Skip navigation

Dr Russell Warhurst

Associate Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Russell subsequently moved into a public-private partnership role co-ordinating training and development before moving into a learning and development role with a major UK airline.  

Russell began his career as an academic at the then Newcastle Polytechnic in 1989 soon after the formation of Newcastle Business School.  During this time Russell led a HND in business enterprise and subsequently an MA in HRM validated by the CIPD. 

Moving on from NBS, Russell joined Leeds Business School and led CIPD programmes in Leeds and general business programmes in Hong Kong before being seconded to BMW-Rover Group where he led manager and leadership development programmes working across various manufacturing sites in the UK and Germany. 

Russell then moved to a Scottish university to lead manager and professional development within the university’s HRM department.  More recently Russell was at the University of Chester where he was Programme Director for MBA degrees and was partly seconded to a public-private partnership body, LDL, with an organisational development remit.  

Russell holds adjunct professorships at Moscow’s prestigious Institute of International Trade and Law and at AACSB accredited, and FT “top 20” European business school, Aalto University Business School in Finland.  Russell was awarded his Doctorate in 2006 for a study into professional learning in the workplace. 

Russell’s research interests currently include workplace learning and development, manager and leadership learning, organisational learning, knowledge and wisdom, later-career learning, manager identities and well-being at work.  

Russell has won numerous research awards, reviews for a number of journals and is currently co-editing  a book with NBS colleagues on identities and HRD.

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A Question of Identity: a theoretical understanding of HRD, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 1 Sep 2024, The Sage Handbook of Human Resource Development, London, SAGE
  • Learning to manage as learning to fail: the lessons of running, Black, K., Warhurst, R. 1 Sep 2024, In: Management Learning
  • Theorising Later-Career as a Basis for Enhancing Inclusion and Extending Working Lives Through Human Resource Development, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 1 Dec 2024, In: Human Resource Development Review
  • Lost and found: parkrun, work and identity, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 4 May 2022, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
  • Conclusion: The future for OS and HR educational excellence, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 11 Nov 2021, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management, London, Taylor & Francis
  • Introduction: Professionalising education in Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 11 Nov 2021, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management, London, Taylor & Francis
  • Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management: An Educator's Handbook, Black, K., Warhurst, R. 11 Nov 2021
  • Career transition as identity learning: an autoethnographic understanding of human resource development, Black, K., Warhurst, R. 1 Jan 2019, In: Human Resource Development International
  • Meaning in Mentoring: More Than Meets the Eye/“I”, Warhurst, R., Black, K. 1 Sep 2019, In: Human Resource Development Review
  • Seeing the Unseen: Visualizing Organizational Culture in the Classroom, Black, K., Warhurst, R. 21 Nov 2018, In: Management Teaching Review

  • Emma Mullen Human Resources Graduate Employability: An Exploration of Line Manager Experiences and Perceptions Start Date: 11/03/2016 End Date: 03/01/2017
  • Felix Kuschel Start Date: 01/10/2023
  • Helavalada Fakuade Understanding Women’s Learning and Development Experiences in the Workplace: The Case of The Nigerian Air Force Start Date: 01/10/2020
  • Joseph Mellors Internalised gay ageism on LGBT+ homestay platforms: Authenticity, its multivalence and beyond Start Date: 24/11/2023 End Date: 25/10/2024
  • Emma Mullen Human Resources Graduate Employability: An Exploration of Line Manager Experiences and Perceptions Start Date: 11/03/2016 End Date: 03/01/2017

  • Education PhD January 01 2006
  • Research Methods PGCert July 05 2004
  • Chartered Member (MCIPD) Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) 2014


a sign in front of a crowd
+

Northumbria Open Days

Open Days are a great way for you to get a feel of the University, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the course(s) you are interested in.

Research at Northumbria
+

Research at Northumbria

Research is the life blood of a University and at Northumbria University we pride ourselves on research that makes a difference; research that has application and affects people's lives.

NU World
+

Explore NU World

Find out what life here is all about. From studying to socialising, term time to downtime, we’ve got it covered.


Latest News and Features

NIHR multiple and complex needs
Paramedics at work
Joint Institute of Clean Hydrogen
Volunteering builds inroads and supports communities. In this photo, UN Volunteers interview community members to assess basic health services in the rural areas of Rwanda. Copyright UNV, 2023
HICSA partners at the site
Jupiter with a spot visible at the south pole
More news

Back to top