Sue Davies

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Dr Sue Davies, FMA

PhD, BA Hons, MA, MRes

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-9532

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PhD projects

Museums, archives and heritage. Management of non-profit organisations. Performance indicators. Concepts of value and success.

20102025

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Personal profile

Research interests

Non-profit management and business history.  Having worked in the heritage sector for 30 years Dr Davies has a particular interest in how museums and archives are managed.  Her current research focuses on performance indicators in the non-profit cultural heritage sector and the use of historic collections in the 21st century.

Teaching specialisms

Teaching Dr Davies is the module leader for a core undergraduate module Business and Commerical Awareness (6BUS0279) and joint module leader for the postgraduate Individual Consultancy Project (7BUS2227).

Supervision Between 2023 and 2024 she supervised the final stages of Dr Sarah Buckingham's, DHeritage thesis, 'Disneyland or Wasteland? Avoiding Both in Post-Conflict Heritage Reconstruction'. Dr Davies is currently supervising these doctoral projects.

  1. Madeline McLeod-Reynolds, DHeritage. Since 2024.  'Heritage Futures: Reinventing collections stewardship'.
  2. Ian Sudlow-McKay, DHeritage. Since 2024. 'Reclaiming the Past:Examining British Universities' Approaches to Decolonisation - Representation, Reinterpreation, and Repatriation'.
  3. Sarah Goldsmith, DBA. Since 2024. 'Critically Investigating the Prevalence of Impaired Psychological Wellbeing on UK Project Teams and Determing the Correlation with Project Success'.
  4. Sam Daisley. DHeritage. Since 2025. 'Moving a Museum'. 

 

Commercial and public engagement

Dr Davies occassionally works as a freelancer in the heritage sector offering training and research. Her commissioned work includes the 'Data Driven Museums' report and this 5 minute video about key peformance indicators in museums - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_oZWCCM64

Education/Academic qualification

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Post Graduate Certificate, University of Hertfordshire

12 Sept 2022 → 30 Jan 2024

Award Date: 1 Feb 2024

History of Medicine, Diploma in the History of Medicine, The St Pancras School for Mothers and Other Efforts to Reduce Infant Mortality in One London Borough, 1885-1913", Society of Apothecaries

Award Date: 30 Aug 2014

Museum Management, PhD, Co-production and Values in Museums, Open University Business School

Award Date: 11 Apr 2012

Museum Management, MRes, Values in Museums, Open University Business School

Award Date: 1 Nov 2007

Museum and Art Gallery Management, MA, My thesis explored commercial sponsorship of the arts, HEI: City, University of London

Award Date: 27 Oct 1991

Art Foundation, Diploma, North Warwickshire College of Technology & Design

Award Date: 30 Jun 1989

Politics and Philosophy, BA Hons, My thesis covered violent political protest by women, The University of Manchester

Award Date: 4 Jul 1988

External positions

Mentor, Cause4

Jan 2022 → …

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