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Dr. Tom Calvard

Senior Lecturer University of Edinburgh

Tom Calvard is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies and HR, and the current Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He was awarded a PhD in Organisational Psychology from the University of Sheffield. His research and teaching are focused on diversity, technology, ethics and change in relation to employees, line managers and HR professionals. In 2017, with Tinu Cornish, he co-edited The Psychology of Ethnicity in Organisations (Bloomsbury), and in 2020, he published Critical Perspectives on Diversity in Organizations (Routledge). His research has also been published in various international peer-reviewed journals. He enjoys literature and the arts, spending time in nature, and walking his dog, a one-eyed rescue pug named Odin.