Professor Mairi Maclean wins AOM’s inaugural Daniel A. Wren Research Award

Professor Mairi Maclean recently received the Academy of Management’s Daniel A. Wren Research Award for Contributions to Management History.

The award was presented to Mairi, along with her co-author Professor Charles Harvey from Newcastle University, at the AOM Annual Meeting held in Copenhagen in July 2025.

The prize was established by the Academy’s Management History Division to honour individuals whose scholarship has made a profound and enduring impact on the field. It recognises exemplary work that not only advances understanding in the discipline, but also models rigour, intellectual courage and sustained academic commitment.

Mairi says:

“It is very humbling that the selection committee feel that our work has made a profound and enduring impact on the field of management history, and leaves me almost speechless. This is, for me, a truly great honour.”

Mairi’s research centres on the importance of history in contemporary business life, and the necessity of theory to illuminate underlying dynamics. Her work with Charles Harvey has convinced her of the need for dual integrity, equal respect for the academic virtues of both business and management history and organization theory.

Mairi is Associate Dean (Faculty) within the School of Management, as well as a member of the Centre for Business, Organisations & Society and the Future of Work research centre.

Professor Steve Brammer, Dean of the School of Management, adds:

“This award is a fantastic recognition of Mairi’s work. It is testament to the strength of her research and her dedication to scholarship in management history. I extend my warmest congratulations.”