Biography

As Professor and Associate Dean, Vijay strategically leads Research and Knowledge Exchange activities for the Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences. The Faculty is home to 10 successful Research Centres and about 200 PhD students. In REF 2021, the Faculty submitted to 9 Units of Assessments (UoAs). With 306 staff, the Faculty is comprised of four distinct academic schools: 1) The new School of Creative Industries, 2) The University of Wolverhampton Business School, 3) Wolverhampton Law School, and 4) School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Professor Reddy works closely with the Faculty Dean and PVC, other Associate Deans, Directors/Heads of Research Centres, Heads of Schools, Directorate of Research & Enterprise Services and the Doctoral College, and other senior leaders within wider university to advance and implement the faculty’s Research and Knowledge Exchange strategy whilst developing and supporting many Early Career Researchers.

In terms of memberships, Professor Reddy serves on the University of Wolverhampton Research Committee, University Ethics Sub-Committee, Doctoral College Advisory Board, REF UoA Coordinators Committee; and he leads/chairs the Faculty Research Committee, Faculty Ethics Committee, Faculty Research Students Board, and PGR Awards Sub-Committee.

As Professor of Sustainable Development, Vijay’s contributions have attracted the attention of practitioners, peers, professional associations, and some of the international policy agencies driving sustainability practices, business resilience and poverty reduction around the world (e.g., United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, UNESCO, and the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission, UNITAR, UNWTO, and UNEP Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch).

As principal investigator and co-investigator, Vijay’s inspiring projects that fit under the broader theme of sustainable development were commissioned by a range of national and international organizations, including UNESCO (2002-03), Rufford Foundation (2002), Royal Geographic Society (2004), UNESCO (2005), British Academy (2007), British Academy (2009), Higher Education Innovation Fund (2010-12), Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (2013), British Council (2015), British Council (2019-2022), PRME (2023), PRME UK & Ireland Secretariat (2023-26), and others.

Some of Vijay’s challenging projects focussed on both natural and human-driven disasters and crises (e.g., 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami, 2011 Japanese tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disasters, Northern Ireland post-conflict recovery, and protracted Kashmir conflict).

Furthermore, he engaged with a range of companies in the UK (e.g., TUI) and other countries such as Ukraine and India. He has also developed enterprise and Exec Education initiatives (e.g., Armed Forces), besides contributing to Help to Grow Management courses, and developing Senior Leader Apprenticeship modules.

In terms of publications, Vijay has led edited Books for Routledge, with many research articles published in peer-reviewed international journals (CABS 3-4*) as well as in high-impact sources, such as UNEP-WCMC, UNESCO, and The World Financial Review.

His expert views / interviews appeared in several broadcast media sources such as the BBC TV, Sky Tv News, BBC Radio, ITV, United Nations (Web TV), and print media (e.g., Airports International, Asian Voice, and Arabian Business).

Currently, he is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and serves as a member of the International Committee of the Chartered Association of (UK) Business Schools.