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Dr Clay Gransden

Liverpool Business School

Faculty of Business and Law

Clay joined the Sport Business team in 2020 as a Senior Lecturer. He is an experienced Senior Lecturer specializing in branding and fandom. In addition to his academic expertise, he has over 10 years’ experience working in the Hospitality and Marketing sector. Clay is currently involved in several research and consultancy projects, providing guidance and expertise in hospitality marketing, fandom and social media at a local, regional and international level.

Degrees

2016, Liverpool hope University, United Kingdom, PGCert in Learning and Teaching
2015, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, PhD
2007, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) Marketing and Psycology

Academic appointments

Programme Manager - Sport Business, Liverpool John Moores, 2021 - 2024
Senior Lecturer - Sport Business, Liverpool John Moores, 2020 - present
Senior Lecturer - Marketing, Liverpool Hope University, 2019 - 2020
Lecturer -Marketing, Liverpool Hope University, 2016 - 2019

Report

Sugden J, Faulkner C, Gransden C, Hindmarsh M. 2023. Fans Supporting Foodbanks Impact and Pantry Use in the Liverpool City Region

Journal article

Gransden C, Hindmarsh M, Lê NC, Nguyen T-H. 2023. Adaptive learning through technology: a technical review and implementation Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Ziniel C, Gransden C. 2023. How Value Congruence Affects Fan Consumption Behaviour International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing, 23 :21-43 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Chapters

Bamber DJ, Gransden CA. 2019. Perfume Consumption in India Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services :76-100 IGI Global DOI Publisher Url

Bamber DJ, Gransden CA, Beg SA. 2016. Perfume Consumption in India Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services :77-98 IGI Global DOI Publisher Url

Gransden C, Bamber D. Learning from a Premium Dining Restaurant to Implement a Delight Strategy in a Bar/Grill: Applying Experiential Learning 978-3-319-90004-9 DOI

Gransden C, Bamber D, Panditharathna R. Requirements for Services by Retired Over 50s UK Consumers in the UK: A Price- and Services-Sensitive Segment Critical Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Marketing IGI-Global 9781668435908

Award:

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. 2024

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. 2024

Silver Jubilee Award for Best Presentation in the Emerging Technologies in Higher Education Strand, Organisational Learning Centre HE College of Excellence. 2023

Faculty Excellence Awards, Liverpool John Moores. 2023

Learning and Teaching Innovation award, Liverpool Hope University. 2018

Excellence in Learning and Teaching award, Liverpool Hope University. 2018

Excellence in Learning and Teaching award, Liverpool Hope University. 2017

Learning and Teaching Innovation award, Liverpool Hope University. 2016

Other invited event:

The Masterypath – Facilitating learning and transition with an online centred approach., Online, Webinar for the Association of Learning Technology. 2024

Media Coverage:

Liverpool researchers analyse impact of football fan run food pantries 2024

Football fans fighting food poverty: how a ‘lifesaving’ mobile pantry scheme spread across the country 2023

Featured in The Athletic. Comments given on footballers’ personal branding 2021

Featured in the Sunday Mirror. Comments given on footballers trademarking celebrations. 2020

Featured in Finnish paper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ the biggest daily newspaper in Nordic countries. Interviewed with regards to the new Angry Birds deal with Everton FC 2019

Featured in ‘Urheilulehti’ the biggest sport magazine in Finland in an interview regarding the future of technology in football consumption.

Other Professional Activity:

Parliamentary Impact Statement - FSF Impact Report. Ian Byrne MP - Liverpool West Derby.. 2024

Public engagement:

Public talk or lecture, Fans Supporting Foodbanks stakeholders, Part of research team, Presentation of research project. 2024

External committees:

Digi:Doi Consortium, Liverpool John Moores University, Digi:Doi Group Mentor. 2024

CATE-Net (the community for CATE winners), Advance HE. 2023

Conference presentation:

The Masterypath – Facilitating learning and transition with an online centred approach., 25th Anniversary Higher Education Conference, Oral presentation. 2023

The Fans Supporting Foodbanks network: critically proactive scholarship and civil society activism, The European Sport Management Conference, Belfast, Oral presentation. 2023

The Masterypath – The pathway to an online learner centred approach that contributes to a greater understanding for students?, Learning Teaching Student Experience, Oral presentation. 2023

Using EdTech for a blended approach to interaction: Mentimeter, Padlet and Kahoot!, Digi:Doi Consortium, Oral presentation. 2023

Performatively Conforming? Consuming and Performing Soccer Fandom in American Bars, Summit on Communication and Sport, Barcelona, Spain, Oral presentation. 2023

Do supporters’ clubs foster social change? A taxonomy of the heads of supporters’ clubs, SEARCH Conference: Making an Impact - Valuing the Social and Economic worth of the Voluntary and Community Sector, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation. 2018

Consuming for Community? How Perceiving Social Responsibility Affects Consumption Levels, 6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, Berlin, Germany, Oral presentation. 2017

Towards Service Delight in a Premium Casual Dining Restaurant Chain in the UK, International Conference on Hospitality and Tourism Management, Bangkok, Thailand, Oral presentation. 2016

Research Grants Awarded:

British Academy, Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Dr Jack Sugden LJMU, Dr Matthew Hindmarsh, Grant value (£): 8,000, Duration of research project: 2 years. 2022

Membership of professional bodies:

FHEA, Advance HE. 2016

MCIM, Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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