# Stephanie Decker

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{{Short description|German-British business historian and management scholar}}
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| name               = Stephanie Decker
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FAcSS|FBAM|FHEA}}
| occupation         = [Academic](/source/Academic_staff)
| discipline         = [Business history](/source/Business_history)<br>[Strategy](/source/Strategy)<br>[Management studies](/source/Management_studies)
| workplaces         = [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham)
| alma_mater         = [University of Cologne](/source/University_of_Cologne)<br>[University of Liverpool](/source/University_of_Liverpool)
| known_for          = Research on postcolonial business history and historical methods in management studies
| notable_works      = 
| awards             = 
}}
'''Stephanie Decker''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FAcSS|FBAM|FHEA}} is a German-British management and business historian. She is Professor of Strategy at [Birmingham Business School](/source/Birmingham_Business_School_(University_of_Birmingham)), [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham). Decker is a [Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences](/source/Fellow_of_the_Academy_of_Social_Sciences) and a [Fellow of the British Academy of Management](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy_of_Management).

== Early life and education ==

Decker was educated in Germany and the United Kingdom. She earned a ''Magistra Artium'' degree from the [University of Cologne](/source/University_of_Cologne), followed by an MA and a PhD in history from the [University of Liverpool](/source/University_of_Liverpool).<ref name=brim />

Following her PhD, she held an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) (2006–2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=LSEDigest2006 07 |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/347430923/LSEDigest2006-07#content=query:Decker,pageNum:16,indexOnPage:0,bestMatch:false|publisher=LSE Digest}}</ref> and was a Harvard-Newcomen Fellow in Business History at [Harvard Business School](/source/Harvard_Business_School) (2007–2008).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History, 1995-2023 |url=https://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/Documents/BHI%20Fellowship%20Recipients.pdf |publisher=Harvard Business School}}</ref>

== Career ==

Decker's teaching career began at the University of Liverpool Management School as a lecturer in international business (2007–2010). She then joined [Aston Business School](/source/Aston_Business_School), where she rose from lecturer to professor of organization studies and history by 2014.<ref name=brim />

In 2020, she was appointed professor of strategy and history at the [University of Bristol](/source/University_of_Bristol) School of Management.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Stephanie Decker |url=https://dotcomarchive.bristol.ac.uk/about/ |website=Bristol.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> She returned to the West Midlands in 2022 to take up a chair in strategy at the University of Birmingham.<ref name=brim>{{cite web |title=Professor Stephanie Decker FAcSS, FHEA, MA, PG Cert |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/business/decker-stephanie |publisher=University of Birmingham}}</ref> During her tenure at Birmingham, she served as the deputy dean of the business school from 2023 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Four University of Birmingham academics elected Academy of Social Sciences Fellows |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/four-university-of-birmingham-academics-elected-academy-of-social-sciences-fellows |publisher=University of Birmingham}}</ref>

She has held several international visiting positions, including a visiting professorship in African business history at the [University of Gothenburg](/source/University_of_Gothenburg) (2020–2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephanie Decker - Visiting Professor of African Business History from Birmingham Business School, UK |url=https://www.gu.se/en/school-business-economics-law/our-research/visiting-professor-programme/visiting-professor-programme-3-2019-2021/stephanie-decker |website=University of Gothenburg |language=en |date=22 August 2022}}</ref> and a visiting role at the [University of Cagliari](/source/University_of_Cagliari) (2019).<ref>{{cite web |title=OKINAWA E SARDEGNA. Zone blu, turismo sostenibile e ricerca universitaria di eccellenza targata UniCa |url=https://web.unica.it/unica/en/news_notizie_s1.page?contentId=NTZ202694 |website=University of Cagliari |language=it}}</ref>

Decker served as co-editor of the academic journal ''[Business History](/source/Business_History_(journal))'' from 2013 to 2019 before becoming joint editor-in-chief from 2019 to 2024.<ref name=sage>{{cite web |title=Decker, Stephanie |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/stephanie-decker-1 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en |date=23 January 2026}}</ref> She is a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including ''[Journal of Management Studies](/source/Journal_of_Management_Studies)'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of Management Studies Editorial Board |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14676486/homepage/editorialboard.html |website=Wiley Online Library |language=en}}</ref> ''[Journal of International Business Studies](/source/Journal_of_International_Business_Studies)'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Editorial board - Journal of International Business Studies |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/41267/editorial-board |website=SpringerLink |language=en}}</ref> and ''[Organization Studies](/source/Organization_Studies)''.<ref name=sage />

== Awards and honours ==

Decker received the Henrietta Larson Article Award for best article in ''[Business History Review](/source/Business_History_Review)'' in 2019 and 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Henrietta Larson Article Award |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/announcements/prizes-and-awards/the-henrietta-larson-article-award |website=Cambridge Core |language=en}}</ref>

She was elected a [Fellow of the Higher Education Academy](/source/Fellow_of_the_Higher_Education_Academy) in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephanie Decker |url=https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/stephanie-decker/ |website=University of Birmingham}}</ref> a [Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences](/source/Fellow_of_the_Academy_of_Social_Sciences)<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Stephanie Decker |url=https://acss.org.uk/professor-stephanie-decker/ |website=Academy of Social Sciences |access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref> and a [Fellow of the British Academy of Management](/source/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy_of_Management) in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Fellows |url=https://www.bam.ac.uk/bam-community/fellows/current-fellows.html |website=British Academy of Management |language=en}}</ref> She serves as vice dean of its BAM Fellows College.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=https://www.bam.ac.uk/bam-community/fellows.html |website=British Academy of Management |language=en}}</ref>

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