Kerstin Maier Barcroft

Kerstin joined Heriot-Watt University in 2018, taking on the role of Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, having previously worked at Stirling University. Kerstin has always had a keen interest in understanding workplaces and the people therein, and more recently turned her interest to pedagogy and purpose-driven education. 

She is currently the Head of Department for the Department of Management, having previously had the role of Head of Learning and Teaching. In 2022, Kerstin and her team won the ‘Pioneering in Education’ award for their work on the course ‘Becoming a Professional’. She also recently presented her work on Impact Statements at the Academy of Management Conference alongside Prof Heather McGregor and Prof Mushtak Al Atabi.

Kerstin holds a PhD in Management from the University of Stirling, an MSc in Occupational Psychology from the University of Nottingham, and a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Organisation Studies from Lancaster University.

Course Leader for 'Becoming a Professional' (C17PS)

Course Leader for 'Contemporary Human Resource Management' (C18GH)