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Anna Piazza

Dr Anna Piazza PhD

Senior Lecturer in Economic Sociology

Dr. Anna Piazza is a senior lecturer in Economic Sociology at School of Business and Operations of Strategy. She holds a PhD from University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ and MSc from University of Pisa (Italy). Before joining the University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ in January 2023, Anna was Postdoctoral Researcher at Computer Science at the University College London.

Responsibilities within the university

Module leader for postgraduate modules:

  • BUSI1693 Global Networks and Innovation
  • BUSI1788 Foundation of Scholarship for business analysts
  • BUSI1789 Fundamentals of Business

Module leader for undergraduate module:

  • BUSI1646 Understanding International Business 1

Module tutor for undergraduate module:

  • BUSI1574 Managing Global Business Networks
  • BUSI1710 International Business Project
  • RESE1170 Business Research Methods
  • BUSI1701 Personal and Professional Development

MA/Consultancy Projects supervision

PhD supervision

Awards

  • Winner Best Research Impact Award from the 2nd International Cyber Resilience Conference, 2024 – Dubai. Award date: 26th February 2024
  • Winner the Best Paper Award from the Cyber Resilience track of ICCR Conference, 2022 – Dubai. Award date: 7th October, 2022.
  • Winner the Best Paper Award from the Cooperative Strategies group of the Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 2022- London. Award date: 19th September 2022.
  • Best Research Paper Prize. Finalist Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 2022- London.
  • Nominated for Rising star and Impactful research award, Staff AWARD 2022-23. University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ.
  • Nominated for the Outstanding personal tutor award, the Student Led Teaching Awards 2021. University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ.
  • Winner the Santander Universities Program, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ. Application for an International Mobility and Networking Award 2018-19. Award date: 30th April 2019
  • Winner the COSTNET funding. Application for attending the Advanced Network Analysis Course. University of Birkbeck. Award date: 4th June 2019
  • Winner the Best Poster Prize for the PhD Poster Conference from University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ. Award date 19th July 2016

Recognition

  • Member of the Scientific Committee, ARS’23 Ninth International Workshop on Social Network Analysis, 2-3 May 2023, Naples.
  • Member of the Program Committee, 7th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 4-8 September 2023, Ljubljana.
  • Member of the Program Committee, 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.
  • Reviewer’s recognition for the EURAM Annual Conference – 2022, Zurich.

Research / Scholarly interests

Anna’s research interests revolve around interorganisational networks and social cybersecurity in organisations. More specifically, her research interests draw upon the sociological perspective to investigate how social relationships impact individual and organisational outcomes, addressing dynamics of interorganisational collaboration and information sharing, and recently the socio-relational aspects of cybersecurity.

Key funded projects

2023-2024:
Principal Investigator: “Innovative cybersecurity simulation: understanding individual behaviour and interaction patterns in healthcare settings”, Impact Development Fund 2023/2024, ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ Research an Enterprise, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £3200
Principal Investigator, “Networking drivers for entrepreneurs among start-up”, NUSC Small Grant, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2100

2022-2023:
Principal Investigator, “Mapping cyber-attacks through keyword co-occurrence networks in hospital settings”, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2160
Principal Investigator, “VR Social Experiments Lab Equipment”, NUSC Small Grant, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, CBNA Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2600
Principal Investigator, “An empirical exploration of cyber incidents and mental health of hospital staff”, Impact Development Fund 2022/2023, ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ Research an Enterprise, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £2025

2021-2022:
Co-investigator, “Fostering informal social Networks in Online Working” Seed funding, ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ Research an Enterprise, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, Business Faculty Small Grant. Value of the grant: £5000

Recent publications

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Ghinoi, S. (2024)  Information diffusion in referral networks: An empirical investigation on the crypto asset landscape. Quality and Quantity Journal. DOI:

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. (2024). Am I fired as a Firefighter? Exploring the role ambiguity and boards engagement’s on job stress and perceived organizational support of CiSOs. IEEE Xplore. DOI:

Vasudevan S., Piazza A. (2024). Adoption of Bitcoin as a payment method: An empirical investigation of UK Small and Medium Business. IEEE Xplore. DOI:

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. (2023). Cybersecurity in UK Universities: mapping (or managing) threat Intelligence sharing within the higher education sector. Journal of Cybersecurity 9 (1), tyad019. DOI:  

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., and Carr M. (2023). A Decade of Studies on Cyber Security Training in Organizations using Social Network Analysis: A Systematic Literature Review Through Keyword Co-Occurrence Network. In  2023 International Conference on Business Analytics for Technology and Security (ICBATS), pp. 1-6. IEEE Xplore. DOI:

Vasudevan, S., Piazza A. and Carr, M. (2022). Qualitative Factors in Organizational Cyber Resilience. In 2022 International Conference on Cyber Resilience (ICCR) (pp. 1-5). IEEE Xplore. DOI:  

Book Chapter

Alzoubi H., Vasudevan S., Piazza A (forthcoming). Blockchain technology for smart wireless sensor networks: a systematic review. In Technology Innovation for Business Intelligence and Analytics. Publisher: Springer.

