Jo Watts

Summary

Jo combines teaching and research in her role as Graduate Tutor at Sheffield Business School. Prior to entering academia, she worked at senior levels in both non-profit and private sector organisations with a strong emphasis on strategic and organisational development. Her work has contributed to funding bids highlighting participative, asset-based approaches to community development addressing the issues of food poverty and social isolation. She completed an MSc in Coaching and Mentoring at Sheffield Hallam University; her research focused on creating space for informal learning conversations and creative community projects. This work was used to support a bid which secured a five-year lottery funded project (£500k) to further develop the research. She is currently undertaking PhD research exploring political policy and the impact of power in ideas of collaboration in non-profit originations.