Dr Gráinne Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation, Work and Leadership at Queen’s Business School, Queen’s University Belfast. With over a decade of experience as an educator and researcher, she specialises in understanding the lived experiences of diverse social groups, recently exploring the role of intersecting identities in shaping women’s working lives. Dr Kelly’s research spans a wide variety of organisational contexts from global corporations to local SMEs and is published in top-tier journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Work, Employment and Society, Technovation, and the Human Resource Management Journal. Her research not only contributes to academic scholarship but also offers practical, evidence-based guidance for organisations seeking to improve inclusion and equity. She regularly presents her work at leading UK and international conferences and contributes to practitioner-facing platforms such as Women in Business. These engagements ensure her research reaches decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are able to drive real-world change. Her research on gender and talent management in Northern Irish SMEs has informed stakeholder conversations on inclusive recruitment and retention strategies at a Bank of England and Chamber of Commerce roundtable. Since joining Queen’s in 2013, Dr Kelly has led the development of inclusive, and practice-relevant curricula across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. As the current Director for the MSc HRM Programme at Queen’s Business School, she prepares students to think critically and act responsibly, equipping the next generation of HR professionals to lead ethically and sustainably in complex, dynamic workplaces.