Biography

Dr Salimeh Pour Mohammad is an Associate Professor of Business Analytics (Teaching Focused). She is also a Curriculum Designer for business analytics and management courses. Her PhD specialisation is in Business Analytics, Social Networks Analytics, Knowledge Cybernetics, and Recursive Performance. She also holds an MBA and a first-class BSc in Pure Mathematics. As well, she is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA).

She joined the University of Warwick Business School in August 2023. From the University of Warwick, she serves the wider academia nationally and internationally as:

• PDW Chair at the Management Education Development (MED) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM)
• Deputy Director of Strategic Review and Implementation Committee for the MED Division of the Academy of  Management (AOM)
• Reviewer/Assessor of the National Teaching Fellow Scheme (NTFS) of Advance HE
• Panel Judge for the ATL awards at the Association of Learning Technologies.
• Aurora Mentor for Female Leadership Development Initiative of Advance HE
• External Examiner for MSc Business Analytics at the University of Bristol Business School.
• Co-organiser of Warwick Education Conference (WEC)
• Assessor of Warwick Teaching Excellence Awards (WATE Judge) at the University of Warwick
• Panel member of AI in Teaching and Learning at Warwick Business School
• Co-lead for Impact and Policy subgroup of WHIEA Education Fund project (Barriers to the use of AI in Education)

Before joining WBS, she was a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of MSc Business Analytics at the University of Exeter Business School. She was also a member of the University-Wide Data Science Education Committee at the University of Exeter, as well as the Accreditation and Ranking Group and Academic Conduct Group at Exeter Business School. Before that, Salimeh worked as a lecturer for UG and PG programs at the University of West London Business School, where she led management courses in four international campuses (UAE, Cyprus and London). Prior to that, she worked at the University of Law and the University of Hull.

Her academic passion and practice have been recognised through:

• "Outstanding Contribution to the Undergraduate Programmes" at Warwick Business School (2023-24),
•  "Outstanding Performance Award" at Exeter Business School (2022-2023), 
• "The Star Award" nomination at the University of West London Business School (2020-2021) 
• "Best Tutor Award" at the University of Hull Business School (2018-2019). 

Her continuous professional development (CPD) includes:

• Leadership Difference Programme
• Faculty Leadership Programme
• Senior Academic Leader Programme
• Becoming an Education-Focused Professor Development Programme

Before embarking on her academic career, Salimeh held management roles in the private sector. Her industry experience in the UK is in the capacity of service quality management in social and healthcare organisations. Internationally, she has worked as an international business manager, working with suppliers from Germany and Italy. 

Research Interests

Salimeh is a reviewer for the British Journal of Management and the Academy of Management Conferences.  She is happy to supervise PhD, DBA, MBA and MSc students with their dissertations, whether in Warwick Business School or any UK/International university, collaborating as part of a dissertation supervisory team in areas such as:

• Business Analytics and AI
• Analytics of Social Networks
• Knowledge and Learning Networks
• Education Policies and AI