Piazza A. and Vasudevan S. (2021). Do you influence me? Evidence from a case study of network ties among university students in Pisa. In Methods and Applications in Social Networks Analysis. Publisher: FrancoAngeli.

Conference Proceedings

Cronin B., Gorgoni S., Conaldi G., Piazza A., Saint Hilaire A., De Vita R.(2022). Productivity and Innovation in remote work. A case study on the impact of organizational integration and communication on the performance of employees working from home. In E-proceedings of the European Academy of Management 2022 Conference. ZHAW School of Management & Law, Winterhur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022. European Academy of Management (EURAM), Brussels, Belgium.


Conference Papers

Angeli F., Di Vincenzo F., Iacopino V., Mascia D., and Piazza A. (2022). Shared Governance Network Dynamics and Unexpected Shocks: An Empirical study of hospitals after l’Aquila earthquake. Strategic Management Society Conference.

Research Papers

Calluso, C., Iacopino V., Piazza A. 2024. Exploring Women's Perceptions of Respectful Leadership: A Qualitative ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ. Available at:

Reports

Cronin B.; Conaldi G., De Vita R., Gorgoni S., Piazza A., Hilaire S. A. (2021). Fostering Informal Social Interactions in Hybrid Online/In-person Workplaces at Northern Trust UKI: Interim Report. Publisher: Networks and Urban System Centre, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ.

Presentations

Calluso, C., Iacopino, V., Piazza, A. Exploring Women’s perceptions of respectful leadership: A qualitative study.  Paper presented at WOA XXV – Workshop dei docent e ricercatori di organizzazione aziendalein cooperation with EGOS Colloquium. Milan (IT) 3. July 2024.

Ghinoi, S., Piazza, A., Testori, M., Pallotti, F., De Vita, R., Vasudevan, S. Social Networks and entrepreneurial attitude among university students. Paper presented at Sunbelt Conference, Edimbrugh 24-30 June 2024.

Piazza, A., Vasudevan, S., Carr, M. Am I hired as a Firefighter? Exploring the role ambiguity and board’s engagements on job stress and perceived organizational support of CISOs. Paper presented at 2nd  ICCR Conference, 26-28. February 2024

Vasudevan, S., Piazza, A. Adoption of Bitcoin as a payment method: An empirical investigation of UK Small and Medium Businesses. Paper presented at 2nd  ICCR Conference, 26-28. February 2024.

Piazza A., Vasudevan S., Carr M. New Methods for measuring adoption of voluntary standards: the UK CoP for IoT Consumer Devices. ARS2023 Conference 2-3 May, 2023 – Ischia (Italy).

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr M. Qualitative Factors in Organisational Cyber Resilience. ICBATS Conference,7-9 March 2023 – Dubai.

Invited talk, 1-day DeFi Workhop, University of ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ, 2022 (UK).

Invited presentation, an Enterprise, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, 2022 (Italy).

Mascia D., Piazza A., F De Vincenzo., Iacopino V., F Angeli. Shared governance network and dynamics and unexpected shock. An empirical study of hospitals after Aquila earthquake. 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr M. Qualitative Factors in Organisational Cyber Resilience. ICCR Conference,6-8 October 2022 – Dubai.

Mascia D., Piazza A., F De Vincenzo., I Valentina., F Angeli. Shared governance network and dynamics and unexpected shock. An empirical study of hospitals after Aquila earthquake. Strategic Management Society for the Annual Conference, 17-20 September 2022- London.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr., M. Is collaboration a luxury? Inter-organisational network approach within Higher Education Sector. 6th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN), 12-16 September 2022, London.

Piazza A., Carr., M. Vasudevan S. Are we connected? A social network approach to measure social capital in Higher Education. XLII Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Sunbelt 2022, Cairns Australia, 12-16 July 2022.

Cronin B., Gorgoni S., Conaldi G., Piazza A., Saint Hilaire A., De Vita R., (2022). Productivity and Innovation in remote work. A case study on the impact of organisational integration and communication on the performance of employees working from home. European Academy of Management 2022 Conference. ZHAW School of Management & Law, Winterhur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., De Vita R. Are we still connected? A case study of university students. Learning and Teaching Festival, ÐÓ°ÉappÏÂÔØ (UK), 24 June, 2021.

Vasudevan S., Piazza A., Carr., M. Are we on the same page? Challenges and interorganisational collaboration approach within the Higher Education, 5th European Conference on Social Networks, 7-10 September, 2021.

Piazza A., Vasudevan S. The effects of social interactions on academic performance: evidence from a case study of network ties among students in Pisa. 7th International Workshop on Social Networks, Salerno (IT), 28-31October,2019.

Piazza A. Who benefits from whom: Resource complementarity and organisational performance. 4th European Conference on Social Networks, Zurich (CH), 9-12 September,2019.