Professor Damian Hodgson

BA, MA, PhD, FAcSS

Management School

Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

Professor of Organisation Studies

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d.hodgson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3273
B043, Sheffield University Management School

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Professor Damian Hodgson
Management School
B043
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
Profile

Damian is Professor of Organisation Studies, having joined the Management School in March 2020 from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester where he was Director of the Institute for Health Policy and Organisation. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Leeds in 1999, and has worked at the University of Birmingham and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has spent time as visiting faculty at the University of Sydney, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He was visiting research fellow at CRISES Research Centre in Quebec, Canada, in 2009 and is currently honorary professor in Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester.  

Qualifications

BA (Hons), MA, PhD - University of Leeds

Research interests

Damian's research focuses on the transformation of health and care and he has led a suite of research projects over the last 12 years examining skill-mix and workforce transformation, primary care and mental health reorganisation, access to care and continuity of care, the role of policy piloting, and the integration of health and care, in collaboration with a range of colleagues, as well as NIHR-funded research projects in healthcare, the growth of GP federations, digital capture of patient experience data, and leadership in healthcare.

He has a longstanding interest in work which seeks to open up project management and project-based organisation to critical examination, given the ongoing 'projectification' of society in recent decades. He co-founded the Making Projects Critical workshop series, organising 9 international workshops over 15 years and leading to the publication of several books, special issues and articles. In 2017 Damian and colleagues received the 2017 Project Management Institute Research Achievement Award for this work. Damian has also written extensively on projectification and the emergence of project management as a 'corporate profession'.

Publications

Books

  • Hodgson D, Fred M, Bailey S & Hall P (2019) .
  • Hodgson DE & Carter C (2017) .
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) . Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2006) Making Projects Critical. Macmillan International Higher Education.
  • Hodgson DE (2000) .

