Dr Lucy J Wishart
Lecturer
Biography
I am an Associate Lecturer (education focused) in the School of Management and co-director of our Honours Programme. I joined the School in 2011, moving to my current role in 2016.
I completed my PhD in Management entitled A Resourceful Application: Understanding the Scottish Zero Waste Project in 2015. I have an MSc in Sustainablity Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Lund in Sweden. Prior to returning to academia I worked in commercial law, and I have an LLB in Law and Politics from the University of Edinburgh.
I have professional experience working with private enterprise, NGOs and government organisations.
Teaching
2021/22
MN3102: Organisation Studies (Module Coordinator)
MN4238: Sustainable Development and Management (Lecturer)
MN4100: Contemporary Issues in Management (Lecturer)
MN5001: Contemporary Global Issues in Management (Lecturer)
MN4301: Management Project (Supervisor)
MN2002: Management and Analysis (Academic Tutor)
Service Roles
Co-Director of Honours Programme
Academic Advisor
Research areas
My research explores how relationships between knowledge and practice determine the management of waste in sustainable futures, with an emphasis on governing activities occurring within and between organisations.
I am interested how reuse is seen as part of a systemic transition towards a more circular economy. I explore how organisational practices support and/or undermine reuse within society, both materially (e.g. infrastructure) and symbolically (e.g. stigma). My research reconceptualises reuse beyond individual practice, extending the roles of organisations in addressing waste as a systemic sustainability problem.
I am interested in supervising PhDs on the following topics:
- Reuse (in the Circular Economy)
- Organisation responsibilities for waste
- Zero Waste
PhD supervision
- Anqi Li
Selected publications
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Accounting for circularity
Wishart, L. J. & Antheaume, N., 31 Mar 2021, Routledge handbook of environmental accounting. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., O'Dwyer, B. & Thomson, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 251 263 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Amazon found destroying unsold stock – would better accounting practices help?
Wishart, L. J., 28 Jun 2021, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Circular Economy Infrastructure: why we need track and trace for reusable packaging
Ellsworth-Krebs, K., Rampen, C., Rogers, E., Dudley, L. & Wishart, L., 13 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Production and Consumption.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zero waste governance: a Scottish case study
Wishart, L. J. & Bebbington, J., 18 Dec 2020, In: International Journal of Sustainable Development. 23, 1-2, p. 128 147 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More Than Just Recycling. How Does the Goal of Zero Waste Impact Upon Ways of Thinking About Governance in Scotland?
Wishart, L. J., 28 Mar 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Negotiating Knowledge through Boundary Organisations in Environmental Policy
Moran, C., Russell, S. L. & Wishart, L. J., 2016, Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations. New York, London: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: The European Experience
Wishart, L. J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Europe Now.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Zero Waste in Scotland: A Sustainable Goal or A Rubbish Idea
Wishart, L. J., 25 Jun 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Material Recovery from Complex Systems: Understanding Zero Waste from a Governmentality Perspective
Wishart, L. J., 10 Jul 2014.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review