Key details
Ms Aleksandra Griazina
Lecturer in International Business
Dr. Aleksandra Griazina is a Lecturer in International Business at the Executive Business Centre. She joined the Business School at University of Greenwich in 2018. Aleksandra graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia with a BA and MA degrees in International Relations and received her PhD in Higher Education Management from UCL Institute of Education.
Prior to joining the University, Aleksandra has held various positions in marketing and business development in ed-tech companies in Europe and the USA.
Her teaching interests include international business and entrepreneurship, digital marketing and sales, higher education management, consumer behaviour, behavioural design and change.
Aleksandra is a Programme Leader for MBA in Marketing Management and a Module Leader for 'International Entrepreneurship' MBA module.
Research / Scholarly interests
Aleksandra's research interests rotate around the application of behavioural science to commercial insights, marketing, education, and public health. She is also interested in science communication and understanding effective ways of engaging the public on matters related to social policy.
Key funded projects
Sep 2020 – Sep 2022 “GREHacks”, OfS, Co-Investigator (evaluation of the effectiveness of the GRE hacks), £20k
Recent publications
Griazina, Aleksandra, Bamberger Annette, Mun Olga (2022). ‘Classed and gendered internationalisation of research and knowledge production: a critical analysis of international doctoral students in the UK’ (1998-2016), International Studies in Sociology of Education, DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2021.2008266
Lobina, Emanuele, Griazina Aleksandra, Nwaogwugwu Charles, Gibson Ronald (2021). ‘Learning to Fly: Helping Postgraduate Students Learn the Craft of Independent Research’. University of Greenwich Teaching and Learning Blog.https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/learning-teaching/2021/09/09/learning-to-fly-helping-postgraduate-students-learn-the-craft-of-independent-research/
Denise Hawkes and Aleksandra Griazina (2019) "A systematic literature review of economic benefits of doctorates in the UK" Work Based Learning e-Journal International, Volume 8, Issue 2, Dec 2019, pp1-27
Presentations
2021/Oct The University Purpose and Institutional Autonomy: Challenges and Their Impact on Georgia. Presentation entitled: ‘Developing an Online Doctoral Supervisory Training Programme: Insights from a Cross-National (UK-Georgia) Knowledge Exchange Partnership’. A.Griazina, D. Hawkes
2021/Jul Teaching and Learning Festival. University of Greenwich. Presentation entitled: ‘Connected curriculum and the morphogenesis of postgraduate learning: A case study’. E. Lobina, A. Griazina, C. Nwaogwugwu and R. Gibson
2021/Jun UKCGE Annual Conference 2021. Presentation entitled: ‘Deliberative Pedagogy and International Business Education: Lessons from International MBA Classroom’ A.Griazina, S.Batas and D.Hawkes