Miss Shona Blair
Teaching Fellow
Management Science
Personal statement
Shona joined the Department of Management Science as a Teaching Associate in 2017. In her first year, she was shortlisted for two university-wide Teaching Excellence awards. Her shortlistings in categories “Most Supportive” and “Best in Business Faculty” recognise her long-standing passion for teaching and her continued efforts towards ensuring a first-class educational experience for each and every student.
Shona’s scholarly interests lie in the areas of discrete event simulation (in particular, investigating new approaches to the exploration and analysis of the model input-output space), and the empirical Bayes approach to statistical analysis (in particular, investigating how it can be employed fruitfully in management science contexts). Shona has a background in mathematics and worked in the finance industry, before returning to academia to pursue her PhD in Management Science and carry out knowledge exchange work in association with the department.
Shona has a strong track record of leadership in the Department of Management Science. Since joining the Department of Management Science, she has been Co-Director of the MSc Financial Technology in its inaugural year of operation, Honours Convenor and Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies, Ethics Convenor, and Director of Experiential Learning, a post she co-developed with Professor Alec Morton, to address a strategic, departmental need in managing MSc student apprenticeships and projects, and bridging KE and teaching activity in general.
Teaching Portfolio – Class Coordinator:
MS112: Business Analysis and Technology
MS361: Understanding and Optimising Business Systems
MS424: Honours Research Methods
MS922: Quantitative Business Analysis
MS994: Becoming an Effective Financial Technology Analyst
MS931/MS983/MS820: MSc Dissertation in BAC/DA/HAPM
MS981 - Datalab
Teaching Portfolio - Other:
MS416: Business Analytics Using Data Mining
MS985: Business and Decision Modelling
MS930/935: Unstructured Examination
MG919/MG814: Analytical Support for Decision-Making
MG928: Analytical Support for Decision-Making
MG835 Project Portfolio Management
Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Medal Nomination
- Recipient
- 2/8/2022
- Nomination for SBS Teaching Award for Outstanding, Effective and Sustained Contribution to the Student Learning Experience
- Recipient
- 26/5/2022
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Nomination
- Recipient
- 10/6/2020
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Shortlisted for "Best in Faculty"
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
- Teaching Excellence Awards - Shortlisted for "Most Supportive"
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
Publications
- Critical systems heuristics : a systematic review
- Hutcheson Matthew, Morton Alec, Blair Shona
- Systemic Practice and Action Research Vol 37, pp. 499-514 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-023-09665-9
- Exploring perspectives on agroecological transition in Scotland with critical systems heuristics
- Hutcheson Matthew, Morton Alec, Blair Shona
- Systemic Practice and Action Research Vol 37, pp. 459-482 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-023-09663-x
- Actualizations of agroecology among Scottish farmers
- Hutcheson Matthew, Morton Alec, Blair Shona
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Vol 48, pp. 50-73 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2270493
- Evaluation framework study assessing the role, applicability and adherence to good practice of planning support tools for allocation of development aid for health in low-income and middle-income countries
- Megiddo Itamar, Blair Shona, Sabaei Davood, Ruiz Francis, Morton Alec D
- BMJ Open Vol 13 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069590
- Impact of COVID-19 on social and intermediate care : report on data analysis and stakeholder workshop
- Sinha Chandrava, Blair Shona, van der Meer Robert
- (2022)
- Combining Bayesianism and reflexivity in interpretivist research
- Harrington Susan, Dörfler Viktor, Blair Shona
- EURAM 2021: 21st Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (2021)
Professional Activities
- Improving Mental Healthcare Services with Data Science and Analytics
- Participant
- 16/2/2023
- Seda Sucu
- Host
- 17/5/2022
- Strategy Making Workshop
- Organiser
- 14/4/2022
- NHS Lanarkshire - Impact of COVID-19 on Social and Intermediate Care
- Organiser
- 19/10/2021
- Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
- Speaker
- 30/9/2021
- Learning from tools
- Speaker
- 17/9/2021
Projects
- Analysis of COVID-19 Impact on Social and Intermediate Care in Lanarkshire
- Sinha, Chandrava (Co-investigator) Blair, Shona (Co-investigator) van der Meer, Robert (Principal Investigator)
- Social and intermediate care is under stress, with COVID-19 adding to existing pressures. It is clear that a variety of factors are at play, and whilst many of these factors are already well known to those providing these services, the overall situation is complex. The overall aim of this project is to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on social and intermediate care in Lanarkshire and to provide guidance on how those tasked with delivering this care can best plan and prioritise for the future in light of current uncertainties.
- 01-Aug-2021 - 28-Feb-2022
- Supporting decision making in Global Fund CCMs
- Morton, Alec (Principal Investigator) Blair, Shona (Co-investigator) Lauer, Jeremy (Co-investigator) Megiddo, Itamar (Co-investigator) Millar, Robyn (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-May-2021
- EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant | Blair, Shona
- Quigley, John (Principal Investigator) Bedford, Tim (Co-investigator) Blair, Shona (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2008 - 01-May-2016
Contact
Miss
Shona
Blair
Teaching Fellow
Management Science
Email: shona.blair@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3278