSc, Geography, Coventry University

    Sept 1994 → Jul 1997

    External positions

    External Examiner (Uzbekistan), University of Westminster

    Nov 2024 → Nov 2028

    PhD External examiner (Coventry University) - A Systems Approach to Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability in Circular Economies.

    Jan 2024

    External Examiner, Sheffield Hallam University

    Oct 2023 → Oct 2025

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
    2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
    4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action
    5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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