Erica Lewis, PhD

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications

PhD in Management & Leadership - Lancaster University

Master of Public Administration - Harvard Kennedy School

Grad Cert Teaching in Higher Education - Edge Hill University

Grad Dip Legal Practice - Australian National University

LLB - Australian National University

BA Hons (Political Science) - Australian National University

BA (Social Sciences) - University of Technology, Sydney

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the British Academy of Management

Member of the Regional Studies Association

Awards

2012 - Lancaster University Management School Doctoral Studentship

2009 - Holly Taylor Sargent Award for Contributions to Women’s Leadership – Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

2007 - Australian Capital Territory Government International Women’s Day Award for ‘Services to Young Women’

Academic and research interests

My research & practice is an attempt to develop critical, feminist & intersection strategies to strengthen the leadership and power of women, young women & girls in civic spaces (organisations, institutions & the commons) to achieve gender, social, environmental & economic justice.

• PhD: Encouraging leaders to be followers too: strengthening young women's leadership in a global, intergenerational women's organisation.
  
  https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/encouraging-leaders-to-be-followers-too(52ff8880-cd04-438c-be42-4978ab2b2f93).html 
  

Research supervision

Feminist & intersectional leadership

Critical leadership

Methodologies

Participatory action research

Publications

2021 - "Supporting Small Local Enterprises in Skelmersdale: The Role of Anchor Institutions", Institute for Social Responsibility, Edge Hill University https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/isr/files/2022/03/Community-Wealth-Building-Report-Final.pdf 

2017 - “No progress without political will: women in UK local government”, BroadAgenda blog, http://www.broadagenda.com.au/home/no-progress-without-political-will/

Recent external roles

2021 - re-elected as County Councillor for Lancaster South East www.lancashire.gov.uk 

2020 - Invited participant UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth’s virtual meeting on Young Women’s Political Participation and Leadership.

2020 - “Businesses in the lead: partnership, place & the need for thriving communities”, Young Foundation, Cabinet Office – Inclusive Economy Partnership, EY.

2019 - elected to the board of the World YWCA www.worldywca.org 

2019 - elected as City Councillor for John O'Gaunt ward & Leader of Lancaster City Council www.lancaster.gov.uk 

2017 - elected as County Councillor for Lancaster South East www.lancashire.gov.uk 

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