Dr Roseline Wanjiru

Roseline Wanjiru is Associate Professor (Reader) of International Business and Development at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, where she heads Strategy and International Business.

Her research covers economic development, trade and industrial policy, foreign direct investment and innovation strategies. Current projects address the spillovers and development impact of foreign direct investment, trade incentives and policymaking, decent work, and knowledge transfer and innovation. From 2018 she was a member of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council, which advises UK Export Finance and its ministers. At Northumbria she has been Faculty Director of Student Engagement and Director of Education in the Faculty of Business and Law, and she previously worked at the University of Leeds and the University of Huddersfield. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Higher Education Academy.

Roseline was educated at the University of Bradford (MBA) and the University of Leeds (MA and PhD).