Lori Leigh Davis

International tripartite organisations; conflict minerals/"resource curse" and conflict resolution techniques; rhetoric theory and power theories.

School of Business, Department of Management

Lori Leigh started teaching (tutoring MN2002) in the School of Management in 2013. Since then, she has taught every semester including MN1001, MN1002, MN2001 and MN2002. In addition, Dr Davis has lectured the Masters level course Managing Natural Resources (MN5514) and Contemporary Issues in Management (MN4100) in 2020.

International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI)

Since 2019, Dr Davis is the Module Coordinator and Lecturer for the Foundation Business, Foundation Economics and Foundation Management modues.  In 2022, she is also the Module Coordinator and Lecturer for the new MSc modules including Leadership and Management in International Education and Organisational Development in International Education.

Her teaching career highlights include being nominated for the Teaching Award for Postgraduate Students Who Tutors in 2017 and winning the Teaching Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching (Students Association) in 2019 while also winning the Teaching Excellence Award for 2021-22.  Additionally, she won the Golden Dandelion Award in 2021-22.

Dr Davis received her PhD from the University of St Andrews under the supervision of Dr Philip Roscoe (School of Business, Department of Management) and Dr William Vlcek (School of International Relations).  The title of her thesis is: The Kimberley Process and Certification Scheme: A Classical Aristotelian Rhetorical Analysis of the International Tripartite Regime Against Conflict Diamonds.  She holds an MLitt in International Business form the University of St Andrews and a Degree in Technology Management (BTech) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. Lori Leigh also attained the GIA Certification in Diamond Grading and Colored Stones in 2009.

Her research is focused on international tripartite organisations, rhetoric and power theories.  In particular, she is interested in the diamond industry and industries related to conflict.

She has presented at major international conferences such as the Annual Conflict Conference and the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.  She was the only student from a Scotland university to attend the 1^st Annual International Rhetoric workshop in 2016.

In 2018, Dr Davis took over the role as the Administrator for the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), which she held until 2021. 

Her previous career experience includes nearly 7 years as a diamond broker (diamantaire) in a leading Canadian diamond wholesaler and manufacturer.

Module Coordinator, Lecturer {Education Focus} and Tutor in the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute

   - Foundation Programme: [IE0152] Business, [IE0251] Economics and [IE0257] Management & Responsible Enterprise

• MN2002 Analysis of Financial Data, Lecturer 
• MN2112 Enterprise and Creativity, Coach

• MN4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Management, Module Coordinator (Alongside ID4002) 

Summer School Programmes 

• Lecturer: Sutton Trust Summer School
• Lecturer: First Chances Fife Programme
• Module Coordinator/Lecturer: Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship (MEE) SAEC Programme 

Lecturer in the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) and the School of Business

• The Golden Dandelion Award Winner for Sustainability in the Curriculum (2024-2025)
• Shortlisted for Teaching Award: Outstanding Dissertation, Thesis, or Project Supervisor (Postgraduate) - Student Led/University Wide (2024-2025)
• Winner Teaching Excellence Award – Staff Led/University Wide (2021-2022)
• The Golden Dandelion Award Winner for Sustainability in the Curriculum (2021-2022)
• Winner Outstanding Innovation in Teaching Award Winner – Student Led/University Wide (2018-2019)
• Nominated for the Principal’s Medal – University Wide (2017)
• Shortlisted for Teaching Award: Postgraduate Student Who Tutors – University Wide (2017)

PostDoc Research Project 2020: 'Innovation' in Health Care

PostDoc Research Project 2019: SMEs (Growth) in Scotland and BREXIT

Responsible enterprise - corporate social responsibility, business ethics,  sustainable development. The diamond industry, 'conflict' diamonds & 'conflict' minerals/"resource curse". International tripartite organisations.  Certification schemes and conflict resolution techniques.  Rhetoric theory and 'power' theory.

Conferences and Papers

• 3^rd Annual Conflict Conference, University of Texas at Austin April 8-9, 2016:

Conflict Diamonds and International Regime Solutions.

• Congress – of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Calgary May 28-June 3, 2016:

Stakeholders in the Diamond Industry: An Exploration into the Kimberley Process and Certification Scheme.

• 1^st Annual International Rhetoric Workshop, Uppsala University August 17-19, 2016:

Organizational Rhetoric in Conflict Diamond Resolution Regimes: NGOs, State Actors & Diamond Industry.

• Scottish Graduate School of Social Science - Business & Management PhD Colloquium, March 23-24, 2017:

The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition: Roles, Relationships and Relevance.