Staff Profile
Dr Ruby Christine Mathew
Lecturer, Lead of MSc Human Resource Management
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I was awarded a Doctorate from the University of York in the year 2022 for my thesis titled ‘The impact of Athena Swan accreditation on the lived experiences of early- and mid-career researchers: A qualitative study of an Athena Swan gold award-holding department’. My grounded theory research focused on gender and organisations particularly looking at the gender equality frameworks in the academic sector and their impact on the organisational culture. I have also been involved with research projects in the area of business and sustainability looking at the progress of UK businesses towards the net-zero carbon goal from a regional perspective.
- School – York Business School
- Email – r.mathew@yorksj.ac.uk
Further information
Teaching
I have received the Fellowship from the UK HEA and currently teach across undergraduate and postgraduate modules in business management. I am also involved in teaching research modules and supervising dissertation/capstone research students.
I teach across a range of Business and Management subject areas. As a lecturer and module leader, I deliver across undergraduate and postgraduate courses:
- MBB7007M Global Business Strategy
- MBB7001M Researching Contemporary Business Issues
- MBH7001M Global Strategic Human Resource Management in Context
- MBB7002M Perspectives on Sustainable Business
In a co-teaching capacity, I have delivered these modules:
- BMN4017M Organisational Behaviour
- International Programmes' Academic Skills
Research supervision:
- BMR6001M Research Investigation
- MBB7010M Capstone Project
Research
I am a lecturer in Business and Management at York Business School (YBS). My early research specialised in the area of gender and organisations, with my PhD examining the impact of Athena Swan accreditation on the lived experiences of early- and mid-career researchers. I was awarded a Doctorate in Management from the University of York where I continued my teaching and research activities. Following my PhD I worked as a research associate at the University of York, I worked with esteemed researchers in the area of business and sustainability particularly in relation to the Net zero carbon efforts of the UK.
At York St John University I continue to develop my research on spatial performativity and gender in organisational contexts. Recently, I presented my research at the UFHRD International Conference 2023 at the National Collage of Ireland. Also, I am a member of the departmental research group ‘PiES’ where the research group examines different aspects of people in employment settings.
Publications
PhD thesis
Christine Mathew, R., 2021. The impact of Athena Swan accreditation on the lived experiences of early-and mid-career researchers: A qualitative study of an Athena Swan gold award-holding department (Doctoral dissertation, University of York).
Policy document
Huaccho Huatuco, L., Zevallos Porles, G., Candia, J. R. and Mathew, R.C. (2022). “Strategies towards achieving low carbon and high-value-added from the economic sectors in North Yorkshire”, report for the North Yorkshire County Council, September 2022.
Conference papers
Mathew, Ruby Christine (2024) Scientific Mothering: Workload negotiations for early and mid-career researchers in an Athena Swan gold-awarded department. In: Book of Abstracts University Forum for Human Resource Development Annual Conference. UFHRD, pp. 57-5
Mathew, Ruby Christine, Coombes, Philip, Cock, Steven, Walsh, Susan, Johnston, Alan and Walker-Smith, Lynsey (2024) The Impact of COVID-19 on Organisational Culture in UK Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Book of Abstracts University Forum for Human Resource Development Annual Conference. Lisbon,. UFHRD, pp. 138-140
Mathew, R. C. (2023). The impact of Athena Swan on the gendered subcultural spaces in the UK academia: A case study on Athena Swan gold awarded department. The 23rd International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, “Workplace change – disruption, continuity and reinvention. The role of HRD in a changing Global Context” ,7-9th June 2023, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Huaccho Huatuco, L., Zevallos Porles, Candia, J. R. and Mathew, R. C. (2022). Strategies towards achieving low carbon and high-value-added from the economic sectors, Summer Conference on Global Pasts, Presents and Futures: Actors, Institutions and Ideas in an Uncertain World. 9th September 2022, School for Business and Society, University of York.
Conference presentation
Christine Mathew, Ruby (2023) Scientific Mothering: Workload negotiations for early and mid-career researchers in an Athena Swan gold-awarded department. In: 24th University Forum for Human Resource Development, 12th June 2024, Institute of Education and Sciences, Lisboa.
Christine Mathew, Ruby (2023) The impact of Athena Swan on the gendered subcultural spaces in the UK academia: A case study on Athena Swan gold awarded department. In: 23rd University Forum for Human Resource Development, 8th June 2023, National Collage of Ireland, Ireland.
Blog publication
Christine Mathew, R. (2023) ‘The Athena Swan (AS) accreditation in improving inclusive and supportive culture in the UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI).’, PIES. York St John University, 14 September. Available at: https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/pies/.
