Eleanor Murray

Eleanor's research interest is focused on how change is constructed in organisations and systems, the context of change and the impact and outcomes of change for stakeholders.

Her ongoing research re-evaluates large-scale change theory, interpreting recent policy initiatives to deliver integrated care programmes in the UK and internationally as empirical case studies. The newly emerging field of organisational resilience is a concurrent interest and Eleanor’s research examines how resilience can be understood, assessed and applied in a range of sectors.

Eleanor has extensive experience in the health sector: a twenty-year career in health services management involved ten years in senior manager and executive director roles; and since 2008 as a director of her own consulting company, advising on health, education and government projects.

Previously, Eleanor was an Honorary Lecturer, research fellow and post-doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Her PhD examined organisational resilience in the UK health sector. She has a MSc in organisational behaviour and a MA in managing health services.

Prior to taking up her current role, Eleanor was Senior Research Fellow at Saïd Business School, supported by a three-year improvement science fellowship with the Health Foundation.