Journal articles

  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Higgerson J, Gibson J & Hodgson D (2025) . Journal of Health Organization and Management, 39(9), 419-434.
  • Hodgson D, Bailey S, Bresnen M, Hyde P & Hassard J (2025) . Journal of Professions and Organization, 12(3).
  • Bradley F, Nelson PA, Cutts C & Hodgson D (2024) . British Journal of General Practice, 74(738), e27-e33.
  • Dalgarno E, McDermott I, Goff M, Spooner S, McBride A, Hodgson D, Donnelly A, Hogg J & Checkland K (2023) . Journal of Public Health, 45(Supplement 1), i54-i62.
  • Gibson J, McBride A, Checkland K, Goff M, Hann M, McDermott I, Hodgson D, Sutton M & Spooner S (2023) . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 28(1), 5-13.
  • Spooner S, McDermott I, Goff M, Hodgson D, McBride A & Checkland K (2022) . Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 27(4), 269-277.
  • McDermott I, Spooner S, Goff M, Gibson J, Dalgarno E, Francetic I, Hann M, Hodgson D, McBride A, Checkland K & Sutton M (2022) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(9).
  • Brunton L, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hodgson D & Nelson PA (2022) . BMC Primary Care, 23(1).
  • Hodgson DE, Bailey S, Exworthy M, Bresnen M, Hassard J & Hyde P (2022) . Public Administration, 100(2), 338-355.
  • Small N, Ong BN, Lewis A, Allen D, Bagshaw N, Nahar P, Sanders C, Hodgson D, Dehghan A, Sharp C , Dixon W et al (2021) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 7(1).
  • Goff M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Bresnen M, Elvey R & Checkland K (2021) . New Technology, Work and Employment, 36(1), 17-43.
  • Bailey S, Hodgson D, Lennie S-J, Bresnen M & Hyde P (2020) . Sociology of Health and Illness, 42(6), 1277-1295.
  • Sanders C, Nahar P, Small N, Hodgson D, Ong BN, Dehghan A, Sharp CA, Dixon WG, Lewis S, Kontopantelis E , Daker-White G et al (2020) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(28).
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) . BMC Family Practice, 21(1).
  • Ong BN, Hodgson D, Small N, Nahar P & Sanders C (2020) . BMC Health Services Research, 20(1).
  • Spooner S, Gibson J, Checkland K, McBride A, Hodgson DE, Hann M, McDermott I & Sutton M (2020) . British Journal of General Practice, 70(692), e164-e171.
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2019) . Management Learning, 48(5), 597-614.
  • Whittaker W, Anselmi L, Nelson P, O'Donnell C, Ross N, Rothwell K & Hodgson D (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(9).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hassard J & Hyde P (2019) . Human Relations, 72(8), 1341-1368.
  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Martindale A-M, McBride A & Hodgson D (2019) . British Journal of General Practice, 69(684), e489-e498.
  • Gore O, Hammond J, Bailey S, Checkland K & Hodgson D (2019) . Public Management Review, 21(4), 559-580.
  • Elvey R, Bailey S, Checkland K, McBride A, Parkin S, Rothwell K & Hodgson D (2018) . BMC Family Practice, 19(1).
  • Elvey R, Voorhees J, Bailey S, Burns T & Hodgson D (2018) . British Journal of General Practice, 68(671), e441-e448.
  • Nelson P, Martindale A-M, McBride A, Checkland K & Hodgson D (2018) . British Journal of General Practice, 68(667), 66-67.
  • Bailey S, Checkland K, Hodgson D, McBride A, Elvey R, Parkin S, Rothwell K & Pierides D (2017) . Social Science & Medicine, 179(-), 210-217.
  • Whittaker W, Anselmi L, Kristensen SR, Lau Y-S, Bailey S, Bower P, Checkland K, Elvey R, Rothwell K, Stokes J & Hodgson D (2016) . PLoS Medicine, 13(9).
  • Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2016) . International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(4), 744-751.
  • KISLOV R, HODGSON D & BOADEN R (2016) . Public Administration, 94(2), 472-489.
  • Hodgson DE, Lindgren M, Packendorff J & Cicmil S (2016) . New Technology, Work and Employment, 31(1), 1-3.
  • Paton S & Hodgson D (2016) . New Technology, Work and Employment, 31(1), 26-40.
  • Hodgson DE & Paton S (2016) . International Journal of Project Management, 34(2), 352-364.
  • Hodgson D, Paton S & Muzio D (2015) . British Journal of Management, 26(4), 745-759.
  • Cowen M & Hodgson D (2015) . International Journal of Project Management, 33(7), 1523-1533.
  • Bresnen M, Hyde P, Hodgson D, Bailey S & Hassard J (2015) . Leadership, 11(4), 451-470.
  • Briand L & Hodgson D (2015) . International Journal of Work Innovation, 1(3), 287-287.
  • Hodgson DE, Bailey S, Bresnen M, Hyde P & Hassard J (2014) . Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), 15525-15525.
  • Ika LA & Hodgson D (2014) . International Journal of Project Management, 32(7), 1182-1196.
  • Paton S, Hodgson D & Muzio D (2013) . New Technology, Work and Employment, 28(3), 227-240.
  • Hodgson D & Briand L (2013) . Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 308-325.
  • Gleadle P, Hodgson D & Storey J (2012) . New Technology, Work and Employment, 27(3), 163-177.
  • Hodgson D, Paton S & Cicmil S (2012) . IEEE Engineering Management Review, 40(3), 74-87.
  • Muzio D, Hodgson D, Faulconbridge J, Beaverstock J & Hall S (2011) . Current Sociology, 59(4), 443-464.
  • Hodgson D, Paton S & Cicmil S (2011) . International Journal of Project Management, 29(4), 374-382.
  • Paton S, Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2010) . Journal of Management Development, 29(2), 157-166.
  • Cicmil S, Hodgson D, Lindgren M & Packendorff J (2009) Project management behind the fa癟ade. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 9(2), 78-92.
  • Hodgson D & Alcadipani R (2009) By any means necessary? Ethnographic access, ethics and the critical researcher. Tamara Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 7(4), 127-146.
  • Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2008) . International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(1), 142-152.
  • Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2007) . Journal of Management Studies, 44(3), 431-450.
  • Cicmil S, Williams T, Thomas J & Hodgson D (2006) . International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 675-686.
  • Maylor H, Brady T, Cooke-Davies T & Hodgson D (2006) . International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 663-674.
  • Morris PWG, Crawford L, Hodgson D, Shepherd MM & Thomas J (2006) . International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 710-721.
  • Cicmil S & Hodgson D (2006) . Project Management Journal, 37(3), 111-122.
  • Bredillet CN, Cicmil S & Hodgson D (2005) . Project Management Journal, 36(3), 3-4.
  • Hodgson D (2005) . Organization, 12(1), 51-68.
  • Hassard J & Hodgson D (2005) . Organization, 12(1), 5-8.
  • Hodgson DE (2004) . Organization, 11(1), 81-100.
  • Hodgson D (2003) . Gender, Work & Organization, 10(1), 1-21.
  • HODGSON D (2002) . Journal of Management Studies, 39(6), 803-821.
  • Hodgson D (2002) . Management Decision, 40(4), 318-328.
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J () . Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(14), 1-138.

