Dr Nicolina Kamenou is a Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management (HRM) and Diversity Management in the School of Management and Languages.

Nicolina’s research lies in the area of diversity management primarily with regard to race, ethnicity, culture and gender in employment. Recent work focuses on cross-cultural management and HRM policies and practices in non-western regions, work-life balance and Human Rights. Nicolina is an Editorial Board Member of the Equal Opportunities International Journal since January 2006.

Nicolina was seconded in 2005 from Heriot-Watt University to work as a Senior Research Officer in the Scottish Executive for a period of six months, where she was responsible for the Mainstreaming Equality project within the Social Justice Division of the Scottish Executive. Nicolina investigated the effectiveness of the implementation of the government’s Equality Strategy (2000) in relation to the mainstreaming equality project’s aims and examined attitudes towards the mainstreaming equality initiatives in two pilot departments: the Education Department and the Housing Department.