Dr Fotios Mitsakis

Role

I am an accomplished academic, combining scholarly achievement, innovative pedagogy, doctoral supervision, and engagement with professional practice. I also contribute to academic leadership through editorial roles, committee membership, and doctoral supervision.

As an educator, I am student-centred and research-informed. My teaching awards, strong student evaluations, innovations in experiential learning, and recent recognition for AI-enabled pedagogy demonstrate my commitment to engaging, applied, and future-focused learning.

My academic citizenship includes editorial responsibilities, professional committees, external examining, research funding, international conference activity, and cross-institutional collaboration. Overall, I see myself as a reflective, research-active, and practice-oriented academic who combines scholarly rigour with pedagogical innovation and a clear commitment to socially responsible, inclusive, and future-ready workplaces.

My research has evolved from strategic HRD and organisational resilience to contemporary questions in talent management, diversity and inclusion, precarious employment, employee wellbeing, hospitality work, and digital transformation and artificial intelligence in HRD and leadership. My publications appear in established international journals, including Human Resource Development Review, Human Resource Development International, International Journal of Training and Development, Work, Employment and Society, and Employee Relations. My research consistently links theory to complex organisational and societal challenges.

Career overview

Before joining NBS, Fotios completed his PhD in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). He also holds an MSc in Strategic Human Resource Management with distinction (ALBA Graduate Business School-Greece), a PgCert in Research Methodology in Business and Management (University of Strathclyde), and a BSc in Business Administration (University of Piraeus-Greece).

Fotios worked as a Senior Tutor at the University of Strathclyde for three years (UG modules), and as a Teaching Assistant (external) at the University of Stirling for almost a year (MSc in International HRM). Before his career shift to academia, Fotios worked for two multinational companies (the beverages & cosmetics industries) for several years within their sales departments. Additionally, he holds experience from the marketing and financial departments of two different firms, and extensive teaching experience as a private tutor.

External activity

Fotios is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (AFCIPD).

He is a regular member of the University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD), and an active member of its Research Development Committee. He has also served as a regular member of the UFHRD Committee for Professional and Organisational Activities. Fotios is also a UK International Ambassador (as an alumni student) of ALBA Graduate Business School, Athens, Greece.

Fotios further currently undertakes the role of the External Examiner (EE) for two different UK universities (Programme and module EE).

Sponsors and collaborators

Fotios aims to work with both internal and external collaborators. As a research-active academic, he aims to produce high-quality research outcomes not only to enhance his research portfolio but also to assist NBS in achieving its research strategy objectives.

He actively participates and presents his work (e.g., research papers/posters) in several OB and HRM/HRD related conferences in the UK, Europe, and the US.

Fotios is a member of the Global Hospitality Research Alliance (GHRA) network, comprising more than 50 researchers from 13 countries, examining the employment challenges of the hospitality and tourism sectors to suggest strategies to promote decent working conditions for the benefit of all.