Book chapters

  • Tazzyman A, Mitchell C & Hodgson D (2021) In Kislov R, Burns D, M繪rk BE & Montgomery K (Ed.), Managing Healthcare Organisations in Challenging Policy Contexts (pp. 151-173). Palgrave Macmillan
  • Hyde P, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hassard J & Bresnen M (2020) In Bevir M & Waring J (Ed.), Decentring Health and Care Networks: Reshaping the Organization and Delivery of Healthcare (pp. 17-42). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hodgson D, Fred M, Bailey S & Hall P (2019) , The Projectification of the Public Sector (pp. 1-18). Routledge
  • Bailey S, Hodgson D & Checkland K (2019) , The Projectification of the Public Sector (pp. 130-148). Routledge
  • Checkland K, Parkin S, Bailey S & Hodgson D (2018) , Managing Improvement in Healthcare (pp. 237-254). Springer International Publishing
  • Carter C & Hodgson DE (2017) , Management Knowledge and the New Employee (pp. 1-7). Routledge
  • Ball K & Hodgson DE (2017) Problematizing discourse analysis: Can we talk about management knowledge?, Management Knowledge and the New Employee (pp. 56-67).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Managing Healthcare Themes and Issues, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 1-+).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Studying Management in Healthcare, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 25-52).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Managing Healthcare Tensions and Prospects, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 157-183).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Managers Networking, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 130-156).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Managers Knowing, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 101-129).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Contextualizing Healthcare Management, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 10-24).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Becoming a Manager, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 78-100).
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson D, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2017) Being a Manager, MANAGING MODERN HEALTHCARE: KNOWLEDGE, NETWORKS AND PRACTICE (pp. 53-77).
  • Hodgson D & Muzio D (2011) Oxford University Press
  • (2008) In Muzio D, Ackroyd S & Chanlat J-F (Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • Cicmil S & Hodgson D (2006) , Making Projects Critical (pp. 1-25). Macmillan Education UK
  • Hodgson D & Cicmil S (2006) , Making Projects Critical (pp. 29-50). Macmillan Education UK

Book reviews

  • Hodgson D (1998) . Management Learning, 29(2), 231-233.

Conference proceedings

  • Gibson J, Spooner S, Sutton M, McDermott I, Goff M, Checkland K, Hodgson D, McBride A & Hann M (2020) . British Journal of General Practice, Vol. 70(suppl 1). London, UK, 12 March 2020 - 12 March 2020.
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson DE, Bailey S & Hyde P (2018) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2018(1) (pp 16470-16470)
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson DE, Hassard JS, Bailey S & Hyde P (2017) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2017(1) (pp 12116-12116)
  • Bresnen M, Hodgson DE, Bailey S, Hyde P & Hassard J (2016) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2016(1) (pp 13733-13733)
  • Kislov R, Hodgson DE & Boaden R (2015) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2015(1) (pp 11099-11099)
  • Hyde P, Bresnen M, Hodgson DE, Bailey S & Hassard J (2014) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2014(1) (pp 13925-13925)
  • Bailey S, Bresnen M, Hodgson DE, Hyde P & Hassard J (2013) . Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2013(1) (pp 15662-15662)

Presentations

  • McDermott I, Spooner S, Gibson J, Sutton M, Hann M, Checkland K, Hodgson D & McBride A .

Preprints

  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2019) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Research group

Organisation Studies Research Cluster

Grants
GrantAmountFunderDates
New Roles, New Challenges: Understanding boundary work to support the implementation of new roles in mental health Trusts瞿824,622National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)1/4/2023 to 31/5/2025
An investigation of the scale, scope and impact of skill mix change in primary care (17/08/25)瞿649,562&紳莉莽梯;National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)01/09/2018 to 31/12/2020 
Evaluation of Buckinghamshire Community Mental Health Transformation Programme瞿138,600Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust1/7/2022 to 30/6/2024
Evaluation of Sheffield Primary and Community Mental Health Transformation Programme瞿99,437NHS Sheffield CCG1/3/2021 to 28/2/2022
Evaluation of the Increasing Continuity of Care in General Practice programme瞿250,000Health Foundation

1/3/2019 to 31/9/2021

Awarded in partnership with Mott Macdonald

Teaching interests

Damian has taught at all levels, including undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education and to both management and non-management students. His approach is to encourage critical thinking on the part of students and reflection on the complexities of organisations and organising, informed by sociological, historical, political and philosophical insights. His teaching covers organisational theory/organisational behaviour and research methods.

His teaching style focuses on engaging students by making links between everyday experience and theory. The aim is to empower students to make informed, critical judgements when faced by complex challenges in public, professional and personal life.

Damian is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, has received over a dozen letters of commendation for his teaching and was nominated for Best Humanities Lecturer at the University of Manchester in 2013.

Teaching activities

Management and Organisation Theory (MGT6127)

Research Methods (MGT682)

Professional activities and memberships

Professor Hodgson is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Professions and Organization, the Scandinavian Journal of Management, and New Technology, Work and Employment.

PhD supervision

Damian is interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:

  • Organisation and policy change in health and care
  • The devolution of health and care
  • Workforce challenges in health and care
  • Professional and managerial identity work in healthcare
  • Critical analyses of project management and project organising
  • Power and identity in the workplace

Damian is currently supervising:

Amrithavally Thaivalappil Ramakrishnan

Doctoral Researcher (Organisation Studies)
Management School

Thesis title: Workforce Reconfiguration in Residential Care: Opportunities, Risks and Future Directions
Email
athaivalappilramakrishnan1@sheffield.ac.uk
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He has previously supervised:

NameThesis titleYear of completion
Arbaz KapadiFor Whose Benefit? Service User Involvement, Co-Production and Healthcare Quality Improvement2023

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